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Cheap Trick Blues Cover

Cheap Trick Blues Cover

Postmodern Jukebox and vocalist Sara Niemietz transform the ’80s pop rock hit I Want You to Want Me into a whole different song by giving it a bluesy ballad treatment. Along the way, the lyrics go from desperate to seductive.

Weird Al: Medium Rarities

Weird Al: Medium Rarities
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Fans of “Weird Al” Yankovic will be excited to hear snippets of the 23 tracks on the bonus 15th album that comes with Squeeze Box. It’s packed with obscure and previously unreleased tunes from the master of novelty music. That Prodigy parody from ALtv is priceless.

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Viva La Vida Synth Check

Viva La Vida Synth Check

Seth Everman titled this video simply as: “When you try all the sounds and beats on your synth (while only playing coldplay – viva la vida).” His description couldn’t be more accurate. We want to run on the treadmill to the techno version.

World Order: Singularity

World Order: Singularity

The champions of good vibes, World Order are back with another song and video. But this time they’re joined by the ladies of the Japanese idol group SKE48, who show the guys that they can let loose and still do the robot.

REMAP Audio Plotter

REMAP Audio Plotter

Oliver Wilshen and Niall Quinn aka Signal-to-Noise modded an old Roland DXY pen plotter, covering its bed with strips of magnetic tape, and replacing its pen with a playback head. The result – a strange device that can play back bits of audio based on x/y coordinates.

It’s Always Drummy in Philadelphia

It’s Always Drummy in Philadelphia

Drummer David Dockery synced up his rhythms to match the dialogue from Charlie’s Pepe Silvia meltdown on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It’d be cool if he did a live performance like this with scenes from a bunch of TV shows and movies playing on a big screen.

Pandora Premium

Pandora Premium

Pandora’s upgraded streaming music service has a slick new user interface and playlist features. On each of your radio stations, it can make a playlist of tracks you’ve thumbed up. It can also automatically add songs to a playlist based on the ones you’ve already added.

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Literal Rock Band

Literal Rock Band

Mechanical object designer and inventor Neil Mendoza created this machine, which uses a variety of mechanisms which make music using rocks. Some are fired at aluminum keys, others smack into marble, and yet others are slapped with leather to produce notes and rhythms.

EZXP: Sonic The Hedgehog

EZXP: Sonic The Hedgehog

Electronic rock band EZXP turns in an all too short medley of covers from the soundtrack of the SEGA classic Sonic the Hedgehog. That part where Sonic runs out of air underwater still stresses us out to this day.

Eclectic Method: Cartman

Eclectic Method: Cartman

(PG-13: Language) Shut up hippies! The master of remixes takes on everyone’s favorite festively plump, pot pie eating, fishstick-loving loudmouth, with an epic cut of soundbites taken from some of Eric Cartman’s rudest, crudest, and most obnoxious moments on South Park.

Korean State of Mind

Korean State of Mind

Yoo Jei, a then 16 year-old Korean girl turns in an surprising and soulful performance of the Billy Joel classic New York State of Mind during her run for the title on the show KPOP STAR back in 2015. We can’t believe she didn’t win.

The Weeknd: I Feel It Coming

The Weeknd: I Feel It Coming

The Weeknd’s second collaboration with Daft Punk has been bestowed with a gloriously retro sci-fi video courtesy of director Warren Fu. The richly layered track and its accompanying video bring back memories The King of Pop himself.

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All Star: Sad Cover

All Star: Sad Cover

Only shooting stars break the mold… We’re so used to hearing Smash Mouth’s hit All Star as an upbeat pop tune, but YAOG continues to prove that just about any song can be made into a sad ballad by arranging it in a minor key, and bringing down the speed.

Making a Trumpet Mouthpiece

Making a Trumpet Mouthpiece

Please forgive us for posting videos with Flight of the Bumblebee three times in the same week, but this clip that shows the process of crafting a Vincent Bach trumpet mouthpiece from a brass rod was too captivating to pass up.

The Philosophy of Reggie Watts

The Philosophy of Reggie Watts

Reggie Watts is one of those artists who transcends categorization. His deft blend of humor, music, and smarts work on a different level from other performers. CrackerJacked looks at how Reggie engages his audience by disrupting conventions.

The xx: Say Something Loving

The xx: Say Something Loving

“I say something loving, I can’t hold it inside, the thrill of affection is only getting stronger” Arcades, skateparks and other teenage hangouts mingle with indie pop trio playing a single from their latest album I See You.

Don’t Look Back in Anger: Jazz Cover

Don’t Look Back in Anger: Jazz Cover

Slip inside the eye of your mind and listen to Postmodern Jukebox and vocalist Maiya Sykes as they transform the ironically titled Oasis track Don’t Look Back in Anger into a sultry New Orleans jazz ballad.

Violin-Playing Machine

Violin-Playing Machine

Way more than an ordinary player piano, this incredible contraption is called the Hupfeld Phonoliszt-Violina. It can play a set of three violins using a special rotating circular bow, and dozens of mechanical “fingers” which press on the strings. More here and here.

Rapping While Jumping Rope

Rapping While Jumping Rope

(PG-13: Language) Mac Lethal continues to prove that nothing can stand in the way of him spitting sick rhymes. Here he rattles off some lyrical genius while he gets a serious workout. We can barely jump rope while chewing gum.

Father John Misty Live

Father John Misty Live

The French musical charity La Blogotheque shares this nearly hour-long acoustic set by Joshua Tillman aka Father John Misty. Watch the prolific folk artist charm and have fun with the lucky crowd. His latest album Pure Comedy is out now.

Enter the Acoustic Ninja

Enter the Acoustic Ninja

When you’re living on the razor edge stay sharp, sharp… Musician Kaminari presents a decidedly different take on Die Antwoord’s alt-rap track Enter the Ninja, with a toned-down fingerstyle acoustic guitar take on the boastful original.

DJ Cummerbund: No Take It

DJ Cummerbund: No Take It

A oddly perfect mashup of the Twisted Sister classic We’re Not Gonna Take It with the Blind Melon hit No Rain, and a couple of other ’90s alt tunes for good measure. Not only does DJ Cummerbund deftly intertwine the music, but their videos as well.

Walk Away

Walk Away

David Ariew, Derrick Borte, and Michael Marquat of A Bad Think collaborated on this haunting music video about an astronaut’s journey through the cosmos. The song reminds us more than a little bit of Pink Floyd, and we mean that as the highest of compliments.

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