The Boss himself, Bruce Springsteen, will be the musical guest on the Dec. 19 edition of Saturday Night Live — and he's bringing the E Street Band along for the ride. Will there be a spirited rendition of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"? Will co-hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler join in? It'll have to be a holiday surprise. This will be Springsteen's first SNL performance since 2002. Other recently-announced musical guests include Leon Bridges (Dec. 5) and Chance the Rapper (Dec. 12). (Rolling Stone)

A new Stereogum feature on The National includes a conversation at last summer's Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival, as well as details on the band's next album and on an upcoming Grateful Dead tribute album compiled by the band: a charity release that will feature Justin Vernon, Marijuana Deathsquads, The War on Drugs, and more. (Stereogum)

Adele has shared a live-in-the-studio performance of her new song "When We Were Young," recorded at The Church in London. (AV Club)

Phoenix plan to release a Christmas single, "Alone on Christmas Day," on Dec. 4. Their guest on the single include Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Paul Shaffer, and — wait for it — Buster Poindexter. (Pitchfork) The release coincides with the release on Netflix of Murray's special A Very Murray Christmas, which will feature Phoenix as well as Jenny Lewis, Miley Cyrus, and other stars. (Rolling Stone)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJP3db3R014

HBO has released a new trailer for the new show Vinyl, a fictional show set in the New York music industry in the '70s. Executive-produced by Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese, the show debuts on Feb. 14. (Rolling Stone)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkDpld0vyi4

On an Oakland stop to promote his new memoir The Bassoon King, actor Rainn Wilson was joined by Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon) for an unusual bassoon-guitar duet. (Pitchfork)

John Cale has announced the Jan. 22 release of M:FANS, a reworking of his 1982 album Music For a New Society. The double album will include a remastered version of the original album and three previously unreleased bonus tracks. (Pitchfork)

Jimmy Kimmel's musical mash-up series — the series that brought us Morris Day and the Haim — is back, and on Monday night it featured Jewel and the Gang performing a medley of hits. (Rolling Stone)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBymjV6eXas

At a Brazil performance this weekend, Pearl Jam performed a rewritten version of their 2002 song "Love Boat Captain." Originally written about nine fans who died at a 2000 Pearl Jam concert, the revised song became an homage to the victims of Friday's attacks in Paris. (Billboard)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxTGPDFYIbw