Awesome Music

Released in honor of the 21st anniversary of the band’s debut album, Blur 21 includes all of Blur’s 7 studio albums, hours of unreleased tracks and video, artwork and a retrospective book.

Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap is a documentary about hip hop directed by Ice-T. The Grandfather of Gangsta Rap talks with the legends of the game to muse on the revolutionary folk art.

The second single released by The Neighbourhood, a five-man band from Los Angeles that’s currently receiving well-deserved praise for their catchy, laid-back sound. Download two tracks on Nylon.

(NSFW) Missed the live stream of Coachella’s first weekend? Well you snoozed on an incredible headline performance by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg that featured a holographic Tupac Shakur.

The music video for My Apartment’s Very Clean Without You, a funny breakup song by comedy folk duo Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci aka Garfunkel and Oates. Animation by Deanna Rooney.

Not only do Stephan (10), Olga (8) and Cornelia (5) of Children Medieval Band know how to play instruments, they know how to rock until your ears bleed. More covers here. Cornelia’s drumming ftw.

The Turntable Rider is a DJ controller built to make digital music by riding a bike. The video was made to promote Japan’s Cogoo bike sharing service, but we hope we can buy one soon. BTS video here.

Converse and Journeys gathered three artists for one song: Mark Foster of Foster the People, the insanely talented DJ A-Trak and breakout soul artist Kimbra. Download Warrior for free here.

Four-year old KJ has got the swagger, the presence and the rhythm down and even has a falsetto going on. Note that he’s actually the one making the beats. KJ and MC Khaliyl should team up.

A song from Valtari, the forthcoming LP of the great Sigur Rós. Ekki múkk is an introverted, soul-cleansing track, a comforting refrain from the band’s grand and overpowering sound.

Music & Memory is a non-profit organization focused on providing personalized music to the elderly and infirm because of its ability to reanimate and reinforce senses of identity.

Blind since infancy, 15 year-old Kuha’o has only been playing piano for 3 years but can already learn songs after hearing them once. Check out his interpretation of Freestylers’ Cracks at 5:45.

Using just Peter Hollen’s voice, and Lindsey Stirling’s violin combined from 120 individual tracks, this should replace the theme that shipped with Skyrim: Elder Scrolls. (Thanks Kevin)

K. Ishibashi has toured with many artists and is a member of Of Montreal and Jupiter One, but his solo project shows that he can hold his own. It All Began With A Burst is from his debut album 151a.

(NSFW: Lyrics) YouTuber bd594’s robot band is back with another cover, and they have a vocalist now: the DECtalk Express, the same type of speech synthesizer that Stephen Hawking used in the 80s.

A couple dances their way from darkness to the light. It may not be as wildly creative as their other music videos, but this one for OK Go’s Skyscrapers is still pleasing to the eyes.

The hypnotic video for Cerulean, one of the tracks from Unpatterns, the upcoming LP from English electro-duo James Ford and Jas Shaw aka Simian Mobile Disco. The album drops May 14.

There’s something strangely compelling about the way that the classic cello of Yo-Yo Ma perfectly complements the smooth moves of Los Angeles based dancer Charles “Lil Buck” Riley.

Is it just us, or does The Dark Knight look a little soft around the middle in this amusing a Capella take on Seal’s classic Kiss from a Rose by singer Matt Mulholland?

The heartwarming and bellyaching story of how Jack Black and Kyle Gass made their new album, Rize of the Fenix. To Be the Best plays at 4:20, but consider that a bonus and watch the whole thing.

Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers crank out an awesome lo-fi cover of Hall and Oates’ classic – while she’s driving the van they’re in. Bonus points for the kazoo solo. More van sessions here.

Folks who stopped by Spotify’s camp at SXSW were treated to a performance by soul artist Kimbra. She played a funkier version of her hit single Settle Down by sampling her voice as beats.

Help Brian McGinn and Rod Blackhurst make a documentary about an artist who is as loved as he is deplored for his music. Rewards include having Kenny G perform for you in an elevator.