Santa's Out of Rehab

As promised, a repost of last year's alt country-ish/indie rock-ish Xmas comp. I switched up a few of the songs from last year's post. And I tried not to post too many that my main man at A Truer Sound hasn't already posted.

But let's face it, some of these songs are so damn good that they have to be posted twice. I also want to take this time to remind you to donate to your favorite charity this season. Since I like animals more than I like humans, I usually donate to the Humane Society, but the shit hit the fan at the Toronto Human Society this year, so I will be donating some cashola and other items to ....

from 'My Aimz is True'

noon Friday 11th December 2009 EST
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