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Pitchfork: Low's 'Little Drummer Boy' one of best holiday songs of all time

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Today's Morning Edition music is "Just Like Christmas" from the Duluth's Low.

They're playing First Ave. in Minneapolis tomorrow night along with Hippo Campus, Gaelynn Lea, and others. The holiday concert will beneift Second Harvest Heartland. Local retailers like Milkweed Books and Surly Bikes will also be selling their goods.

The music website Pitchfork recently ranked another of Low's Christmas recordings, "Little Drummer Boy," to their list of the 50 Best Holiday Songs of All Time. The review called the song "one for the ages ... soft as snow but warm inside."