THE 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 MoreIF YOU MISSED WEDNESDAY'S POST, IT'S DOWN BELOW… THE RAVEONETTES' 2011 video for 2001's "The Christmas Song." STEVE EARLE plays the new City Winery at Pier 57 on the Hudson River. ALEX…
Read MoreTHE RAMONES: "Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)." OSEES play KEXP. NEIL DIAMOND retired from performing five years ago because of Parkinsons, but he sang at the open of his Neil-themed musical.…
Read MoreGLAM XMAS: Wizzard's awesome "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day" and Slade's "Merry Christmas Everybody" (1973's UK Xmas No. 1) are your Twofer Tuesday. AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS play KEXP. KENNY LOGGINS…
Read MoreU2 cover "Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Come Home)." BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has The Auteurs, Andy Bell, Langkamer, and more. THE HACIENDA: The Club That Shook Britain. PURE BATHING CULTURE covers The Pretenders' "2000…
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 MoreCHRISTINE McVIE, the singer, songwriter and keyboardist who became the biggest hitmaker for Fleetwood Mac, one of music’s most popular bands, died on Wednesday. She was 79. The most popular songs Ms.…
Read MoreCHEAP TRICK: "I Can't Take It." An overlooked gem. A HOLIDAY STREAM, via The Current. BEABADOOBEE plays a Tiny Desk Concert. JOE HENRY shares "All the Eye Can See." BOB DYLAN, singing…
Read MoreJASON and the SCORCHERS cover "Absolutely Sweet Marie" and play "Harvest Moon" for Twofer Tuesday. METRIC plays The Current. LOVE: Forever Changes counter-balanced the "Summer of Love." GAZ COOMBES shares "Long Live the…
Read MoreTHE WHO: "I'm A Boy." BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has That Petrol Emotion, The Flaming Lips, and more. STRUMMING THE SIX-STRING: A Complete Playlist. QUASI shares "Doomscrollers." IRENE CARA, who belted out the…
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