Awesome Music

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.

The radio program Carne Cruda 2.0 organized a flashmob to play Here Comes the Sun at a Madrid unemployment office and share rays of hope with some of the 1 in 4 Spaniards down on their luck.

Much larger than its predecessor, so you can play it using your fingers as well as the stylus. It has a 37 note keyboard, 2 voltage-controlled oscillators, 8 waveform LFOs and a state variable filter.

Crooked Steps is the latest single from King Animal, the first album in 16 years from Soundgarden – a band blessed with the uncanny ability to make songs about nothing and still sound great.

(NSFW: Language) Matthijs_Vlot edited clips from Lance Armstrong’s infamous interview with Oprah to make a suitable rendition of Radiohead’s Creep. It conveys the reaction to his confessions pretty well.

British singer Sivu went inside an MRI scanner and sang repeatedly for 2 to 3 hours to make this music video. The result is bizarrely hypnotic. At the very least it’ll make you suspicious of your tongue.

The gang from Collective Cadenza walk us through the evolution of tunes in which women take the lead in the relationship. It all went horribly off the rails in 1996. Get the guys’ perspective here.

MajorScaled TV digitally transposes sad songs to a major scale, replacing the melancholic mood with a strangely happy one. Listen to what they did to Metallica’s Nothing Else Matters.

The Lonely Island pokes fun at the world’s worst meme by moving it to the other extreme. YOLO, so be carefo-LO. Featuring Adam Levine and K-Dot. The song samples The Joy Formidable’s Whirring.

The latest single from New York garage rock band The Strokes. The song will be part of their new album that will be released later this year. You can download it for free from the band’s website.

An “everlasting chain of convulsing memories.” Such is the music video for Shugo Tokumaru’s song Katachi. Kijek/Adamski made the jaw-dropping stop-motion using about 2,000 pieces of PVC plates.

What is it about dogs and socks? We may never know, but at least we can now enjoy a metal song on the topic thanks to Psychostick. Buy the song to give your pup a sock massacre soundtrack.

An avid skier and trombonist, YouTuber Explosean unloads an avalanche of awesome down the mountainside in this short clip. There’s a finale if you are in need of some more t-bone.

Moog’s new analog synth has variable waveshape oscillators, a square wave sub ocillator, a noise generator and lots of ways to tweak them, including Moog’s classic ladder filter. Hear it in action at 4:30.

This clip of German composer Hauschka improvising on NPR isn’t new, but the sound he makes by outfitting piano strings and mallets with objects like bottle caps and ping-pong balls is still fascinating.

The trombone quartet known as the Maniacal 4 cover the quintessential prog track Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas. The trombone on a guitar effects processor was a neat surprise.

If you haven’t heard Animals as Leaders, you’re missing out on some seriously face-melting shreds. The ridiculous technicality of a song like Cafo is what makes Chino M’s cello cover so awesome.

Shiva opened her arms and Al Rose opened his vault to grace us with this tape of the lost pilot for Jon Brion’s show featuring brilliant performances by the late Elliott Smith and other guests.

(NSFW: Language) Have you ever stopped to wonder if unicorns aren’t the magical creatures you always thought they were, but in fact hellspawn? Yeah, us neither. Now check out this crazy video.

The twangy Bohemian Guitar line will offer choice of 3 oil can styles, maple necks with rosewood fingerboards and bridge, adjustable truss rods and chrome tuning machines. (Thanks Bryan!)

(NSFW: Language) Dizzee Rascal has got a message for the kids. You don’t need no stinkin’ drugs when you got bass. Big. Dirty. Stinkin’ Bass. Check out his mixtapes if you need more low end.

Boys bow down, raise your hands up and sweat to Santi White’s ill single, filled with her trademark tribal drums and fierce flow. Girls is included in the soundtrack of the eponymous hit HBO series.