PATSY CLINE & FERLIN HUSKY: "Let It Snow!" BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN visits World Cafe. CHARLEY CROCKETT plays The Current. ALABASTER dePLUME covers Arthur Russell and Jaimie Branch for a Lagniappe Session. SOMETIMES WHEN…
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." THE MAVERICKS play a Tiny Desk Concert.…
Read MoreSHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS: “Ain’t No Chimneys In The Projects.” NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Weyes Blood, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Taken by…
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 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.…
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