1996 was not a good time to be Michael Jackson. The child abuse allegations against Jackson, and the general tabloid-driven chaos that surrounded him, had come to eclipse his music completely. Jackson’s 1995 album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I had been a commercial disappointment. In 1996, Jackson divorced Lisa Marie Presle...

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Chilly Gonzales has new Christmas album out today, A Very Chilly Christmas, which features his renditions of holiday hits including Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” Wham!’s “Last Christmas,” and traditionals like “Silent Night,” “Silver Bel...

Pianist and pop music scholar Chilly Gonzales has announced a new Christmas album out next week. A Very Chilly Christmas features covers of David Berman's "Snow Is Falling In Manhattan," Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You," and a whole bunch of holiday standards along with one original song, "The Banister Bough." Feist…

Hot Chip are on a roll. The album they released last year, A Bath Full Of Ecstasy, was one of their best. This year, they followed that up by putting together a Late Night Tales mix that featured their cover of the Velvet Underground's "Candy Says" alongside a couple new songs. But Hot Chip are,…