Yeasayer | Live at Ancienne Belgique

To top off the strongest year in their young existence as a band, Yeasayer have gifted their fans with a live album available in a variety of high-quality audio formats. The Christmas factor is the album comes via a pay-what-you want scheme a la Radiohead's In Rainbows those millions of blog years ago. It comes at a perfect time for fans seeking to hear the crux of Yeasayer music and also to look forward to what will be an exciting 2011.
Check it out on their website

jj | KILLS mixtape

More Christmas goodies are flying in by the day, and the latest is a Christmas Eve mixtape special from Swedish duo jj. Download the 10 track effort on Sincerely Yours and check their blogspot for lyrics. Tracklist after the jump

Merry Christmau5

In the season of giving, nothing is better than getting free mp3s to replace any of those old Christmas tunes that get overplayed to death.
Gorillaz are releasing a Christmas album for free on the 25th.
Kanye, Beach House, Coldplay, Mayer Hawthorne and Los Campesinos! all did tracks as well.

deadmau5 agreed 'tis the season and provided this new trancey monster called "Limit Break."
In typical prog-house fashion he infiltrates the synapses and raises the tension throughout but never quite releases it, making for a good filler in a DJ set and an interesting look at a style he has moved away from in recent material.

[Download: deadmau5 - Limit Break]

Bonus Christmas magic from Sufjy:
"Christmas In The Room"
[Download - Sufjan Stevens - Christmas In The Room]