Awesome Music

Andrea Vadrucci aka Vadrum covers Leroy Anderson’s lighthearted piece, The Typewriter. Much of the humor is lost in the cover – you have to see it performed as intended – but Andrea’s a beast with the sticks.

Kinetix set up a robotic drum and percussion set and a variety of synthesizers to play a kick-ass electronic track. The video is a real-time recording of the song. Buy the song to fund Kinetix’ trip to NIME 2014.

What’s harder to believe? That Darude’s pre-millenium techno hit Sandstorm is now 15 years old or that this toy trumpet virtuoso’s impressive cover has eluded us for so long? We wonder if he could make Blood Rave happen?

A group of kids from Whitmire Community School’s Royal Regiment marching band had some time to kill and decided to improvise this little a capella rap that’s sure to get stuck in your head all day long.

Data scientist Matt Daniels looked at the variety of words in the first 35,000 lyrics of various hip hop artists and then ranked them in an infographic chart. The winner? Aesop Rock. And DMX needs a dictionary.

CBC Music presents some of the most memorable gibberish from alternative rock bands of the 90s, aka lyrics you can nail even when you’re drunk, aka the proto-Sigur Rós. HEEYEAH YEAH HEH HEH HEEEYEAAH YEAH

The Sony SRS-X9 is a high-end compact wireless speaker. It connects via NFC, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and also has Ethernet, USB and 3.5mm inputs. It has 4 tweeters, 2 mid drivers and a subwoofer, and has a total output of 154W.

One YouTube commenter described Neil Cicierega’s mashup of Elton John’s Crocodile Rock with System of a Down’s Chop Suey! as “horrifyingly awesome.” We couldn’t agree more. I cry when angels deserve to die. La, la la la la la…

Eclectic Method’s awesome remix mashes up soundbites, music and imagery from director Wes Anderson’s quirky, romantic, and beautifully composed films. Every time we see a scene from Fantastic Mr. Fox, we have to Netflix it again.

Musicians are often accused of “selling out” when their songs appear in commercials, but Jon LaJoie would be thrilled to have his tune featured in an ad spot, and made a special song that he hopes advertisers will hear and license right away.

KMel Robotics talented team of flying drones shows off their musical prowess, playing drums, keyboards, bells, and strings. Sure, it’s all a little odd sounding, but you try being in a band with no hands or arms while hovering in the air.

You can’t make a good bad movie on purpose, but Neil Cicierga proves it’s possible to intentionally make a good bad mashup album. Mouth Sounds mixes up pop tunes of the last five decades into a hell-spawn version of Girl Talk.

Wax Audio’s latest mashup seamlessly combines the polar opposites of music, with the Bee Gees Stayin’ Alive on one end and AC/DC’s Back in Black on the other. Bonus fact: Both bands hailed from the same part of Australia.

Slow down and enjoy a Saturday morning classic theme song, as interpreted by the always awesome Scott Bradlee and friends, with POW!GRL dishing out the sultry vocals. Part of the new Saturday Morning Slow Jams series.

Electronic funk duo George Brower and Jonathan Baken set up an interactive audiovisual stream of their latest album George & Jonathan III that displays every note of the songs as they are played. The album is also out on iTunes.

(NSFW: Language) The music video for Aerosol Can features an ill typographic time-lapse, achieved with the help of graffiti and tattoo artist Mike Giant and creative studio Abel14. The song is from Major Lazer’s latest EP Apocalypse Soon.

Babymetal combines thrash metal with cutesy pop. Their mission is for you to confront the most personal of questions: “Am I okay with this?” The answer can only be found through thorough research. Oh Japan. Thanks Joe!

The stop-motion lyric video for Vacationer’s The Wild Life. It’s a bright and cheerful track from Relief, an album that promises to have “a cinematic wallop of positivity-oozing pop.” Stash this one in your summer playlist.

Don’t clap, snap! For their latest Instrumentals clip, cdza provides a comprehensive and thoroughly entertaining lesson on the evolution of jazz-style piano. If nothing else, we learned that Jazz used to be spelled “Jass.”

Following up on his epic version of Rappers’ Delight, NBC News anchor Brian Williams has his mind on his money and his money on his mind in this brief rendition of Snoop Dogg’s classic, courtesy of Jimmy Fallon’s crack editing team.

(NSFW: Language) Ray-Ban’s Neverhide Films visits New York’s Fool’s Gold Studio, hanging out with Dave 1 and P-Thugg from Chromeo, as they share their diverse inspirations, and their surprisingly down-to-earth recording process.

We’ve already heard a version of Pharrell Williams’ mega-hit turned sad – now here’s another version. By yanking the music from the video, House of Halo made the Pharrell and his cast of characters look downright loony.

Musician Kawehi records unique cover versions of popular songs and original tracks by combining electronic loops with her soothing vocals. Here, she covers one of Michael Jackson’s classics. Be sure to check out her YouTube channel.