holiday music Archives

Vanessa Bayer (SNL) Talks with Jonah Bayer (United Nations) for the Talkhouse Music Podcast

Podcast

By Vanessa and Jonah Bayer | December 20, 2016

Vanessa Bayer (SNL) Talks with Jonah Bayer (United Nations) for the Talkhouse Music Podcast

Bonus: These hilarious siblings share their favorite holiday songs.

Honus Honus Will (Try To) Play Any Holiday Song You Want

Music

By Ryan Kattner | December 16, 2016

Honus Honus Will (Try To) Play Any Holiday Song You Want

Total disaster? Most likely. Entertaining? I’m sure there will be moments.

Talkhouse Playlist: Holiday Picks from Band of Merrymakers

Music

November 29, 2016

Talkhouse Playlist: Holiday Picks from Band of Merrymakers

Find out what Christmas song made this supergroup cancel their USA Today subscription.

Sondre Lerche Talks Christmas Music Fatigue

Music

By Sondre Lerche | December 12, 2015

Sondre Lerche Talks Christmas Music Fatigue

A musician who wrote a new Christmas song talks about how there are too many Christmas songs.

Emmy the Great Talks Yoko Ono and the Flaming Lips’ “Happy Christmas (War Is Over)”

Music

By Emmy the Great | December 11, 2015

Emmy the Great Talks Yoko Ono and the Flaming Lips’ “Happy Christmas (War Is Over)”

The Christmas single by the Flaming Lips and Yoko Ono is a reminder that music is one of the only environments in which futility cannot exist.

Ryan Kattner (Man Man) Will Sing (Butcher) You (Almost) Any Christmas Song You Want

Music

By Ryan Kattner | December 10, 2015

Ryan Kattner (Man Man) Will Sing (Butcher) You (Almost) Any Christmas Song You Want

Spend the most wonderful time of the year staring at the Talkhouse Instagram, where Kattner will be caroling (part of) the day away.

Dee Dee (Dum Dum Girls) Talks Kylie Minogue’s Kylie Christmas

Music

By Dee Dee | December 9, 2015

Dee Dee (Dum Dum Girls) Talks Kylie Minogue’s Kylie Christmas

For our writer, Minogue’s new Christmas album evokes the ghosts of Kylie Past, Present and Future.

John Roderick (the Long Winters) Talks the Criteria for a Good Christmas Song

Music

By John Roderick | December 8, 2015

John Roderick (the Long Winters) Talks the Criteria for a Good Christmas Song

He also shares some of his favorite carols (that don't suck), written by good songwriters with either a sense of humor or a bottomless well of sorrow.

Cassie Ramone (the Babies, Vivian Girls) Talks Train’s Christmas in Tahoe

Music

By Cassie Grzymkowski | December 7, 2015

Cassie Ramone (the Babies, Vivian Girls) Talks Train’s Christmas in Tahoe

Christmas in Tahoe is a new classic album. December it today!

John Roderick (the Long Winters) Talks Christmas Music

Music

By John Roderick | December 20, 2014

John Roderick (the Long Winters) Talks Christmas Music

(Not actually) hitting it rich with a holiday album, obsessive record collectors and the truth about what Christmas music is really for.