Owl City is an Indie success story. Owl City is essentially Adam Young, an Owatonna, Minnesota resident. Suffering from amnesia, Young began experimenting with electronic music and uploading music videos to YouTube. After developing a following there, he independently released first an EP and then a full album. The projects charted, generating plenty of buzz worldwide. Signed by Universal, the next Owl City album--"Ocean Eyes"--was a smash hit, spawning the #1 single "Fireflies". The new Christmas track is the catchy "Peppermint Winter" and you can pick it up on Amazon starting Monday.
Last Night's TV's Christmas single, "No Tinsel On The Town Hall", debuts on iTunes December 6. But you can catch a preview of the song at the group's web site. The indie-folk trio out of the UK will have a limited number of physical CD singles available for sale through their website as well. Last Night's TV features guitar, violin, glockenspiel and three-part harmonies as a rule, but recruited a virtual choir for this single, via friends and facebook followers. Proceeds from the single will go to Samaritans.