Guardian Music — Gift bag: Tracey Thorn's Christmas album, Brooklyn We Go Hard, Zara velvet tuxedo. Regift: mini-wedge trainers, beanie hair, Little MixGoing UpA Christmas pug Liberty's £3.95 bauble is totally this year's penguin. Tracey Thorn's Tinsel and Lights Lo... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Singer-songwriter Tracey Thorn shares a winter-themed mixtape with the A.V. Club. Fresh Air interviews Colm Toibin about his new novella The Testament of Mary. 31 year-end music lists were added yesterday to the master aggregation today, including Go... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — With Thanksgiving behind us, it's official -- the holiday season has begun. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Not since Aimee Mann's One More Drifter in the Snow has a collection of seasonal music been so finely engineered to locate the holidays' melancholy side. But Tinsel and Lights is as warmly rendered as it is achingly bittersweet. Tracey Th... more info

Guardian Music — Alexis and Kieran are joined this week by Charlotte Richardson Andrews – and no time is wasted before a heated debate around Rihanna's latest release. There's also a touch of the French Elvis, Johnny Hallyday, who is Alexis's new favourite thing.Ri... more info

Guardian Music — With the smell of fireworks still hanging in the air, Kieran Yates is counting down the days to Christmas with the help of Tracey Thorn, whose new album Tinsel and Lights evokes a gentler festive spirit than many recent releases.There's chatter from ... more info

DrownedInSound — This is the sound of a well established, accomplished singer and production crew that have earned their right to do what they want to a high standard. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Consequence of Sound — Like a pair of socks, it's an unlikely gift that proves quite fruitful. more info

Guardian Music — (STRANGE FEELING)The Christmas album, once among pop's least enticing concepts, has undergone a rebirth in recent years, with Glasvegas, Low and Sufjan Stevens all contributing festive LPs. Tracey Thorn's fourth solo set, though, is the best of the b... more info

Guardian Music — Just hear those sleigh bells jinglin', ring-ting-tinglin'! It's Christmas! All right, it's September. But it's sort of nearly Christmas, so have a sample of a festive album on us Reading on mobile? Listen hereWhen Tracey Thorn first announced details... more info