Guardian Music — 22 December: We're nearly at the end of our 24 Plays of Christmas, but this PVT playlist is a cracker (groan – puns ed)Australian trio PVT have really gone to town with their festive playlist. So sit back and enjoy while the band's Richard Pike exp... more info

The Culture Of Me — The famously awkward Bing Crosby/David Bowie holiday special collaboration from 1977 for the special TV presentation "Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas" of "Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth" (recorded for the show a mere month before Mr. Crosby wo... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Pinhead said... Red Red Wine On A Sunday #71 Live - Bundle Up Here's the Playlist: Bundle Up, The Replacements, Flowers in the Dark Jesus Christ, Big Star,Keep An Eye On The Sky Boxset Christmastime Is For Sinners, The Mono Men, Birthday, Baby Jesus ... more info

Detroit Free Press — Peace on Earth, can it be? When David Bowie posed that musical question to Bing Crosby 33 years ago, a generation of young TV viewers watching in amazement asked another question: Did that really just happen? Was the Thin White Duke actually singing ... more info

Guardian Music — O2 Arena, LondonLady Gaga may be one of the few people in the world who might feel genuinely heartened by this year's X Factor, with allegations of fixing, auto-tune scandals and death threats to add to the usual unedifying spectacle of talented peop... more info

melophobe — Here’s my kickoff for a week of holiday features on melophobe! Starting with this list of 7 current and 3 oldie-but-goodie holiday-themed videos, I will be bundling up this month’s Christmas/Hanukkah/Winter specials into happy packages that you c... more info

Guardian Music — Was it cerebral hip-hop? Freaked-out funk? Or an updated Innervisions? There is no point trying to pigeonhole the Guardian's favourite album of 2010 – just sit back and enjoySome years the most celebrated albums are perfect jewels whose brilliance ... more info

Guardian Music — The Pigalle, LondonSix-piece a cappella band the Magnets are complete pros, determined to entertain. After checking the audience's post-X Factor credibility ("Did anyone vote for One Direction?"), they explain their roots, from busking in Covent Gard... more info

Guardian Music — (Naim Edge)Last year's All the Ghosts album was a coming-of-age for Gwyneth Herbert, the autobiographical Hackney singer-songwriter who had sidestepped being marketed as a saleable jazz chanteuse to explore her own poetry, folk-song, variations on Ha... more info

Abeano — Abeano never sleeps. It just waits. One New Track We listened to some of Toro Y Moi’s new record ‘Underneath The Pines’. He cleans up his act on ‘Still Sound’; replacing gauzy vocals and wishy washy electronics with straight up ... more info