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Whirled Beat

Whirled Beat

This 10-year-old percussionist transforms his family’s washing machine into a complete drum kit with nothing more than his hands and an excellent sense of rhythm. (Thanks Dan!)

2012 Musician Tribute

2012 Musician Tribute

Multitalented artist Jocelyn Pelichet pays tribute to 15 musicians we lost too soon – from a wide variety of genres ranging from jazz to metal to rap, from Ravi Shankar to MCA to the Trololo guy.

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Mac Lethal Live Loop Beatbox

Mac Lethal Live Loop Beatbox

Watch the pancake-rapping, grammar-correcting, crowd-feeding rapper play Beatbox + iPhone + Guitar + Fast Rap = Win using Everyday Looper. Come for the gimmick, but stay for his lyrics.

IYES: Lighthouse

IYES: Lighthouse

Another potential star from England, the Brighton duo known as IYES is making heads bop all around the Web with their first single, an intimate track injected with bangin’ electronica.

Stuck in the Sound: Let’s Go

Stuck in the Sound: Let’s Go

French indie rockers Stuck in the Sound are back with another video that’s just as good as its track. The moral of the story for Let’s Go might be to be careful what you work for. (Thanks Hadrian)

The xx: Last Christmas

The xx: Last Christmas

English indie pop trio The xx dropped by BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge program to perform a cover of Wham!’s Last Christmas. This is probably the only time we intentionally listened to this song.

Samplr for iPad

Samplr for iPad

Samplr is an iPad synthesizer designed to make it easy for the user to manipulate samples via multitouch. The user can use up to 5 sound effects and 6 samples at once in 7 different play modes.

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United State of Pop 2012

United State of Pop 2012

A mashup of 25 of the biggest pop hits of 2012 by DJ Earworm. Similar to what he did last year, DJ Earworm took the music and videos of the songs and turned them into one song. Grab the mp3 here.

London Grammar: Hey Now

London Grammar: Hey Now

Hey Now is a song by Hannah, Daniel and Dot, aka London Grammar. The London trio make icy cool pop, as if the voice from Holy Other learned to speak English. Watch them play here.

Christmas Sweatz

Christmas Sweatz

Comedy duo Rhett & Link and a handful of other YouTube celebrities teach us a trick about dressing for the Holidays. They sound like early Hot Chip, except you know, a lot sillier.

Jamie Foxx: Sexy Brady Bunch

Jamie Foxx: Sexy Brady Bunch

It’s Jamie Foxx turns the Brady Bunch theme song into something good enough to make love to, even appropriating the styles of underwear-melting singers Babyface, Luther Vandross and Prince.

Chilling in the Name

Chilling in the Name

(NSFW: Language) Andy Rehfeldt replaced the instrumental of Killing in the Name with “less angry” versions. The result is Rage Against the Machine meets Steely Dan. Hilariously confusing.

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Marshall Hanwell Speakers

Marshall Hanwell Speakers
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The much-hyped speaker is finally available. The “sound deliverer” has two 6″ woofers, two dome tweeters, a 100W PWM amp and the classic Marshall cabinet design. It’s as beautiful as it is expensive.

The Mixtape

The Mixtape

In celebration of 50 years of the mixtape, Ithaca Audio created this brilliant 16-track live mix performed entirely on a 23-year-old Tascam 1″ reel-to-reel tape deck.

Extraneous Lyrics 2012

Extraneous Lyrics 2012

Here’s OkaySamurai with his latest treatment of pop songs as sung by what must be a Thesaurus-loving English professor. We demand the rest of Extraneous Gangnam Style. (Thanks everyone!)

M4SONIC: Virus

M4SONIC: Virus

A new song from up-and-coming electronica whiz kid M4SONIC. Watch the 21-year old play Virus live using two Novation Launchpads cued with original samples as well as effects and vocal loops.

The Sound FX Man

The Sound FX Man

We were just talking about Michael Winslow, and now here he is with some fresh content – a lighthearted track backed by DJ Yoda, and plenty of Winslow’s trademark wacky vocal sound effects.

Ain’t No Sunshine: Acoustic Cover

Ain’t No Sunshine: Acoustic Cover

Accomplished blues guitarist and vocalist Matt Andersen belts out an impressive and creative performance of Bill Withers’ all-time classic Ain’t No Sunshine. Hear more from Matt here.

MechBass x Hysteria

MechBass x Hysteria

James McVay created the MechBass as his Engineering honors project at Victoria University of Wellington in 2012. The machine makes quick work of the intricate bassline from Muse’s Hysteria.

Death Metal Audition

Death Metal Audition

At first glance, you’d think the girl on this French TV talent show was going to sing some dainty little ballad. You’d be so very wrong. We wonder if this is Rachel’s cat. (Thanks Thomas!)

Bodozlama // Re-Cordis

Bodozlama // Re-Cordis

A track by Turkish producer VEYasin with an intriguing blend of driving electronica and Middle Eastern grooves. It makes for a mellow but shapeshifting sound. Video is by Harun Roon Işık.

Macklemore Live Session

Macklemore Live Session

(NSFW: Lyrics) Rapper Macklemore and beat maker Ryan Lewis rock the office of NPR Music in this episode of Tiny Desk Concerts performing Same Love, the hilarious Thrift Shop and Can’t Hold Us.

Metal Skyfall

Metal Skyfall

We’ve already heard a few great covers of Adele’s powerful James Bond theme song, but none quite as rockin’ as Erock’s metal remix. We’ll have that martini shredded, not stirred.

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