The Mirror — ...eat a tray of mouldy mince pies or snog Pogues singer Shane MacGowan? more info

Time Out, London — Now fairly regular (but no less joyous for it) Christmas reunion of Shane MacGowan with the London-Irish folk punk legends more info

JamBase — BAD TEETH BUT GRAND TUNES AS WE GET OUR IRISH UP Spider Stacy, the man introduced MTV to the tin whistle, turns 50-years-old tomorrow. Always the calmer counterpart to Shane MacGowan's belligerent, slurry, slightly daft wise man, Spider is an untut... more info

Pitchfork — London label ZTT gets quite the 25th birthday party with Zang Tumb Tuum: The ZTT Box Set. The box set, available November 17 from Union Square imprint Salvo, features 50 tracks and 18 videos from across the label's history scattered across three CDs ... more info

JamBase — By: Dennis Cook Skipping out of the gate like a barn dance infused Tom Petty or Steve Earle, All The Great Aviators Agree (Monkey Barr) begins with a tale about "a flat-chested girl in a flathead bar." The tinkling piano and smooth lines stir mem... more info