Sounds with Simon Tesler: Alternative Christmas

More forgotten favourites and undiscovered gems from the Rock, Soul & Reggae Archive, and some of the music history behind them from former BLITZ magazine editor Simon Tesler. This week's theme is ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS. Yes, it's an alternative Yuletide special. No Slade, or Band-Aid or Wham here, thank you very much, but a collection of much less familiar festive songs. Hopefully you're in for a few surprises, including with this opening track. It's not quite the song you're expecting from Earth Wind & Fire... Full track list is December by Earth Wind & Fire, Things Fall Apart by Cristina, Christmas On Riverside Drive by August Darnell, Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses, Oi To The World by No Doubt, Last White Christmas by Basement 5, Black Christmas by Poly Styrene, Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas by Eels, How To Make Gravy by Paul Kelly, Christmas Will Break Your Heart by LCD Soundsystem, Spirits Past by Gil Scott-Heron, Ain't No Chimneys In The Projects by Sharon Jones & Dap-Kings, It's A Big Country by Davitt Sigerson and I Wish It Was Christmas Today by Julian Casablancas. Chase down more stories on the BLITZ Instagram feed  or at BLITZmagazine.co.uk