Brooklyn Vegan — The comp features David Bazan (covering The Long Winters), Mates of State (covering Death Cab for Cutie), Maps & Atlases (covering Ra Ra Riot), Nada Surf (covering John Vanderslice), Ramona Falls (covering Lakethereof), Say Hi (covering Nada Surf), a... more info

Chicago Tribune — David Bazan's new holiday album "Dark Sacred Night" is not a festive release filled with mistletoe, holly and happiness. The indie singer-songwriter instead offers up a batch of Yuletide songs that are quiet, moody and drenched in melancholy. It's a ... more info

Impose Magazine — As many radio stations and shopping centers begin playing seasonal tunes, David Bazan is set to release his Christmas Bonus-a heartfelt and sincere take on four traditional carols that is in stark contrast to much of the commercial Christmas pop that... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Madeleine Thein's novel Do Not Say We Have Nothing has been awarded the 2016 Giller Prize. The A.V. Club is streaming David Bazan's holiday album Dark Sacred Night. Last week I started my annual aggregation of online "best books of... more info

Chorus.fm — David Bazan releases his version of the popular holiday song. The post David Bazan – “Silent Night” appeared first on chorus.fm. more info

Stereogum — Out of all the new Christmas albums we rattled off yesterday, David Bazan’s Dark Sacred Night is the one your average indie-rocker is most likely to be interested in exploring. We’ve already heard the former Pedro The Lion leader’s take on Low�... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Every Christmas the makers and cheerers of war gather with their precious families to celebrate the Baby Jesus' birth. When they lift their voices together to croon this peaceful benediction, from memory, in haunting unison, is there, anywhere ... more info

Stereogum — The former Pedro The Lion frontman David Bazan has been releasing solo Christmas songs since 2002, and he’s collecting 10 of the long out-of-print tracks on the new collection Dark Sacred Night. We’ve already posted his version of Low’s “Long... more info

Bradley's Almanac — A ‘nutshells’ post, in which I share five new things rattling around my between my ears… On November 11th, Kristin Hersh will deliver her long-awaited next album, “Wyatt At The Coyote Palace”, in the U.S. (and in the U.K. 2 weeks earlier �... more info

Stereogum — Most indie-rock types have an awkward relationship with Christmas music, a genre steeped in sentimentality and tradition that are theoretically opposed to the underground’s progressive thinking and musical innovation. For David Bazan, whose records... more info