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Apartment Symphony

Apartment Symphony

Musician Keith Peskosky used household items, his instruments, a ton of microphones and Ableton to play and record this looping song in one take. Not shown in the video? His wife’s a capella track The House Better Be Clean When I Get Home.

Hello Classroom Cover

Hello Classroom Cover

Jimmy Fallon and The Roots are joined by reigning queen of the universe Adele as she performs Hello, accompanied by the cheap instruments you’d find in a grade school music class. Honestly, she could sing anywhere, backed by anything, and we’d be blown away.

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My Name Is: Muppets Version

My Name Is: Muppets Version

Wiki-wiki-wiki-wiki… Video wizard Mylo the Cat is back with another musical Muppets mashup. This time, the mild-mannered Scooter takes on the role of bad boy Eminem. We will now think of him as Scoot Shady from this day forward.

Feel Good Inc.: Metal Cover

Feel Good Inc.: Metal Cover

Musician Leo Moracchioli of Frog Leap Studios transformed the classic Gorillaz (or is it Bunniez?) track into a hard-edged rock arrangement. The behind the scenes video is worth a watch too. We’re amazed that the cameraman didn’t end up on his butt.

T-Pain: Officially Yours (Live)

T-Pain: Officially Yours (Live)

T-Pain performed once again at NPR Music, a year after his mind-blowing revelation that Auto-Tune was actually holding him back. This song is from his upcoming album Stoicville: The Phoenix. Might as well call him Faheem Legend.

Creep: Korean Style

Creep: Korean Style

After wowing us with some Hendrix, musician Luna Lee dials it down a notch for a moving performance of the Radiohead classic Creep, played on her traditional Korean string instrument, the Gayageum.

Xan Young: Passion

Xan Young: Passion

(PG-13) The music video for Passion, the eponymous single from Xan Young’s two-song EP. It sounds like an Autre Ne Veut track, but check out the other song in his EP and you’ll see Xan’s no copycat, just an artist sorting out his sound.

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Mechanical Techno

Mechanical Techno

Artist Graham Dunning demonstrates how to replicate sounds normally created with synthesizers and digital equipment, instead using a turntable, vinyl records, and mechanical and electrical devices in their place. The whole thing gets pretty bonkers by the end.

Tetris: Bluegrass Rock Style

Tetris: Bluegrass Rock Style

Musician Samurai Guitarist created this unusual, but somehow just right cover version of the familiar Russian style theme song from the arcade classic, Tetris. We just wanted to shout Rawhide! at the end.

One Fret Song

One Fret Song

Musician Rob Scallon demonstrates how to play a compelling tune with just a single guitar fret. Sure, he does a whole lot of string bending, but we’re still impressed with the versatility of that one little metal bar.

Roundabout: One Man Cover

Roundabout: One Man Cover

The 1971 Yes track Roundabout is one of the most epic and complicated rock tunes of all time, with 43 different parts. YouTuber Friday Night Lullaby rose to the challenge, recreating each and every component himself, including the richly layered vocals.

Violin & Faucet Duet

Violin & Faucet Duet

Before a performance back in 2012, the Polish string quartet Altra Volta found this noisy faucet in a restroom backstage. Their violinist Jacek Dzwonowski decided to go with the flow, turning in an awesome bit of improv.

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Toonlink

Toonlink

(PG-13: Language) Ever heard Drake with the Wii Shop Channel? How about Kendrick Lamar with Mega Man, or Nas with K.K. Slider? Because they’re all great things that go great together, as proven by 14-year-old beatmaker Toonlink.

Missy Elliott: WTF (Where They From)

Missy Elliott: WTF (Where They From)

(PG-13: Language) “A bunch of girls do it and the s**t looks fun. That’s how they do it where we from.” Missy returns with the help of Pharell’s ice cream beat, throwing shade at the artists and fans who promote a sexualized caricature of hip-hop culture, particularly its dance moves.

The Brett Domino YouTube Ensemble

The Brett Domino YouTube Ensemble

A few weeks ago, the Brett Domino Trio asked YouTubers to submit parts for a collaborative song. They picked 50 contributions for surprisingly cohesive and enjoyable the final piece. That clapping man has seen some stuff.

Beatsofreen: Slowly Rising

Beatsofreen: Slowly Rising

Brightly colored plants overrun a world in the music video for Slowly Rising. The song is from Full Circle, the debut album of Dutch beat maker Bastiaan van der Vlist aka Beatsofreen. Director Hideki Inaba says the song made him think of the sun and its life-giving power.

Barrel Organ Smooth Criminal

Barrel Organ Smooth Criminal

Our arm is sore from just watching musician Patrick Mathis turn the crank on this vintage instrument called a Barrel Organ. But what makes it more compelling is the track being played – Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal. His Miles Davis is pretty awesome too.

Playing an 18-String Guitar

Playing an 18-String Guitar

Musician Ian Ethan Case previews a bit of his new album Run Toward the Mountains, as his fingers fly across all 18 strings of his double-necked guitar. At times, his hands were moving so fast, we thought he was Doc Ock. The 92-minute double album drops 11/24/15.

The Bad Plus: Flim (Live)

The Bad Plus: Flim (Live)

Jazz virtuosos The Bad Plus perform their cover of Aphex Twin’s Flim live. It’s not our favorite cover song by The Bad Plus, but the video is definitive proof that drummer Dave King has a sequencer in his brain.

Bob Dylan: The Cutting Edge 1965-66

Bob Dylan: The Cutting Edge 1965-66

The 12th volume of Bob Dylan’s Bootleg series, The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 features unreleased songs and outtakes from that miraculous 14-month period in which Dylan recorded Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde. Also on digital.

Believe One Man Band Cover

Believe One Man Band Cover

Steve Onotera aka samuraiguitarist created a chill cover of Cher’s Believe by playing one instrument after another and then layering the resulting tracks to create a single song and a single video.

SNL: Bad Girls

SNL: Bad Girls

The ladies of Saturday Night Live break bad in this hilarious parody of M.I.A.’s 2012 Bad Girls music video. And if you complain about it being a dated reference, these girls will hunt you down and mess you up.

Viva La Vida: Sad Clown Style

Viva La Vida: Sad Clown Style

Awesomer faves Postmodern Jukebox and Puddles Pity Party collaborated on this larger than life cover version of Coldplay’s 2008 hit Viva La Vida, led off by the inimitable vocal stylings of everyone’s favorite sad clown with the golden voice.

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