TOM WAITS gives a reading of a "Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis." HOLIDAY ALBUMS are streaming at Spinner. WU LYF: Manchester's mystery band hits KEXP with a live set. GEM…

EURYTHMICS: We split the duo for Twofer Tuesday. Dave Stewart dropped "Christmas is For Lovers" last year, while Annie Lennox teamed with and Al Green covered Jackie DeShannon's "Put a Little Love in Your Heart"…

MY MORNING JACKET plays "I'll Be Home For Christmas" at Madison Square Garden. GUIDED BY VOICES is advance streaming Let's Go Eat the Factory. THE BLACK KEYS stopped by World Cafe for…

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …with SHINDIG CHRISTMAS '64! Part One includes The Beach Boys' "Dance, Dance, Dance," Bobby Sherman and Donna Loren singing "Keep on Searching," the Righteous Brothers doing "The Jerk" and an…

SUFJAN STEVENS: "Put the Lights on the Tree." LAURA MARLING stopped by The Current  and WNYC Soundcheck for chats and mini-sets. JESSE SYKES and the SWEET HEREAFTER stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for…

JOHNNY CASH, with June Carter Cash, family and friends, on "The 12 Days Of Christmas." I'm a day late, but it kinda repeats, don't it? JOHN DOE stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic…

THE DODOS and NEKO CASE "Don't Try and Hide It" on Fallon. NEW RELEASES from Dear Lions, the Lower 48, Ross and the Wrongens and more are streaming this week at Spinner. CROOKED…

RICHARD HAWLEY covers Lou Reed's classic, "I'm Waiting For the Man." LAURA MARLING played World Cafe Live; you can stream the whole gig on demand. MAYER HAWTHORNE stopped by World Cafe for…

THE LONG WEEKEND STARTS HERE… …with THE RAMONES, playing Live in Rome, circa 1980. A concert documentary in three parts. Part 1 includes "Cretin Hop," ""Blitzkrieg Bop" and "Teenage Lobotomy." Part 2…

THE KINKS, with the evergreen "Father Christmas." BLITZEN TRAPPER stopped by World Cafe for a chat and mini-set. THE POSTELLES stopped by Morning Becomes Eclectic for a session. AIDAN JOHN MOFFAT is…