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…

GLAM CHOPS: Art Brut's Eddie Argos has a "Countdown to Christmas." BLACK SABBATH, Live in Fresno, 1976. THUNDERCAT joins a YO GABBA GABBA Tiny Desk Concert. SUSANNA HOFFS & ELVIS COSTELLO cover…

AIMEE MANN has a video medley of all of the songs o­n One More Drifter in the Snow. SOUL ASYLUM plays KEXP. ALL SONGS CONSIDERED's Best Songs of 2024. LADY GAGA &…

THE MONKEES sing a Christmas medley at MTV, circa 1986. Even Mike Nesmith turned up. WAXAHATCHEE plays a Tiny Desk Concert. SEBADOH & SOUNDGARDEN's survivors play in Seattle. EN ATTENDANT ANA covers…

EURYTHMICS' Dave Stewart declares "Christmas is For Lovers". CHUCK PROPHET plays KEXP. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT's Best reissues, box sets and compilations of 2024. BEN KWELLER shares "Optimystic." SAM AMIDON covers Ornette Coleman’s “Friends…

THE 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,"…

DARLENE LOVE's final "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)" for Letterman. BOB BOILEN's Favorite Songs of 2024. JULIEN BAKER & TORRES play a country song called “Sugar In The Tank” on The Tonight Show. JULIA…

PATSY CLINE & FERLIN HUSKY: "Let It Snow!" LOCAL NATIVES plays a mini-concert at KUTX. THE DARKNESS shares "I Hate Myself." BECK covers George Harrison's "Be Here Now." HORSEGIRL shares "Julie." BILL…

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." MJ LENDERMAN plays World Cafe. DROP NINETEENS…

SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS: “Ain’t No Chimneys In The Projects." NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Angel Olsen, Advnce Base, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Saint Etienne, Seahawks, and…