52nd City

Out: Bert Dax's Sixth "A Very Bert Dax Christmas"

The sixth annual "A Very Bert Dax Christmas" is out, and, unlike last year, none of the tracks predict my demise. Nice. It does, as always, dole out local bands tweaking Christmas songs, or, almost as effectively, writing their own.

Here's the lineup:

1. Stella Mora, "Icicle Boy"; 2. The 75s, "Cliche Christmas Song"; 3. The Help, "All I Want for Christmas is a Billion Dollar No-Bid Contract"'; 4. Rum Drum Ramblers, "Santa Claus"; 5. Wooden Kites, "A Christmas Song for Jenny"; 6. Chico Maciunas, "Don't Buy Me Anything"; 7. Maid*Rite, "Christmas with the Devil"; 8. The Museum Mutters, "South City Girls (Like Christmas on TV)"; 9. Tape Deck Sonata, "Hockey Drinking Game on Christmas Eve"; 10. Steve Nagy, "Enoughy"; 11. 7 Shot Screamers, "Don't Be a Bitch for Christmas"; 12. Team Tomato, "Sledge Ride"; 13. Strawfoot, "Fairytale of New York."