As thanks for their support this year, starting today Coldplay are stuffing fans' stockings with a free MP3 of Stuart "Thin White Duke" Price's "Viva La Vida" remix. The dancey tune, which was heard in interludes during the band's 2008 tour, is even peppier than the single version, but rips off the Bloodshy & Avant remix of Joe Satriani. The...

Citizens of the world without iPhones (I hear there are a few of you), weep not: Weezer feel your pain, and agree that just because you don't have some trendy gadget doesn't mean you should be denied the joy that is Christmas With Weezer.As you'll recall, your fave fan-friendly foursome recently cut six holiday jingles for a Tap Tap Revenge-deri...

This year has been an impressive one for the gents of Tokyo Police Club, what with the release of their debut LP Elephant Shell, lotsa big-time touring (including a stint with Weezer), and their recent Wisteria Lane residency as seen on "Desperate Housewives" (scope the clip here). The Ontario outfit will cap the year as part of the "Jingle Bell...

Colbert, you've been bumped. Wide-eyed English indie-pop duo the Boy Least Likely To, who a couple of years ago pinned a fine yuletide tale to their song "Little Donkey", are in before Thanksgiving with the first 2008 Christmas-y song any of you are likely to want to hear again come January. Seasonal mostly in the ecumenical sense, like "Win...

Fresh off his band's appearance on "Desperate Housewives" Sunday night, Tokyo Police Club keyboardist Graham Wright has unearthed an EP he wrote and recorded last year and promised himself he'd release before the end of 2008. Its title is The Lakes of Alberta, and it's a low-key acoustic affair that would sound nice on the drive home for the hol...