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Orquestra Raiz x David Bowie

Orquestra Raiz x David Bowie

Elefante Sessions presents a wonderfully different cover version of David Bowie’s classic The Man Who Sold the World, performed by Orquesta Raiz, a dynamic group of musicians with roots around the globe, and a Brazilian influenced sound. More great music here.

Voyager Golden Record 3XLP

Voyager Golden Record 3XLP

A box set that contains the media in the Voyager Golden Record – a gold-plated copper phonograph record carried by the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 space probes as a message to extraterrestrial beings. It consists of 3 vinyl records, a hardcover book and a lithograph.

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My Car Plays Light Jazz

My Car Plays Light Jazz

Roberto from stuffwhatidone discovered an oddly pleasant noise that his 2002 Audi makes whenever he opens its glove box. Of course, the Internet couldn’t leave that alone, and now it’s a complete song, courtesy of musician Duncan de Heusden.

LORN: Anvil

LORN: Anvil

Hélène Jeudy & Antoine Caëcke’s animated video for LORN’s retrofuturist track envisions a future in which overpopulation is “cured” by making humans terminate their bodies, and upload their souls into a social network. Let’s hope Facebook doesn’t get any funny ideas.

Bike Engine

Bike Engine

Objectification. Outrage. Depression. Director Keith Schofield’s gimmick within a gimmick music video for Jacob Plant and Stylo G’s dance track predicts how it will be received by the people, and how Schofield will feel about it.

Over the Garden Wall OST LP

Over the Garden Wall OST LP
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“Oh how the gentle wind, beckons through the leaves, as autumn colors fall…” Mondo Music has published all 32 tracks created by The Blasting Company for Cartoon Network’s sublime miniseries Over the Garden Wall. Also coming to Bandcamp, Amazon and iTunes.

The Final Flopdown

The Final Flopdown

Musician and modder Paweł Zadrożniak’s electronic orchestra of 3.5″ floppy drives, hard drives, and flatbed scanners, aka The Floppotron performs a spot-on cover version of Europe’s cheesetastic synth-rock anthem The Final Countdown.

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Jake Shimabukuro: Blue Haiku

Jake Shimabukuro: Blue Haiku

Musician Jake Shimabukuro delivers a soul-stirring track from his new album Nashville Sessions, as he yet again demonstrates how he’s one of the world’s greatest ukulele players. (Thanks Tim!)

Stranger Funk

Stranger Funk

We’re torn about this unaired Emmys performance. After all, Uptown Funk was overplayed two years ago, let alone in 2016. But we just can’t resist Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, and Gaten Matarazzo, aka Lucas, Eleven, and Dustin from Stranger Things.

Harder, Better, Faster, Shredder

Harder, Better, Faster, Shredder

Musician 331Erock adds his own special touch to Daft Punk’s classic Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, as he rocks out some sweet heavy metal riffs to accompany the awesome Live @Alive 2007 version of the track.

Wake Me Up Before You Headbang

Wake Me Up Before You Headbang

CHOOSE LIFE with this hilarious, but somehow completely right heavy metal cover version of WHAM!’s cheesetastic 1984 hit Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, as performed by Leo Moracchioli of Frog Leap Studios.

Radiohead: Present Tense

Radiohead: Present Tense

You’ll want to put on your best pair of headphones, turn down the lights, and drink in Paul Thomas Anderson’s stripped down video of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and a vintage Roland CR-78 performing Present Tense from their album A Moon Shaped Pool.

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Kermit x David Byrne

Kermit x David Byrne

Laser Time dug up this juicy nugget from an old episode of Muppets Tonight, in which Kermit donned a giant suit and proceeded to sing (er talk) a cover of Talking Heads’ classic Once in a Lifetime. You must stick around for Statler and Waldorf at the end. Same as it ever was.

High On Fire: The Black Plot

High On Fire: The Black Plot

(PG-13) Fantasy illustrator Skinner and Hey Beautiful Jerk’s animated video for High on Fire’s track is a heavy metal fever dream, packed with vibrant colors, fantastic creatures, demons, battles, blood, guts, and even a couple of cartoon boobies for good measure.

Francis Lung Live

Francis Lung Live

La Blogotheque caught up with WU LYF bassist Tom McLung in Paris for a short outdoor set featuring songs from his indie folk alter ego, Francis Lung. He performed Back One Day and Where Life Come to Live, from his 2015 EP Vol. 1.

Gilmour & Jones: Purple Rain

Gilmour & Jones: Purple Rain

An amazing gem of a cover of Prince’s classic Purple Rain, performed back in 1992 by Tom Jones and Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour. Nothing will ever be as perfect as the original, but this is as close as you can get.

Du Hast: Bossa Nova Edition

Du Hast: Bossa Nova Edition

The latest from the warped mind of Andy Rehfeldt – a performance of Rammstein’s 1997 industrial metal classic Du Hast, mellowed out enough that even the most old-fashioned parents and grandparents should enjoy it.

Bob in the Rain and The Lizard of Hope

Bob in the Rain and The Lizard of Hope

Singer/songwriter Tom Rosenthal’s track tells the story of a very sad man named Bob, and a lizard who ultimately saves his life. The tale of hope is perfectly complemented by a Wizard of Oz-esque transition from black and white to colorful worlds by animator Dave Anderson.

The Marvel Symphonic Universe

The Marvel Symphonic Universe

Tony Zhou of Every Frame a Painting examines the oddly forgettable and superfluous music in the Marvel cinematic universe. To be honest, the only music we can remember from any one of their blockbusters is Awesome Mix Vol. 1 from Guardians of the Galaxy.

The White Stripes: City Lights

The White Stripes: City Lights

The White Stripes conceived this track back in 2005, but didn’t actually record it until this year. The icing on the cake: Without anyone’s knowledge, filmmaker Michel Gondry shot a video for the song and gifted it to the band. It’s minimal, but fits the song’s mellow vibe.

Sonic Goes Metal

Sonic Goes Metal

Fans of the classic SEGA Genesis game Sonic the Hedgehog will immediately recognize every one of these tracks, redone with a metal edge by Russian musician Michael Sobin. Seriously, all these tunes are permanently ingrained in our brains since childhood.

Dan Deacon: Change Your Life

Dan Deacon: Change Your Life

(Flashing lights) The music video for Dan Deacon’s new single Change Your Life (You Can Do It) is a distillation of his gigs. He makes the crowed do silly dance moves while emotion and humanity slowly sublimate out of his hyperactive music.

Unconventional Bagpipes

Unconventional Bagpipes

During a performance in New York’s Central Park, Swedish musician Gunhild Carling proved she can play any wind instrument, as she turned in an energetic jazz solo on a set of bagpipes. Oh, and she rickrolled us this week too.

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