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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Saturday, November 26, 2005

SATURDAY SCOOPS
Fresh tunes for your yuletide groove

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By Derek Paiva
Advertiser Entertainment Writer

Here are som holiday-season CDs that are sure to put some new-school cool in your yule.

DENNIS BOLT | Marin (Calif.) Independent Journal

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"Maybe This Christmas, 1, Too, Tree"

(Nettwerk)

Modern rock and indie musicians such as Jack Johnson, Death Cab For Cutie, Chris Martin and Rilo Kiley take on originals and classics. Most of it is quite good.

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Sure, that Elvis Presley Christmas album is still cool. It's a classic, after all.

But even the King would've pelted Graceland staffers with fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches if they played it every holiday season.

So shelve the Burl Ives and Manheim Steamroller this year and queue up these 10 modern-day — that means post-millennial — holiday-season CDs that are sure to put some new-school cool in your yule.

Reach Derek Paiva at dpaiva@honoluluadvertiser.com.

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