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Radiohead: Burn the Witch

Radiohead: Burn the Witch

After wiping out their entire internet presence, Radiohead is back with a bang. Here’s the debut music video from their forthcoming album; a sinister stop-motion short by Chris Hopewell in which a peaceful village is home to some rather nasty rituals.

Banjotallica

Banjotallica

Musician Rob Scallon and his pals turn in a fun performance of Metallica’s Master of Puppets with the lead guitar replaced with banjo. His outfit reminds us of an overall joke we’re pretty sure we heard on Dr. Katz… “Q: What goes with these? A: A banjo and no women.”

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Fallon & Rudd Do Styx

Fallon & Rudd Do Styx

Jimmy Fallon and Paul Rudd turn in a frighteningly accurate recreation of the music video for the 1981 Styx classic Too Much Time on My Hands, right down to the cheesy moustaches, Tommy Shaw’s teal jumpsuit, and every curly lock on Dennis DeYoung’s head.

Eclectic Method: Scott Pilgrim

Eclectic Method: Scott Pilgrim

Remix master Eclectic Method reminds us just how much we loved Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and all of the films of Edgar Wright with his brief tribute to this wonderfully fun comic book come to life. Guess we know what we’ll be rewatching this weekend.

LEGO Guitar Robot

LEGO Guitar Robot

TECHNICally Possible used his smarts to build a LEGO Mindstorms robot which can fret and strum an acoustic guitar. Hear it play a cover of Of Monsters and Men’s Little Talks, then check out how it all works. We anxiously await his LEGO vocalist.

How Steely Dan Composes a Song

How Steely Dan Composes a Song

As Nerdwriter1 points out, we often use music from Steely Dan to test new audio gear. Here he explores what makes a Steely Dan song so special, from their brilliant orchestration and storytelling to obsessive production values that result in a warm, rich and layered sound.

Har Mar Superstar: Best Summer Ever

Har Mar Superstar: Best Summer Ever

Sean Tillman ditches his raunchy man-child shtick for his latest album, with the help of Julian Casablancas as producer and Shawn Everett on the board. Best Summer Ever is an old school pre-party/after -party spinner, deftly mixing styles from several decades.

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Where Is My Mind: Animal Cover

Where Is My Mind: Animal Cover

After chopping up animal sounds to make a pants-wetttingly funny cover version of Linkin Park’s Numb, YouTuber Insane Cherry created a remake of The Pixies’ classic which literally made us spit our coffee out when one of the Nonono Cats got to singing.

Black Hole Sun: Piano Cover

Black Hole Sun: Piano Cover

Pianist Maxence Cyrin broke through to the masses with his stirring rendition of Where Is My Mind? But that’s not the only amazing cover version he’s done. Sit back and enjoy some Soundgarden played impeccably on his grand piano. His Daft Punk ain’t too shabby either.

The Jungle Book Medley

The Jungle Book Medley

♬We never met an animal we didn’t like ♬… It’s been a while since we’ve heard from musician Fredde Gredde. He recently returned to his YouTube channel with this warm and charming medley of tracks from the Disney animated classic The Jungle Book.

Suicide Squad: Where Is My Mind?

Suicide Squad: Where Is My Mind?

Like chocolate and peanut butter, these DC Comics villains and The Pixies are two great tastes that taste great together. Theme Park Monsters mashed up the trailer for Suicide Squad with both the classic 1988 track, and the haunting piano remake by Maxence Cyrin.

Beyoncé: Lemonade

Beyoncé: Lemonade

Beyoncé’s surprise album features Jack White, The Weeknd, James Blake and Kendrick Lamar. It’s accompanied by a series of eclectic short films, and many of the songs address her troubled relationship with Jay-Z. It’s exclusive to Tidal, but we’ve got previews of each track.

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Clickety Clack

Clickety Clack

We’re big fans of mechanical keyboards here in The Awesomer office. We type faster and more accurately on them, and there’s just something so satisfying about the big clicky sounds they make. Adafruit Industries feels the same way, and put together this brief musical tribute.

Prince in Concert: 1982

Prince in Concert: 1982

If you never saw Prince play live in his early days, tune in for the next hour or so, and check out this amazing performance from 1982 at the Capitol Theater. The video quality stinks, but it’s the music that counts, and boy is it some music.

Prince (1958-2016)

Prince (1958-2016)

Prince Rogers Nelson passed away on 4/21/16 at his residence. A genre unto himself, Prince maintained his privacy while entertaining us with a larger-than-life persona, which he backed up with prodigious talent and productivity.

Drumeo P4 Practice Pad

Drumeo P4 Practice Pad

Designed by veteran drummer and instructor Pat Petrillo, the P4 is the world’s first drum practice pad to have multiple height levels and four different pads that mimic the feel of percussion instruments. The variety helps you stay creative and keeps exercises fresh.

The Flaming Lips: Space Oddity

The Flaming Lips: Space Oddity

Wayne Coyne and gang play to a church filled with balloon audience members in the video for this David Bowie cover, which embraces the sort of enigmatic performance that itself would not exist if it weren’t for Bowie himself. A fitting tribute to the master of theatricality.

Who Am I?: Muppets Edition

Who Am I?: Muppets Edition

(PG-13: Language) Bow wow wow yippee yo yippee yay! Mylo The Cat’s latest video stars Rowlf the Dog in the role of Snoop Dogg, and Fozzie Bear as Dr. Dre as they lip-sync the classic Who Am I? (What’s My Name). We had no idea Muppets could swear so much.

Disturbed: Sound of Silence

Disturbed: Sound of Silence

The normally hard-edged heavy metal band Disturbed recently stopped by Conan and performed their powerful rendition of the Simon and Garfunkel classic Sound of Silence, showing off a side of lead singer David Draiman that we’re not used to hearing.

Blind Covers: Dweller on the Threshold

Blind Covers: Dweller on the Threshold

Missouri-based indie rock band Me Like Bees made a cover of Van Morrison’s pop soul song Dweller on the Threshold using only the lyrics as the basis for their adaptation. Skip to 5:36 for the performance.

PHV: Who’s Out There?

PHV: Who’s Out There?
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Who’s Out There? is a smooth as ice album from ambient synthwave band Pentagram Home Video, which presented the songs as a score to a non-existent sci-fi film. Mondo will be releasing 400 copies of the album on vinyl. Their Slumber OST is also the bees’ knees.

Futurama Theme Cover

Futurama Theme Cover

Futurama is one of our all-time favorite TV shows. It deftly combined humor, science fiction, animation, pop culture, and an awesome ensemble cast. While we’ll have to live with reruns, we can at least enjoy this awesome one-man cover of its theme song by SquidPhysics.

Breakbot: My Toy

Breakbot: My Toy

(PG-13) The video for Breakbot’s disco-infused track mixes ’70s sci-fi elements to create a world in which men are replaced with creepy robots who do the bidding of their female masters. It’s like Westworld meets Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex.

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