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There are six artists with this name: 1. A psychedelic pop band from Boston, MA 2. A psychedelic/progsessive rock band from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada 3. A U.K. Folk band 4. A sludge/drone band from Malvern, West Midlands, UK 5. An Indie band from Medicine Hat, Alberta. 6. A rock and roll band from Olympia, WA 1) Christmas were a band who recorded three albums of quirky neo-psychedelic pop in the late 1980s. Based in Boston, MA, the trio of Liz Cox (aka Miss Lily Banquette, vocals and bongos), Michael Cudahy (aka The Millionaire, guitar and vocals), and bassist Dan Salzmann...

The Christmas Jug Band: Stalwart purveyors of the jugabilly mystique! A tongue-in-cheek seasonal convergence of Dan Hicks, Commander Cody alumni and other San Francisco Bay Area luminaries: Gregory Leroy Dewey, Austin Delone, Tim Eschliman (Rhythmtown-Jive), Turtle Vandemarr, Paul Rogers (Those Darn Accordions), Jim Rothermel, Nik Phelps, Paul Wenninger, Nick "Not Joe" Dewey, and Blake Richardson. "The alternative Christmas record of the year." (Mistletoe Jam) - Midwest Record Recap. .

USM started at the end of the ‘90s, as a collaboration between AxeS and FaiboX, two MC’s who shared the same musical tastes. In 2001, USM independently released their first effort, “Cuvant Inainte” with AxeS sharing the “spotlight” with FaiboX and Vick da Sick, Faibo’s brother and the crew’s main affiliate. One year later, they hit back with “USM - Vol. I” LP , which spun off their first underground hit, “Falsificam MC”. At the beginning of 2004, FaiboX takes the DJing for the group more seriously, leaving the mic to his brother, Vick Da Sick , who becomes USM’s...

Christmas Decorations’ recordings tread a fine line between organic and electronic, experimental and rock music. The tracks on the Blueprints compilation move away from the structured songs of their debut Model 91 (kranky, 2002), with a more open-ended exploration of order and time. Their 2006 album Communal Rust (community library) explores ideas somewhere between the two. 2008's Far Flung Hum LP (available on vinyl or as an online download) adds third member Peter Kerlin. .