KIM WILDE drunkenly warbles "Kids In America" and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" on the subway. LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III visits with World Cafe. BRUCE HORNSBY also visits with World Cafe. LOU BARLOW…
Read MoreSHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS are dreaming of a "White Christmas." NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork will point you to Taylor Swift, The Avalanches, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Guided by Voices, Osees,…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with AIMEE MANN's CHRISTMAS CAROL (profanity warnings): Part One has your Scrooge-y set-up with Michael Penn. Part Two features The Office's John Krasinski. Part Three has Michael Cera.…
Read MorePATSY CLINE & FERLIN HUSKY: "Let It Snow!" HAYLEY WILLIAMS plays a Tiny Desk Concert of new material, with Julien Baker on guitar. JOSE FELICIANO's 50th anniversary performance of "Feliz Navidad." YO LA…
Read MoreSHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS: “Ain’t No Chimneys In The Projects.” MATT BERNINGER plays for WFUV Live. JESS CORNELIUS plays for World Cafe. OZZY OSBOURNE baked a hash cake years ago and…
Read MoreBOB GELDOF, by his own admission, is responsible for two of the worst songs in history: "'Do They Know It's Christmas?" and "We Are The World." LOW CUT CONNIE plays for World Cafe.…
Read MoreTHE RAVEONETTES' 2011 video for 2001's "The Christmas Song. NEW RELEASES: Pitchfork has Sigur Rós, Winston C.W.,and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Lost Horizons, King Hannah, Ghost Power, and more. ROBIN GUTHRIE &…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with A CHRISTMAS SHINDIG! The full episode has gone dark, but still-available clips from 1964 include The Beach Boys' "Dance, Dance, Dance," Bobby Sherman and Donna Loren singing "Keep…
Read MoreTHE RAMONES: "Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)." SIGN O' THE TIMES: An 8-part podcast. JAKE NAME covers Legendary Pink Dots, Ween, Jimi Hendrix, and more for a Lagniappe Session. BARRY GIBB: The…
Read MoreU2 cover "Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Come Home)." THE BETHS visit World Cafe. OWEN PALLETT visits World Cafe. THE NATIONAL's Matt Berninger covers The Velvet Underground's "I'm Waiting For The Man." THE HOLD STEADY…
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