Guardian Music — Top Of The Pops 2: Christmas Special | Rick Stein's Spanish Christmas | Obsessive Compulsive Hoarder | Great Movie Mistakes: Not In 3D | The Art Of The Night | The CafeTop Of The Pops 2: Christmas Special7.30pm, BBC2Are you, in the words of Sir Noddy... more info

Guardian Music — Shane and Kirsty, Justin and Mariah, Benton the dog – they've all tried to capture the spirit of Christmas. But who does it best? Jude Rogers finds out with our panel of judgesLast month the Reverend Dr Giles Fraser resigned from St Paul's Cathedr... more info

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ContactMusic — THE POGUES FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK is Britains most played Christmas song of the century The festive track featuring late British singer Kirsty MacColl has dominated radio TV and the internet over the holiday season in the U K since 2000 The so... more info

Here Comes The Flood — When Boston folk rockers Kingsley Flood shared live video for Mannequin Man in March and the I Don't Wanna Go Home more info

Guardian Music — Singer moves beyond Pulp to take a 'broad commissioning role' with upmarket publisherHome to 12 Nobel laureates and six Booker prize winners, venerable publisher Faber & Faber is now looking to bring a little Britpop magic to its list after hiring Pu... more info

Impose Magazine — Noah Lit, formerly of the indie rock band, Oliver Future, has got something good going on with his 'gypsy jazz' project, not to be confused with Megafaun. Joined by his brother, Joshua, on vocals, piano and accordion, and another brother, Gabriel, wh... more info

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Guardian Music — When PJ Harvey won the Mercury for the second time, it was a victory for her intelligent, soulful music, and an album that resonates with our war-torn timesAmid the cheers and applause and flashbulbs that met the announcement of the 2011 Mercury pr... more info

KEXP Seattle — For the first time in a very long time, I’m doing a Review Revue post on an album that I know and love, an album that I owned on tape from a very young age and have listened to many times. I haven’t listened to it quite so much in the past ten or... more info