McCartney, Nirvana Release Studio Version of 'Cut Me Some Slack,' Jack White Does 'Portlandia' & More -- NEWS

Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein's "Portlandia" is back with a little help from Jack White. [Rolling Stone]

Paul McCartney and Nirvana's performance at the 12-12-12 event last week was repeated this past weekend on "Saturday Night Live." Now you can hear the studio version of the heavenly band's one-off single "Cut Me Some Slack." [Antiquiet]


Big Boi reading Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas is amazing, especially when he says "every Who down in Whoville." [Consequence of Sound]

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are promising "DNA upgrades, spontaneous evolution" and a brand new record in the spring of 2013. [Pitchfork]

Scarf rock, shroomdelica ... chillwave (uhg). Read through the past decade's most ridiculous made-up rock genres. [The Daily Swarm]

2012 showed a pivotal change in the music industry, when downloading began to decline and streaming took on a meteoric rise. Spin takes an in-depth look at the future of streaming culture. [SPIN]

And finally watch the xx cover WHAM!'s effervescent "Last Christmas." Happy Monday everyone [via Diffuser]!