BUT LET'S EASE INTO THE POST-HOLIDAY, PRE-NEW YEAR INTERREGNUM: WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Aquaman tops the chart with 67.4MM (72.7MM domestic since opening), which is great news for the WB and surprisisng to…

THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY STARTS HERE: … with CHRIS ISAAK, live at Universal Studios. Your holiday-themed numbers include "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Hey, Santa," "Last Month of the Year," "Blue Christmas," and "Christmas on…

SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS: "Please Come Home For Christmas." THE LEMON TWIGS play for WFUV at Rockwood Music Hall. PARQUET COURTS play for WFUV at Rockwood Music Hall. THE MARCUS KING…

DARLENE LOVE's final "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)" for Letterman. YOU CAN SING ME ANYTHING: A Tribute to 69 Love Songs. RYLEY WALKER, Live in Brooklyn, Dec. 14, 2018. AMY GRANT plays a…

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…

THE 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…

THE 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…

PATSY 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…

THE 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…

BOB 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…