JON PRATT: Pate's frontman gets soulful on "Testify," with a guitar that once belonged to a member of the Wrecking Crew. LUCY DACUS, Live at Brooklyn Steel. PHOEBE BRIDGERS, Live at Brooklyn…
Read MoreTHE GAP BETWEEN HOLIDAYS really created a lull across showbiz, but: WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse tops the chart with 35.4MM. That's near the low end of projections, but we…
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 MorePATSY CLINE & FERLIN HUSKY: "Let It Snow!" JD McPHERSON visits Fresh Air for a chat and holiday-themed mini-set. DOYLE BRAMHILL II plays World Cafe Live. ALL SONGS: The music they missed…
Read MoreTHE KINKS, with the evergreen "Father Christmas. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE stops by Morning Becomes Eclectic. SELF-DEFENSE FAMILY streams a new EP Working People (Part 1), which notably includes a cover of…
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." STEVE WYNN joined YO LA TENGO on…
Read MoreTHE RAVEONETTES' 2011 video for 2001's "The Christmas Song. SHARON VAN ETTEN joined YO LA TENGO on the Ramones’ “Don’t Come Close,” Fred Neil’s “Dolphins,” and her own song “One Day” for…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with ELTON JOHN! Half of a live show captured by the OGWT on Christmas Eve, 1974. Your setlist includes: "Grimsby" (incompete), "Rocket Man," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Daniel,"…
Read MoreTHE RAMONES: "Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)." THOM YORKE stops by Morning Becomes Eclectic. WU-TANG CLAN plays a Tiny Desk Concert. ANNA ST LOUIS plays the World Cafe. THE STAVES…
Read MoreGLAM CHOPS: Art Brut's Eddie Argos has a "Countdown to Christmas." DIRTY PROJECTORS plays a Tiny Desk Concert. HALEY BONAR plays a Tiny Desk Concert. JD McPHERSON stopped by The Current with…
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