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. THE LONE BELLOW plays World Cafe. THE BACKSEAT LOVERS play The Current. R. RING, a Breeders side joint, shares "Def Sup." ANGEL…

PATSY CLINE & FERLIN HUSKY: "Let It Snow!" BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN visits World Cafe. CHARLEY CROCKETT plays The Current. ALABASTER dePLUME covers Arthur Russell and Jaimie Branch for a Lagniappe Session. SOMETIMES WHEN…

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 MAVERICKS play a Tiny Desk Concert.…

SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS: “Ain’t No Chimneys In The Projects.” NEW RELEASES: Paste will point you to Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Weyes Blood, and more. BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has Taken by…

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.…

IF YOU MISSED WEDNESDAY'S POST, IT'S DOWN BELOW… THE RAVEONETTES' 2011 video for 2001's "The Christmas Song." STEVE EARLE plays the new City Winery at Pier 57 on the Hudson River. ALEX…

THE RAMONES: "Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)." OSEES play KEXP. NEIL DIAMOND retired from performing five years ago because of Parkinsons, but he sang at the open of his Neil-themed musical.…

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. AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS play KEXP. KENNY LOGGINS…

U2 cover "Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Come Home)." BILL'S INDIE BASEMENT has The Auteurs, Andy Bell, Langkamer, and more. THE HACIENDA: The Club That Shook Britain. PURE BATHING CULTURE covers The Pretenders' "2000…