It's hard to ignore an undercurrent of malaise amid the feel good assertions that Santa is for real,if we just believe.
Unreleased 1998 - 2010 is the best album going around by a band that's not officially together.
The separation of performers from fans has been no laughing matter this year. Nowhere is that more audible than here,on Tim Minchin's first-ever studio album.
The iconic band's new album is a celebration of rock'n'roll and a tribute to founding member,Malcolm Young.
Midnight Oil's first album in almost two decades is also their most musically diverse.
New album Letter To You is Bruce Springsteen's first with the E Street Band in six years.
Annie's Dark Hearts,Mary Lattimore's Silver Ladders,Loretta Palmeiro&Mark Isaacs'All Who Travel with Us and Dead Famous People's Harry.
These days,the renowned DJ and member of the1990s party band is mostly found on his farm in southern France - or in a nearby bakery.
The former Moloko singer,now solo artist,says she feels driven to keep producing music.
Sufjan Stevens rises to challenges all around him with new album The Ascension.
Astrid Munday works a sad but reflective joy into her tribute to her late husband – one of Australia's great record producers.