Awesome Music

(PG-13 Language) The Weeknd is that bad news that Yeezy told you to run away from. Here’s the music video for his single The Hills, which he originally called Mood Music. No one wants to mess with a dude who has palm trees on his head.

The music video for J-pop act Namie Amuro asks you to participate with just one simple act – placing your finger in the middle of the screen. The only downside is that you’ll end up with a big greasy fingerprint there by the time it’s over.

Remembering Mountains: Unheard Songs by Karen Dalton is a compilation of covers by various artists, featuring unreleased songs from the late blues and folk underground star. Also on Spotify. (Thanks Karlo!)

(PG-13 Language) “Today I didn’t even have to use my A.K. I got to say it was a good day.” YouTuber nekocekoBiH recreated the music video for Ice Cube’s It Was a Good Day in Grand Theft Auto V. Watch them side-by-side here.

Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand teamed up with iconic L.A. new wave act Sparks, and then hired on French directors AB/CD/CD to create an equally awesome video to go with the first single from their upcoming album.

For the charity fundraiser Red Nose Day, Coldplay assembled the cast of Game of Thrones to create a Broadway (or West End) musical. NBC cut many of the funny bits for time, so here’s the full 12-minute version for your enjoyment.

Amy is an upcoming documentary about the all-too-short life of the incredibly talented jazz and soul artist Amy Winehouse, from the director and one of the producers behind the critically-acclaimed documentary on Ayrton Senna.

Vocalist Haley Reinhart and Postmodern Jukebox knock it out of the park once more with an awesome ’40s style jazz cover of the Cardigans 1996 classic Lovefool. Seriously, why didn’t Haley win American Idol?

“You know your T’s & C’s agreement? When I was updating my software, I didn’t read it.” Rhett & Link come clean to all to everyone they’ve recently lied to, including us for doing a Wendy’s commercial thinly veiled as a music video.

Bluetooth headphones that detect when you fall asleep, and wake up and automatically adjusts its volume, equalizer and noise cancellation settings. The soft and breathable ear cups make Kokoon comfortable to wear even in bed.

YouTuber Ben Morfitts aka SquidPhysics made an original composition and then filmed himself playing each of the instruments. He then combined the videos to make it look like he’s conducting an orchestra consisting of his clones.

(Gore) The music video for Darlin’ Celsa by synth pop band Maestro is about Tim and Celsa. She was the only girl in their university, and he did whatever it took to have her. What else can you expect from a school named Mount Madness?

Our pals at Pleated Jeans do their best to understand the lyrics of various tunes from Disney flicks, failing miserably – and hilariously – along the way. Just never let these guys near the closed captioning machine.

Blues legend Riley “B.B.” King passed away in his sleep on 5/14/15. He was 89 years old. B.B. pioneered techniques and styles that have become blues standards, shared the genre to a wider audience and kept performing until 2013.

Samurai Guitarist proves his dexterity as he performs Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds on three ukuleles, a snare drum, tambourine, organ, bass and harmonica all at once. His five guitar rendition of Für Elise ain’t too shabby either.

This unique musical instrument replaces traditional keys with soft silicone bumps which can each tweak pitch, vibrato and other dynamics. The nuanced, ethereal sounds it makes are unlike any other keyboard we’ve heard.

(PG-13 Language) Irish rapper Kojaque trained extensively to be able to hold his breath and lip sync underwater to make the video for his track Midnight Flower. The dazed look on his face by the end says it all.

(PG-13: Language) “You’re not gonna make a profit coming out here. But you’re gonna have something better: you’re gonna feed your soul.” A brief documentary about Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s recent DJ gig in and tour of Cuba.

The amazing music video for the lead single from Son Lux’s upcoming album Bones. The Made Shop’s Nathan Johnson and Katie Chastain used foam boards, pins and rubberized thread to mimic primitive polygonal graphics.

Belarusan folk band Stary Olsa performs truly unusual cover versions of popular rock tracks using medieval instruments, including lute, zither, bagpipes, and recorder. Here, they perform the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Californication.

Game developer Harry101UK (Portal Stories: Mel) auto-tuned GLaDOS’ Song and made this music video. The song was made by GLaDOS’ voice actress Ellen McLain with John Lowrie for Portal 2, but never made it into the game.

Beatmaker Shawn Wasabi performs Marble Soda, an original track made of 153 songs and sounds and performed on a custom made version of DJ Tech Tools’ MIDI Fighter. Sign here if you want a production version of the controller.

Lucero Tena is a dancer and castanet player. She has performed in various orchestral performances around the world and even has several compositions written solely for her. Here she is performing with Voces Para La Paz.