EURYTHMICS' Dave Stewart declares "Christmas is For Lovers." NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to This Is Lorelei, Leif, and more. AMY MILLAN plays World Cafe. CAMERON WINTER (Geese) covers This is Lorelei‘s…
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" (incomplete), "Rocket Man," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Daniel,"…
Read MoreDARLENE LOVE's final "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)" for Letterman. ROBERT PLANT & SAVING GRACE play World Cafe. JOE JACKSON returns with “Welcome to Burning-by-Sea.” THE AFGHAN WHIGS cover Poliça's "Fake Like," and…
Read MorePATSY CLINE & FERLIN HUSKY: "Let It Snow!" NATION OF LANGUAGE plays World Cafe. SQUEEZE shares "Trixies, Pt 2." THE PARANOID STYLE shares “White Wine Whatever.” DRY CLEANING shares "Let Me Grow…
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 HOLD STEADY, Live at the Brooklyn…
Read MoreSHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS: “Ain’t No Chimneys In The Projects." NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Melody's Echo Chamber, Joanna, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has a look back at…
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 RAVEONETTES' 2011 video for 2001's "The Christmas Song." STEVE "THE COLONEL" CROPPER, the prodigious guitarist, songwriter and producer who played a pivotal role in shaping the lean gutbucket soul music made at…
Read MoreTHE RAMONES: "Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)." NEKO CASE visits World Cafe. VOXTROT returns with "Fighting Back." LAMBCHOP shares "Afterburner." DIIV shares a live take on “Reflected.” Y LA BAMBA shares…
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. COURTNEY BARNETT plays World Cafe. MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER…
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