JON PRATT: Pate's frontman plays "Utica Crossing (the pallbearers song)" on a 1929 Reagal parlor guitar. THE ALABAMA SHAKES (and Vintage Trouble) play Austin City Limits' 41st season premiere. HINDS advance stream…

THE NEW YEAR STARTS HERE: …with THE BEAT FARMERS!  Making a tradition of this more sober than usual, professionally-shot, early BF gig recorded at Universal Studios, including "There She Goes Again" (VU); "Road to…

A SLOW NEWS DAY, and a bit of a sick day, but there is this sad news: JOHN BRADBURY, the drummer from groundbreaking UK ska band The Specials, has died aged 62.…

OVER 42 MILLION SERVED: Thanks for stopping by! WAVVES dropped a no-frills video for "My Head Hurts" among the holiday proceedings. BRANDI CARLILE, LUCIUS, DAWES, and SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS played…

FATHER JOHN MISTY updates John Lennon's "God" at the Troubadour. MARTIN COURTNEY of Real Estate stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set. SQUEEZE: Difford & Tilbrook stopped by World Cafe…

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…

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN played "The Ties That Bind" and was joined by Paul McCartney for "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town." SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS played a holiday Tiny Desk Concert. ALL…

ANOTHER RECORD TRAFFIC DAY on Saturday. Thanks for stopping by! RAY & DAVE DAVIES shared a stage for the first time in almost 20 years. The song? "You Really Got Me," of…

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.…

SQUEEZE's Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook played their latest single, "Happy Days," for Colbert. FATHER JOHN MISTY played a set at Pitchfork Music Festival Paris. HOLLY MIRANDA stopped by World Cafe for…