Wilco, Nick Lowe and Mavis Staples - “The Weight” //

Having flashbacks of The Last Waltz.

-MW

Jay-Z - “Glory” feat. B.I.C. (Blue Ivy Carter) //

Jay-Z and Beyonce’s daughter is already a hip-hop star. “You’re the child of my child from Destiny’s Child.”

-MW

Florence Welch - “Back to Black” (Amy Winehouse cover) //

The Florence + the Machine front-woman’s tribute to Amy Winehouse at the VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul show last night is one of my new favorite things of 2011.

-MW

The National feat. Justin Vernon - “Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks” // 

Leave it to Canada’s CBC Radio to bring together The National and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon for a beautiful version of one of High Violet’s best songs. 

-MW

Das Racist - “Michael Jackson” (live on Conan) //

With the help of a creepily real Michael Jackson impersonator, Das Racist made their late night TV debut on Conan last night.

-MW

Keepaway - “Cake” //

Our pals in Keepaway just leaked a dope new track from their upcoming LP Black Flute. Download it now and look out for the album release on Greedhead in January.

-MW

Amy Winehouse - “Like Smoke” (feat. Nas) //

The first track to leak from Amy Winehouse’s posthumous album Lioness: Hidden Treasures features rhymes by Nas, including a almost definitely post-Amy Winehouse Occupy Wall Street reference.

-MW

Sean Lennon and Rufus Wainwright - “Material Girl” (live from Occupy Wall Street) //

It’s not quite “Give Peace a Chance” but it’s something.

-MW