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Michael Kiwanuka & Dan Auerbach: “Lasan”

The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach recently dropped news that he has teamed up with emerging singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka to record a one-off track at ex-Kinks frontman Ray Davies’ England studio. “Obviously his voice is amazing and the songs are cool,” Auerbach told BBC Newsbeat of Kiwanuka, and yeah, we agree. We won’t need to wait to hear what the pair put to tape, though, as the tune is here to stream just one week later.

Check out “Lasan” — a dusty, soulful groove worthy of The Band — below:

Mark Ronson Streams Rufus Wainwright’s “Out of the Game”

We got an early listen to Rufus Wainwright’s “most pop album [he’s] ever made” last week in the form of a promising yet decidedly un-poppy cut called “Montauk,” but this week comes a preview of the title track, a mid-tempo jam that might make for a better fit on Top 40 radio… if it were the late 1970s. Which, as longtime Steely Dan fans, means this one is being thoroughly enjoyed around here.

Producer Mark Ronson has a solid reputation for revitalizing older genres in a worthwhile way and this is a prime example: Rufus sounds remarkably comfortable crooning lounge vox atop a steady beat with a few breezy, smooth guitar licks thrown in for good measure. Hear the track below, thanks to a Tumblr post by Ronson himself:

Video: Jimmy Fallon Does Pearl Jam “Jeremy Lin” Parody

Perhaps Jimmy Fallon was inspired by this Bill Simmons mailbag piece from last week, in which he joked that an adaptation of Pearl Jam’s breakout 1992 hit “Jeremy” might make an appropriate soundtrack for a film about the “Linsanity” surrounding the unexpected rise of NBA star Jeremy Lin. Tonight, the Late Night host turned in his latest musical impersonation/pop culture mashup by invoking early ’90s-era Eddie Vedder — complete with long curly locks and moody lighting, of course — as the angst-filled bard to Lin’s inspiring journey toward becoming this year’s greatest underdog hero. Fallon has yet to falter in this department, so it goes without saying that his take on Vedder, viral web culture timing, and impressive vocal chops were all par for the course. Enjoy the replay below: