Karl 
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN, much like Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band came to Passaic, NJ in 1978.
SEASON of the LIST: Filter has at least three Top Ten lists from artists I've dug this year: Colin Meloy of The Decemberists; Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear; and Eddie Argos of Art Brut.
MOJAVE 3 was the latest guest at The Interface; you can stream or download their Americana-ish acoustic set via AOL. And as the band formed out of the Shoegaze outfit Slowdive, I must point you to that band's version of “Some Velvet Morning.”
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS won't have an album of new songs until next summer, but they will have a limited edition live album for sale through their website.
NEW MUSIC: Stereogum has new tracks from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah — “Love Song No. 7” and “Underwater (You And Me)” (plus a new song at ClapSpace) — as well as two from Graham Coxon, “Tell It Like It Is” and “Standing on My Own Again.”
TEENAGE FANCLUB reunited with with original drummer Brendan O
