Kool Kat Kristmas

I love Christmas music and particularly power pop Christmas music. There's a new compilation put out by America's best powerpop label (now that Not Lame is gone, are they the only power pop label?), Kool Kat Musik, and it's a lot of fun. Most of the cuts are first rate. Parallax Project's "All I Want for Christmas is a Chance" is very catchy,
and Maple Mars' "Christmas Time in the City" has a melody that sticks. But the standout tracks are The Britannicas' "Chris Hillman Christmas", The Goldbergs' "Channukah Guy", and John Wicks' "Star of bethlehem". The first two are written with a keen sense of humor (an inportant ingredient to any holiday cheer) and the Wicks cut his a nice tune written with Duncan Mackay, formerly of 10CC.

This is a holiday disc you'll play again and again.