Nialler9 — The National Concert Hall is not a place you’d square with the debaucherous life and career of Shane MacGowan. But, The Pogues singer was never one to sty inside the lines and the national venue is taken over for one night for a 60th birthday... more info

Stereogum — Shane MacGowan, frontman of the legendary Irish punk band the Pogues, turned 60 years old on Christmas. And tonight, just after we lost one Irish music icon, a bunch of celebrities and musicians gathered to pay tribute to another. Nick Cave, Johnny D... more info

JamBase — Punch Brothers with the help of Aoifie O'Donovan performed a trio of holiday-themed tunes, including The Pogues' 'Fairytale Of New York' on CBS' 'Saturday Sessions.' more info

Stereogum — At the beginning of December, Iceage frontman Elias Bender Rønnenfelt returned with his side project Marching Church to give us "Christmas On Earth." A shambling, drunken lament of a thing, it's in the lineage of grittier Christmas songs like the Po... more info

Stereogum — The Pogues' pathos-drenched 1987 reel "Fairytale Of New York" is one of the all-time great Christmas pop songs, but thanks to Shane MacGowan's inimitable slur-gargle and the hard F-bomb that guest Kirsty MacColl drops, it's not the sort of song that ... more info

Sweeping The Nation — What sort of year was 1988? A Don't Worry Be Happy, biggest selling international albums of the year all being released in 1987, Glenn Medeiros, I Owe You Nothing kind of year. On the other hand, and results may vary on whether these were strictl... more info

Sweeping The Nation — The year of Live Aid, of course, and with it and We Are The World came the birth of the superstar, so much so that by September Michael Jackson could outbid Paul McCartney for the Beatles' publishing. Wham! went to China, Brothers In Arms popular... more info

Stereogum — Last month, the benefit compilation Philia: Artists Rise Against Islamophobia was announced alongside a new track from Heems, and today Hamilton Leithauser has shared his contribution to the compilation, a cover of "The Song With No Name," original... more info

Core News — “Peter Perrett sits in for Jarvis Cocker. The Only Ones legend has just released a brand new solo album ‘How The West Was Won’ and he’ll be playing his favourite songs from down the decades. Expect music from the likes of Nick Cave, Primal Sc... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Elle recommended May's best new books for book clubs. David Simon is writing a musical about the Pogues. eBooks on sale for $1.50 today: My Mother Was Nuts by Penny Marshall eBooks on sale for $1.99 today: The Girl Who... more info