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Tiny Birdland

Tiny Birdland

Chris Ott has a talent for playing toy musical instruments. We first heard him play Sandstorm on a toy trumpet, and here he plays Maynard Ferguson’s Birdland on the world’s smallest trumpet. Note: it might drive your dog crazy.

Mouth Silence

Mouth Silence

Mashup master Neil Cicierega returns with another brilliant edit, which melds everything from Nine Inch Nails to Chumbawamba to Miley Cyrus to a Folgers coffee commercial. The Billy Joel/R.E.M. combo sounds like a Weird Al track.

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Karen O: Rapt

Karen O: Rapt

(NSFW: Lyrics) Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O lounges underwater in the music video for Rapt, a single from her upcoming solo album Crush Songs, a “collection of lo-fi, bedroom recordings” that Karen made in 2006 and 2007.

Batman Animated Series 7″ Vinyl

Batman Animated Series 7″ Vinyl

For SDCC, Mondo and DC released 7″ vinyls containing the opening and ending credit themes of Batman: The Animated Series. The record and its sleeve comes in five different villain themes, including a badass Man-Bat design.

Sony NWZ-ZX1 Walkman

Sony NWZ-ZX1 Walkman

An Android 4.1 music player for audiophiles. The NWZ-ZX1 has a built-in headphone amplifier and can play lossless formats such as FLAC and ALAC (not DSD though). It has dedicated playback buttons and a 128GB flash memory.

Bear in Heaven: Autumn

Bear in Heaven: Autumn

Brooklyn’s Bear in Heaven mixes psychedelic rock with synths and other electronica. Autumn is the first track from their upcoming album Time Is Over One Day Old, which you can stream in its entirety at NPR Music.

Riffstation Play

Riffstation Play

Currently in beta, Riffstation Play is a free web-based app that figures out a song’s chords by analyzing its YouTube video. The chords can be laid out for a guitar, ukelele or piano. The desktop version lets you load any song.

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The Rentals: Lost in Alphaville

The Rentals: Lost in Alphaville

After a 15 year album hiatus, Weezer co-founder Matt Sharp’s melodic Moog-rock band The Rentals is back. The lineup has shuffled a bit, but the trademark sound is still there. The album drops August 26th on LP, cassette and digital.

Weezer: Back to the Shack

Weezer: Back to the Shack

The post-grunge heroes go back to their roots while singing an apology, a sigh of relief and a hopeful battle cry in their self-aware single Back to the Shack, from their upcoming album Everything Will Be Alright In The End.

Weird Al: Mission Statement

Weird Al: Mission Statement

Launched at Wall Street Journal, Mission Statement cannibalized the style of hippie heroes Crosby, Stills & Nash, reminding us that the generation most famous for sticking it to the Man ended up being the Man anyway.

Queen’s Guard Game of Thrones

Queen’s Guard Game of Thrones

During the ceremonial changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, the Queen’s Guard played the theme from Game of Thrones, making us wonder if Danaerys has plans to invade London with her dragons and reclaim the throne.

Gateway Drugs: Give Me Your Love

Gateway Drugs: Give Me Your Love
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Gateway Drugs a South African synth pop band that will make you want to wear fingerless gloves and go out for a drive as the sun sets, with your robot unicorn galloping beside you, neon lasers streaking out of its ass. More here.

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Odesza: In Return

Odesza: In Return

In Return is the upcoming album from electronica duo Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight aka Odesza. Pre-order In Return to instantly get two tracks from the album: Memories That You Call and Sun Models.

Weird Al: Tacky

Weird Al: Tacky

We are so pleased to share Weird Al’s parody of Pharrell’s Happy from Nerdist, featuring Aisha Tyler, Kristen Schaal and Jack Black, among others. It kicks off his 8 videos in 8 days project. We have missed you, Al. (Thanks Chris!)

Music Vault

Music Vault

A YouTube channel with over 13,000 videos of live performances from some of the world’s most popular bands and artists, from classic acts such as the Grateful Dead to current stars like The Bad Plus.

100 Amazing Bass Lines

100 Amazing Bass Lines

Bass player Davie504 plays a medley consisting of some of the most memorable and catchiest bass lines, from the songs of Chic and Stevie Wonder to Muse and of course Red Hot Chili Peppers. Thank you Flea, Bass God.

A Classical Fairytale

A Classical Fairytale

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Fredde Gredde, but he’s back, and this time he’s taken 15 classical tunes and created a loosely assembled fairytale by adding lyrics. At times its a bit shaky, but overall it’s an impressive feat.

Royal Blood: Figure It Out

Royal Blood: Figure It Out

(Gore) A track from the self-titled debut album of the two-man British rock band Royal Blood. If you love garage and blues rock bands like The Black Keys and the White Stripes, watch out for these guys. Album drops 8/25/14.

Interpol: All the Rage Back Home

Interpol: All the Rage Back Home

The video for the lead single from Interpol’s new album El Pintor. Frontman Paul Banks will have a tough time filling Carlos D’s shoes on bass, but otherwise they’re still the nonsensical, well-groomed rock band we know and love.

Choppin’ Broccoli 2014

Choppin’ Broccoli 2014

If for no other reason to see Dana Carvey back on his game, you should watch this orchestral remake of his hilarious and nonsensical 1986 power ballad The Lady I Know (aka Choppin’ Broccoli) he performed on The Tonight Show.

The Peach Kings: Mojo Thunder

The Peach Kings: Mojo Thunder

(NSFW) A brilliantly animated, hand-painted music video for The Peach Kings’ fuzz-rock track Mojo Thunder. Its use of light on dark illustration is truly stunning. Created by Ataboy, Kris Merc, Benjy Brooke and Vikkal Parikh.

Morrissey: World Peace…

Morrissey: World Peace…

“Work hard and sweetly pay your taxes, never asking what for.” The eponymous lead single from Morrissey’s latest album World Peace Is None of Your Business is a sarcastic ballad. US residents can stream the entire album at NPR.

Emulator ELITE DJ Controller

Emulator ELITE DJ Controller

Smithson Martin’s limited edition Emulator ELITE is an all-in-one digital DJ system with a large see-through touchscreen, on-board Mac Mini, Lumen 3000 Projector and Motu 4-pre sound card, providing an instant kit for pro DJs.

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