Music

A brief documentary by the SoundWorks Collection about composer Yoav Goren and his company Immediate Music, which makes scores for movie promotional materials such as trailers and TV spots.

Crooner/beatboxer Mike Tompkins covers Justin Timberlake, Timbo’s beats and JT’s backing band using just his and rapper George Watsky’s voices. They should’ve called it Denim & Plaid though.

It took more than 6 years, but he’s finally answered your call. Justin Timberlake’s new album The 20/20 Experience drops 3/19/13. You can also stream the entire album for free on iTunes.

The updated version of Muji’s minimalist CD player. The Bluetooth speaker can be turned on or off by tugging at its power cord. It also has a remote control and an FM radio. Video here.

A band of LEGO Bionicle musicians gets outfitted with servos and bang out some catchy beats, with the help of an Arduino Uno board, and the Clavia Nord Beat iPad sequencer app.

Pogo returns with another chill jam, this one remixed from sounds captured along a journey on Australia’s Indian Pacific railway. Makes you want to put on the headphones and travel by train.

People, Hell and Angels contains 12 tracks, most of them recorded in 1969 with Billy Cox, Buddy Miles and Stephen Stills. Devoted Hendrix fans may be disappointed with the old “new” tracks though.

(NSFW: Language) This is how The Postal Service was formed. In an alternate reality. A star-studded skit that’s funny for all the wrong reasons. Not least of which is Ben Gibbard’s hair… thing.

14 classic video game theme songs performed by The JamIS Orchestra on instruments such as mandolin, qanun, oud, violin and flute. Man, we forgot all about Bubble Bobble. (Thanks Elad!)

The Headtune is a clip-on tuner that resembles the headstock of its matching instrument – guitar, bass or ukelele. Its LEDs make it easy to see a string’s peg position and the note that it’s tuned closest to.

Ok, so the produce in this video is used more for show than for sound but we still have to hand it to j.viewz for making such good use of a maKey maKey and his edible circuit triggers.

Karen O and team get their gospel on in Sacrilege, the lead single from the post-punk New Yorkers’ upcoming album Mosquito. We’re so freakin’ excited for that. The album drops 4/16/13.

Make a playlist on a music site – Spotify, 8tracks or even YouTube – then “record” it on a Sharetape card. Now anyone can listen to your playlist on a mobile device via NFC or by scanning its QR code.

We’re not sure if we’re more hypnotised by the ethereal sounds or sights in The Aprons’ music video for Sound Time, its forest filled with a delicate crystal menagerie, brought to life by 40 animators.

A high-tech guitar effects pedal, the iStomp lets users switch and purchase effects using an iOS app. It has its own processor and does not need to be connected to an iOS device to be used.

Folk rock singer 23-year-old Winston Yellen aka Night Beds adds to the stellar list of guest stars at NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concerts. You can download the audio of the performance at the link.

Astronaut Chris Hadfield joins The Barenaked Ladies and a children’s choir to play guitar and back up the band in the first-ever live space-to-Earth musical collaboration. Like a happy version of Major Tom.

One of two new tracks included in the re-release of Give Up, the 2003 classic – yes kid, way before Owl City – of electro-pop collab Postal Service. The re-release also includes several remixes.

Looks like the boxfan is not the original talk box. This clip from the 1940 film You’ll Find Out shows the Sonovox, what some would consider one of the first prototypes for the technology, in action.