Awesome Music

Pulsing lights slowly reveal the stunning beauty of the Philip Johnson Glass House in the music video for Nebula, the lead single from ambient musician Julianna Barwick’s upcoming album Will.

(PG-13: Language) Producers Mick and Chi Duly mark Notorious B.I.G.’s 19th death anniversary by dropping this cool mixtape featuring some of Biggie’s most popular verses juxtaposed against the beats of phenom beatmaker Metro Boomin. Thanks Karlo!

In the latest episode of Blind Covers, Kansas City-based alt rock band Rachel Mallin and the Wild Type come up with their own version of Cyndi Lauper’s I Drove All Night. Skip to 4:13 for their performance.

Late Late Show band leader Reggie Watts met up with The Force Awakens’ rollerdroid BB-8, and the duo turned in a little droid funk track for our enjoyment. Funny thing is, we totally believe that Watts can understand exactly what BB is saying.

Put on your headphones, crank up the volume, and drink in this 15-minute history of rock music, as remixed by Ithaca Audio. The clip includes sound bites from 348 rockstars, 84 guitarists, 64 songs, and 44 drummers, from Elvis to Foo Fighters. Download the audio track here.

An absolutely insane performance from Ukraine Got Talent, as Gennady Tkachenko-Papizh demonstrates his unreal ability to replicate the sounds of not just creatures, but to hit operatic notes, producing a new age sound that would be the perfect backdrop for a visit to the spa.

(PG-13: Language) Kendrick Lamar follows up last year’s To Pimp A Butterfly with a surprise EP. Some of the tracks in untitled unmastered. include the songs that he performed on The Colbert Report and The Tonight Show.

Andre Antunes shreds a finger-blistering 13-minute medley of tracks by one of today’s greatest rock bands (accompanied by the original vocals of Matt Bellamy). We dare you not to nod you head in rhythm to Hysteria, Knights of Cydonia, and Uprising.

Cellists Luka Šulić and Stjepan Hauser turn in a rich and emotionally powerful performance of U2’s 1987 classic rock ballad. They don’t tear any bow hairs this time, but they might bring a tear to your eye.

By all accounts, a bass guitar is pretty much useless without its strings. But that didn’t stop YouTuber Davie504 from giving it the old college try. Watch as he uses the bass’ various parts – including the buzz from its audio jack – to make some music.

A single from Atomic, the original score made by post-rock band Mogwai for Mark Cousins’ Atomic – Living in Dread and Promise, a BBC experimental film about life in the Atomic age. The clips in the video are all from the film.

“Don’t tell me we’ve got time. The subtle thief of life, it slips away when we pay no mind.” Gaelynn Lea sings about a lover who’s painfully aware of her mortality over her haunting looped violin in her winning submission to NPR Music’s 2016 Tiny Desk contest.

We’re digging the ’80s-synth beats and vocoder sounds of Carpenter Brut’s track, but it’s writer/director Seth Ickerman’s brilliant music video that brings it all together for us. Not only are the colors simply spectacular, the car chase at the end is insane.

The lead single for M83’s upcoming album Junk. If you think Anthony Gonzalez reached his final form with Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, keep an open mind. You’re not going to get your fix of anthemic post-rock here, or at least not in this song.

This truly amazing musical instrument was created by Swedish musician Martin Molin (aka Wintergatan). It uses an incredibly complicated mechanism to produce notes and rhythms using human input and the sound of 2,000 falling metal marbles. (Thanks Paul!)

Remix maker The Amazing Mashups Mixes combined the theme song from The Simpsons with the Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj pop hit Bang Bang, and it works surprisingly well for the most part. Skip to 0:11.

(Flashing images) The title track from the new album of Canadian technopop duo Junior Boys. The music video for Big Black Coat features industrial glitch art that perfectly complements the song’s smooth buildup.

Please won’t you be our neighbor? Musician 331Erock puts on his comfy cardigan, takes off his loafers, and turns the classic childhood theme song from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood into a rock tune.

Jason Yang performs a spot-on violin and keyboard medley of two themes which should be immediately familiar to fans of horror and sci-fi – Bear McCreary’s The Walking Dead, and Brad Fiedel’s The Terminator. You got your undead peanut butter in my cyborg chocolate!

Rhett LeCompte decided to replace his face with the various celebrity performers from the 1985 charity music classic We Are the World, courtesy of Face Swap Live. The results are both hilarious and disturbing.

San Francisco musician Jordan B. Wilson (aka “Lone Sound Ranger”) sings, plays guitar, keyboard, bass, and an entire set of drums. His blues/garage sound is reminiscent of The White Stripes – and he plays drums better with his feet than Meg White did with her hands.

Michael Mac turns in a great instrumental arrangement of Taylor Swift’s megahit with the vocals replaced by lead electric guitar. Check out Michael’s YouTube channel to see more of his nimble fingers in action. We especially like his Dragon Ball Super theme.

She might look like a darling little 11 year-old girl, but Lisa-X is a serious rocker. Watch as she gets the whole room going by shredding a speed metal rendition of Schubert’s Lullaby on her electric guitar in this commercial for JNB Visa Debit cards.