Music

A live performance of Daft Punk’s Doin’ It Right, recorded with original sounds and projections, done in a single take by musician Jack Conte. Though he does have the help of a robot to play his QuNeo MIDI controller. Go BTS here.

Japanese beatboxer Hikakin hits the big time, joining Aerosmith on stage for a rendition of Walk This Way, and a performance from dancer Marquese “Nonstop” Scott – though they should have aimed the camera at his feet more.

Composer and pianist Sonya Belousova and her costumed musician friends take us on a journey through Westeros to play the theme song from Game of Thrones. Who knew the Mother of Dragons could play piano too?

PV Nova takes Daft Punk and Pharrell’s hit tune, and provides their interpretations of what the track might have sounded like if it had been recorded in different decades. Though we think the 1970s version should just be the original.

The music video for Hands Up If You Are Lost, by English band We Show Up On Radar from their album Sadness Defeated. It’s like Sesame Street, but with forest creatures instead of muppets. Made by Polymath Pictures.

The low-contrast dark-grey-on-black music video for They Might Be Giants’ Black Ops is best watched in full screen mode, with the lights off. Created by director Craig J. Clark.

A cut from The Red Wing, a single from the upcoming album Slow Focus by electronic noise duo F**k Buttons. It’s more structured than the band’s earlier work but still carries their trademark thick distortion.

Using only mouth sounds, YouTuber Oliver Age 24 has put together a sprightly version of Daft Punk’s hit single (called Get Neefy, in this case). Sing along! Boots, cats, boots, cats, etc.

Trent Reznor’s side project sated us for a while but the news that the first Nine Inch Nails album in 5 years is releasing 9/3/13 made us thirsty all over again. Go ahead and drink down the first single, Came Back Haunted.

(NSFW: Language) You may already know of Jay Pharoah’s talent for impersonation thanks to one of his standups or SNL. Watch as he unveils a hilarious and spot-on impression of rapper Lil Wayne on the Sway in the Morning radio show.

Unusual angles granted by some inventive GoPro use and the mystical setting created by the awe-inspiring Cathedral of Junk in Austin were the perfect combination for this video that highlights the unique sound of Radiation City.

Don’t be surprised if you have to pick your jaw up from the floor after watching the sixth grade shredders from Brooklyn that make up the tiny but powerful metal band Unlocking the Truth.

Hear how truly brilliant Freddie Mercury’s vocals were in this clip which extracts only the vocals from his collaboration with David Bowie on Under Pressure – not that Bowie is any slouch either. More here, here and here.

Composer Joseph Bertolozzi is working on a composition created by harvesting sounds made by using the varied surfaces of the Eiffel Tower as percussive instruments. He also hopes to coordinate a live performance at some point.

(NSFW: Language, Gore) The music video for Kingswood’s song Ohio is also an action-packed short film. This is probably what The Warriors would’ve looked like if it was made by Quentin Tarantino.

Electronic music god Thomas Dolby was joined on stage by 83-year-old astronaut Buzz Aldrin for a live performance of his 1982 classic She Blinded Me with Science, exclaiming “Science!” with his awkward, but endearing intonation.

Between the bowling alley and decapitated heads, we thought we were watching a Coen Brothers flick – but it’s just the music video for Two Door Cinema Club’s latest catchy track, Handshake. We assume they got the idea here.

And here we thought that Akiva and Jorma had the most distinctive names in The Lonely Island. Andy Samberg sets us straight on who’s got the dopest moniker in the band.

A creative music video for London Grammar’s Wasting My Young Years, shot with a rig loaded with 625 pinhole cameras and a loop of 35mm film to capture 360° images of performers frozen in time. See how it was done here.