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. YO LA TENGO hit the Velvet Underground covers hard on night six of their Hannukah run. THE LAST DINNER PARTY plays World…

PATSY CLINE & FERLIN HUSKY: "Let It Snow!" YO LA TENGO brought BEN GIBBARD on their Hannukah stage for covers of The Cramps and Hall & Oates. J MASCIS shares "Set Me…

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." THE LIBERTINES debuted new songs at intimate gigs…

SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS: “Ain’t No Chimneys In The Projects. NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to the Car Seat Headrest live LP, and Wings of Desire. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has 2024’s…

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…

THE RAVEONETTES' 2011 video for 2001's "The Christmas Song." BOB DYLAN, Live at Jones Beach, New York, on 30 June 1988. U2 covers "A Rainy Night in Soho" in tribute to Shane MacGowan. …

THE RAMONES: "Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)." THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH plays KEXP. CAT POWER & IGGY POP cover Marianne Faithfull's "Working Cass Hero." ADRIENNE LENKER shares "Ruined." BLUR…

GLAM 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. OLIVIA RODRIGO visits World Cafe. BELLE & SEBASTIAN…

U2 cover "Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Come Home)." NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you Guided by Voices, Peter Gabriel, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Harp, Trevor Horn, and more. LANA DEL REY…