Awesome Music

(NSFW: Language) This is how The Postal Service was formed. In an alternate reality. A star-studded skit that’s funny for all the wrong reasons. Not least of which is Ben Gibbard’s hair… thing.

14 classic video game theme songs performed by The JamIS Orchestra on instruments such as mandolin, qanun, oud, violin and flute. Man, we forgot all about Bubble Bobble. (Thanks Elad!)

The Headtune is a clip-on tuner that resembles the headstock of its matching instrument – guitar, bass or ukelele. Its LEDs make it easy to see a string’s peg position and the note that it’s tuned closest to.

Ok, so the produce in this video is used more for show than for sound but we still have to hand it to j.viewz for making such good use of a maKey maKey and his edible circuit triggers.

Karen O and team get their gospel on in Sacrilege, the lead single from the post-punk New Yorkers’ upcoming album Mosquito. We’re so freakin’ excited for that. The album drops 4/16/13.

Make a playlist on a music site – Spotify, 8tracks or even YouTube – then “record” it on a Sharetape card. Now anyone can listen to your playlist on a mobile device via NFC or by scanning its QR code.

We’re not sure if we’re more hypnotised by the ethereal sounds or sights in The Aprons’ music video for Sound Time, its forest filled with a delicate crystal menagerie, brought to life by 40 animators.

A high-tech guitar effects pedal, the iStomp lets users switch and purchase effects using an iOS app. It has its own processor and does not need to be connected to an iOS device to be used.

Folk rock singer 23-year-old Winston Yellen aka Night Beds adds to the stellar list of guest stars at NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concerts. You can download the audio of the performance at the link.

Astronaut Chris Hadfield joins The Barenaked Ladies and a children’s choir to play guitar and back up the band in the first-ever live space-to-Earth musical collaboration. Like a happy version of Major Tom.

One of two new tracks included in the re-release of Give Up, the 2003 classic – yes kid, way before Owl City – of electro-pop collab Postal Service. The re-release also includes several remixes.

Looks like the boxfan is not the original talk box. This clip from the 1940 film You’ll Find Out shows the Sonovox, what some would consider one of the first prototypes for the technology, in action.

This hilariously bad performance of “I’ll Be Back” from a 1991 Top of the Pops deserves at least one viewing, if nothing more than to be thankful that Schwarzenegger himself wasn’t there to sing.

The music video for Gun-Shy, from Grizzly Bear’s album Shields. If you’ve ever felt insecure and unsatisfied with yourself, you’ll be able to relate to the various images of purging in the video.

Not only does Jason Forrest’s 2005 electronic-jazz-rock opus make our eardrums buzz with glee, Joel Trussell’s imaginative animation is the perfect accompaniment to the track. (Thanks Barry!)

Do you believe that there’s a best way of listening to music? PBS’ Idea Channel doesn’t think so. But instead of comparing the tech behind music media, PBS uses a psychological and philosophical analysis.

South African guitar player Hannes Coetzee plays the spoons – but not in the way you’d expect. Instead of slapping utensils on his knee, he uses his teaspoon to slide-fret his guitar.

Vimeo user Chester Fielder wanted a doo doo rhyme, so he created a full version of the Wonderful Creative’s Sesame Street x Beastie Boys mashup. You can’t, you won’t and you don’t stop!

The pioneers of shoegazing are back. m b v is My Bloody Valentine’s first album since 1991’s Loveless. It actually sounds like it was made 22 years ago. Stream the album on YouTube.

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke reunites with the band from his Eraser tour – Joey Waronker, Mauro Refosco, Nigel Godrich and Flea – for the new album AMOK. The track here is Judge Jury & Executioner.

After 4 years, electronic rock pioneers Depeche Mode are releasing the new album Delta Machine on 3/26. If the understated cool of their single Heaven is any indication, it’ll definitely be worth a listen.

cdza took the well-known lyrics from the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme and ran them through Google Translate until moms no longer gets scared but laments her lack of possessions.

You know the drill. An overly talented musician uses a looper to perform an astounding rendition of a classic tune. In this case it’s Elija Haaron taking on Paul Simon’s Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes.