Rolling Stone — Photo: Walker/Getty If you dread spending Christmas with your family, consider kicking it with the McGarrigle Sisters this year. The folk duo’s not-quite-annual “McGarrigle Christmas Hour” variety show lands at New York’s Carnegie Hall on Dec... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Shannon McClean Spending the holidays with your family can be a bit trying-- to say the least-- if you'd rather not revisit a treasure trove of bad memories. But if your flock consisted of a bunch of Canadian folkie legends, some cool young ... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — Antony Hegarty is one of my favourite musical discoveries since I started to listen to 'good' music. He's got this really unique quivering voice that oozes with every emotion ranging from sadness and isolation to hope and salvation. With his band, An... more info

Guardian Music — What got you started?Going to see the musical Buddy when I was 12. I thought, I want to do that. What was your big breakthrough?Joining the Strokes, and realising, after a year or two on the road, that we were actually making a living. Who or what ha... more info

JamBase — Sundance Channel To Premier "Spectacle: Elvis Costello with..." On December 3, 2008 13-Episode Season of Talk/Performance Series Kicks off with Guest Sir Elton John One-Hour Program Airs Wednesday Nights at 9:00PM ET/PT Elvis Costello Sundance C... more info

Pitchfork — Elvis Costello has revealed the details of the musically inclined Sundance Channel talk show he's been cooking up, "Spectacle: Elvis Costello With...", and damn has he done well on the guest-getting front.Have a look at the lineup:Lou Reed, the Polic... more info

Pitchfork — Elvis Costello has revealed the details of the musically inclined Sundance Channel talk show he's been cooking up, "Spectacle: Elvis Costello With...", and damn has he done well on the guest-getting front.Have a look at the lineup:Lou Reed, the ... more info

The Lemur Blog — Yes! Finally we are up for some more new material by Alaska In Winter. Brandon Bethancourt and c/o are leaving the chilly Alaskian electronic sound for... a chilly Berlinian electronic sound! The difference this time is that Alaska In Winter now are ... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — “And if California slides into the ocean, like the mystics and statistics say it will, I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill.” - Warren Zevon, Desperados Under The Eaves Some artists feel inextricably linked to specifi... more info

Paste Magazine — A live opus, twenty-five years in the making The 1970s saw the heyday of the rock opera, with musical opuses by Genesis, Queen and Meat Loaf all vying to out-bombast The Who’s seminal Tommy and Quadrophenia and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesu... more info