Awesome Music

The HiddenRadio2 is a significant step up from its popular predecessor. It now automatically raises and lowers its protective cap, has intuitive touch controls, better cones and drivers, support for NFC and an alarm function.

“Leaving in the morning what a pity, but for now let’s drink this down, I live to roam.” Ophelia Cache sings about settling for cheap kicks over The Kickdrums’ ice cold beat in this single from her upcoming EP Dolly & The Bull.

Instead of using reverb effects or a music studio, Audio Zero and Wikidrummers had drummer Julien Audigier play the same drum pattern in different environments to capture natural echoes and decay patterns.

Inspired by the Soundsticks, the Aura is a compact omnidirectional speaker. It has 1 30w and 2 15w amps, 6 1.5” high and mid drivers and a 4.5” subwoofer. Works with Bluetooth, AirPlay and DLNA. It also has 3.5mm and optical inputs.

Dark sci-fi visuals and an ambiance inspired by the emptiness of space are somewhat at odds with Jim Guthrie’s earthy sound but his music still works brilliantly with the video for this somber single off his album Takes Time.

It’s a wonder that iOS doesn’t include more options for customizing how music sounds in your headphones. CanOpener picks up the slack with options for tweaking your audio including the crossfeed, equalizer and loudness settings.

Choose up to 36 pro-grade controls to outfit your umidi and finish off your creation with a laser-etched image for a personal touch. Then prepare for fast fun because your dream DJ controller is plug-and-play with any MIDI music software.

Autotune musician MelodySheep’s latest track pays tribute to the ebullient spirit of the late, great conservationist, adventurer and wildlife enthusiast Steve Irwin. His passion for nature truly shines through in this clip.

(NSFW: Language) A comic book about the origins of hip hop by Ed Piskor. Hip Hop Family Tree is presented like the Marvel comics from the 70s for that extra OG flavor. It’s a shame it doesn’t come with a soundtrack. More here.

The Despacio is a 50,000w disco sound system by Jordan Acoustics, McIntosh, 2ManyDJs and James Murphy. Each of its 7 stacks has 4 15″ bass drivers, 4 12″ mid range drivers, 4 tweeters and 6 McIntosh amps. More here and here.

DJ Earworm’s annual mix of the year’s top pop tracks is as buttery smooth as ever, combining Billboard’s top 25 tracks of 2013, with songs from Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Daft Punk, Lorde, Miley Cyrus, Imagine Dragons and more.

For their Christmas 2013 clip, The Piano Guys perform an amazing arrangement of Angels We Have Heard on High, using keys, hammers, hands and bows to produce sounds out of their piano that no single pair of hands could achieve.

Another music video for a song released half a century ago. Featuring old footage of The Beatles mixed with animated graphics. A promo for the Fab Four’s On Air: Live on BBC Vol. 2. You can also get both sets in one bundle.

Pay what you want for the latest EP of beatmaker Ryan Hemsworth. The songs are more lighthearted than his previous work, so much so that you can “kiss someone you have a crush on while it plays in the background.”

Collective Cadenza gives us a concise history of the bass guitar, with none other than the group’s co-founder Michael Thurber handling the instrument’s various incarnations. A lesson as entertaining as it is educational.

Say farewell to the previous generation of video game consoles with this upbeat track. YouTuber liltommyj made it using the Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 hardware as instruments, along with sounds from their user interface.

A portable Bluetooth speaker that can be charged in just five minutes and last up to six hours at full volume. It can also be recharged up to 500,000 times. That’s because it uses supercapacitors instead of batteries.

As we already know, an abandoned building, graffiti artist Sofles and videographer Selina Miles make for an awesome time-lapse video. Also featuring artists Fintan Magee, Treas and Quench. The songs are by DJ Butcher.

Eclectic Method celebrates 50 years of Doctor Who with a mesmerizing 40-minute-plus montage of clips, audio samples and their own trademark electronica. Whovians, pop it into full screen and crank up the speakers to 11.

For its latest couch gag, The Simpsons’ animators envisioned what each character on the show might look and sound like if transformed into their musical equivalent. It’s sort of like Peter and the Wolf, FOX style.

A decidedly more experimental effort from wonder producer and songwriter Dev Hynes aka Blood Orange, Cupid Deluxe features contributions from Clams Casino and Dave Longstreth of Dirty Projectors among others.

Joe Penna rigged up his Ford Fiesta with PVC pipes, plastic buckets and duct tape, then captured the various sounds the car makes and turned it into a little tune. Of course if our car sounded like this, we’d bring it into the shop.

Almost 50 years after the release of Bob Dylan’s first electric single, Like A Rolling Stone finally has a music video and an interactive one at that. Flick through the different ‘stations’ for a different experience every time you watch.