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Gunship: Tech Noir

Gunship: Tech Noir

(Gore) Claymation animator Lee Hardcastle goes back to the big ’80s with the music video for Gunship’s synthwave track which shares its name with the nightclub in The Terminator, while the video is packed with characters from classic films of the era.

Saxophone Echo

Saxophone Echo

Tenor saxophone player Derek Brown shows off the reason why nothing beats the acoustic properties of the real world, rather than electronically-produced echoes, as he plays a little Bach in an abandoned warehouse.

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DJDS: You Don’t Have to Be Alone

DJDS: You Don’t Have to Be Alone

A Husky enjoys a sunny day outdoors with its canine homies in this relaxing music video for You Don’t Have to Be Alone, a new single from Los Angeles-based dance duo Jerome LOL and Samo Sound Boy aka DJ Dodger Stadium.

David Gilmour: Here, There…

David Gilmour: Here, There…

Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour covered The Beatles’ Here, There and Everywhere for the bonus compilation CD of Mojo magazine’s October issue. Gilmour also contributed to five other tracks in the compilation.

Sometimes I Feel So Deserted

Sometimes I Feel So Deserted

Director Ninian Doff’s video for The Chemical Brothers’ new track works as a brilliant standalone work of science fiction, leaving us wanting to know so much more about this dystopian world that lives somewhere between Mad Max, The Walking Dead and Westworld.

This Shouldn’t Work…

This Shouldn’t Work…

…yet somehow Jarad “NPC” Moloney’s mashup of Smash Mouth’s All Star with Linkin Park’s In the End works perfectly, the two songs melding together like creamy peanut butter and rich chocolate. Download the track here.

Richard Cheese: Mucho Queso

Richard Cheese: Mucho Queso
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(PG-13 Lyrics) The ultimate digital box set from America’s loudest lounge singer. Get 148 lounged-up covers of everyone from Radiohead to Rage Against the Machine. Our faves are Creep, Gin and Juice, and Perfect Situation.

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Naive Melody (Swing Cover)

Naive Melody (Swing Cover)

Postmodern Jukebox is joined by vocalist Sara Niemietz, as they turn in a swing jazz cover of one of our all-time favorite Talking Heads’ tracks. Nothing will ever be better than the original, but we appreciate their unique arrangement.

The Familiar: Patience

The Familiar: Patience

Get your darkwave fix with this new single from electropop duo Ruth Mirsky and Mads Martinsen, aka The Familiar. We wish the song had more to reveal, but Martinsen’s synths are steady enough to keep you hooked.

Joanna Newsom: Sapokanikan

Joanna Newsom: Sapokanikan

Bearing the Native American name for what is now Greenwich Village, this epic single from Joanna Newsom’s upcoming album Divers references Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poetry and contemplates intention, ambition and legacy.

Rockstakovich

Rockstakovich

Guitarist Connor Gallagher, whose name sounds like a mashup of characters on two Showtime series, cranks out a dynamic metal version of the musical rollercoaster ride that is Symphony No. 5. IV. Allegro non troppo by Dmitri Shostakovich.

Harrison & Maddee: How Can It Be

Harrison & Maddee: How Can It Be

A young couple goes through the dreaded talk in the music video for How Can It Be by electronica artist Harrison. DTO Films made the video look like a messaging app, so it’s best watched on a phone, vertically.

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9-String Guitar: Torque Soul

9-String Guitar: Torque Soul

We’ve heard of 6-string and 12-string guitars, but this is the first time we’ve seen or heard a 9-string guitar. Musician Rob Scallon shows off his nimble fingers on this unusual instrument with a track called Torque Soul, with Kevin Wade on drums.

Horror Themes in a Major Key

Horror Themes in a Major Key

YouTuber Muted Vocal retuned the theme songs of X-Files, Halloween, Saw, The Exorcist and A Nightmare on Elm Street to major keys. The spooky tracks became hilariously harmless tunes fit for dramas, game menus and commercials.

Dr. Dre: Compton

Dr. Dre: Compton

Inspired by the NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton the 50-year old rapper and producer proves that he still has it, while also giving way to new stars like Kendrick Lamar and Justus.

Foo Fighters & Brian: Tom Sawyer

Foo Fighters & Brian: Tom Sawyer

(PG-13 Language) In Foo Fighters’ recent concert in Edmonton, the band looked for someone in the audience who could sing Rush’s ball-twisting Tom Sawyer. Enter Brian, who not only knew all the lyrics, but performed it almost casually.

Robin Schulz: Sugar

Robin Schulz: Sugar

Longtime friend of The Awesomer Nathan Barnatt is a dancing fool both inside and outside his cop car, backed by this upbeat summer earworm by Robin Schulz, featuring soulful vocals by Canadian wunderkind Francesco Yates.

I Fink U Tubby

I Fink U Tubby

(PG-13 Lyrics) Editor Robert Jones combined Die Antwoord’s 2012 hit track, I Fink U Freeky, with footage from TV’s equally strange Teletubbies, resulting in one of the most mismatched, but somehow just right mashups we’ve seen.

Alek Fin: Án Mynda

Alek Fin: Án Mynda

The title track from Los Angeles-based electronic artist and producer Adam Finkel aka Alek Fin. With Án Mynda (“an example” in Icelandic), Alek continues to hone the slow burn approach that made his previous EP Mull successful.

Seven Nation Army: Jazz Funeral Cover

Seven Nation Army: Jazz Funeral Cover

Amazingly talented vocalist Haley Reinhart once again joins Postmodern Jukebox to turn in an awesome cover version of a classic track – this time with White Stripes’ Seven Nation Army, in the style of a Big Easy jazz funeral dirge.

Earl Sweatshirt: Off the Top

Earl Sweatshirt: Off the Top

(PG-13 Language) “You berries and you honey for the bear that’s here to tear and eat” Earl is locked in a violent city in the creepy animated music video for Off the Top, from the album I Don’t Like S**t, I Don’t Go Outside.

Chapman Stick Solo

Chapman Stick Solo

It’s not the first time we’ve seen this stringed instrument that doubles as both bass and lead, but it takes on a whole new quality in the able hands of “The Stickman,” who took home top prize in indi.com’s solo instrumental challenge.

David Gilmour: Rattle That Lock

David Gilmour: Rattle That Lock

A fallen angel journeys through the depths of the underworld to transform and redeem himself. Trunk made this animated music video for Rattle That Lock, a single from Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour’s upcoming album.

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