Awesome Music

A documentary about LCD Soundsystem’s final show  – aka “the best funeral ever” – with additional focus on frontman James Murphy, who was the one who decided to break up the band.

YouTuber danitravels had her class of 7th graders playing their own version of Daft Hands in just 90 minutes, including the time it took to make the signs. The kid with the “ER” sign is awesome.

If Billboard had a separate chart for YouTube pop stars, Mike Tompkins would be one of the mainstays on it. His beatbox skills, production and – let’s face it – charm are on par with his singing.

The music video for Music Box is a catchy cascade of snaps, claps and a variety of string and percussion instruments from Brooklyn-based band Huma-Huma; the vid was made by Mixtape Club.

YouTuber MrSolidSnake745 covers Daft Punk’s bliptastic TRON single Derezzed using five floppy drives. It’s not as clean as the electric guitar cover, but you can’t miss the song’s unmistakable riff.

The members of Walk Off the Earth have their own instruments, but they only needed one guitar for their cover of Gotye’s Somebody That I Used to Know. We didn’t know Capt. Haddock had a band.

An MP3 player in a classic form. Has an LCD screen, SD card slot and runs on AAA batteries. Could be good as a kid’s first MP3 player – at least it’s more practical than an actual Walkman.

Not into classical music? Well once you hear the Vitamin String Quartet kicking out their rendition of Daft Punk’s Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, you just might be. More cool string covers here.

An online group has dedicated itself to finding all the instances of The Lick, a particular series of notes that’s almost always played at the same speed and duration. Ferguson, you damn genius.

Our favorite introspective prehistoric pal is responsible for some of the more astute observations of the decade. Bucky Studios wraps up a few insights in a tidy musical bow.

The talented Jason Yang whips out his fancy fiddle again, this time playing a couple of epic tracks from Skyrim. He truly is a one-man orchestra. Though he can’t play it live (without cloning.)

Musician cTrix hacked together an Atari 2600, three effects pedals – a bass equalizer, flanger and delay – along with a custom joystick track selector to create a chunky chiptune axe.

It’s pretty cool to watch, but we don’t recommend you recreate Fysikshow’s Pyro Board for your NYE blast. It works by transmitting sound waves through a flammable gas to create flame patterns.

It was only a matter of time before someone got a hold of the Mullet Whistler. Yes, Stephen Brydle has turned everyone’s favorite talk show guest into a scatman the likes of which you’ve never seen.

We already knew that he had fast fingers, but here we get to see just how speedy AraabMUZIK’s digits are. The guys at eMusic put him to the test, setting off lights with his fingers – with impressive results.

A space-exploring monkey goes on a trippy ride in the music video for Dan Dan, a head-bopping single from the French-Canadian electro band Misteur Valaire. The music video was made by Paf Paf.

DJ Earworm mashes up 25 of the biggest hits of 2011 and manages to turn them into a pretty solid dance track that in some ways supersedes the original pop tunes. Grab the MP3 here.

We thought these sportscasters were here to tell us about the latest Canadian hockey scores, but they really just wanted us to listen to their song. They should consider adding a dog to their act.

YouTuber juliancosmos is in big trouble. His dad doesn’t like to be filmed, and yet he goes and uploads this clip of his old man. But for a good reason – his dad can deal the blues like a boss.

We can’t decide if we like the song or the video better for Stuck in the Sound’s upcoming track, which freakishly replaces the faces of actors from classic movie scenes with members of the band.

DoctorOctoroc returns with a 16-bit holiday greeting, a fictitious Christmas level for the SEGA classic, complete with the perfect holiday chiptune which could have come straight from the game.

The always entertaining FreddeGredde returns with a little holiday medley, cramming 12 classic Xmas tunes into a seamless 4-minute medley. Bonus points for Banjo-Kazooie and The Pogues.

A site that makes it easy to create and share your own virtual mixtape. Search for music on YouTube, Soundcloud or Vimeo, arrange the tracks and then share the link or embed the mixtape. Demo here.