holiday music

Grandaddy turn classic Christmas hymn “Silent Night“ into a song about the ELO/Travelling Wilburys leader showing up at your house dressed as Santa.

“We love Christmas, as you probably know,“ says Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley, “and it feels like it’s been a while since our last really Christmassy Christmas record.“

Murray is fine, and in happier news his “A Very Murray Christmas“ holiday revue returns to Joe’s Pub in December.

Yo La Tengo’s 2021 Hanukkah run at Bowery Ballroom starts tonight and runs through December 5. Who do you think this year’s surprise guest musicians and comedians will be?

Toyah and Robert Fripp are in Holiday Sing-A-Long mode on their Sunday Lunch series.

Listen to holiday songs from Spoon, ABBA, Blondie & Fab Five Freddy, Debbie Gibson, Petrol Girls, The Aquabats, Dougie Poole, Dave Hause, Pistol Annies, Amanda Shires, and more.

Plus: “A John Waters Christmas“ tour starts soon.

Dressed in their Christmas best — Robert has “GRINCH“ written across his forehead — Toyah and Robert lead us through a rendition of classic hymn “Silent Night” but things go pear-shaped pretty quick…

Last year, Sharon Van Etten released a digital holiday single, featuring haunting, ethereal versions of classics “Silent Night“ and “Blue Christmas.“ She’s now releasing that as an actual 7″ single on clear blue vinyl…

Plus: Pavement, Spiritualized, serpentwithfeet, Patti Smith, Snoh Aalegra, Dave Hause, Young Guv, and more tour and festival news.