Awesome Music

Teacarina? Ok, sign us up for 10. From Legend of Zelda inspired to more inventive and artful options, look no further than the quality craftsmanship of St. Louis Ocarina for all your earthen-flute needs.

Google beats Apple to the punch with their cloud music service, letting you upload your tunes to the Internet, playing them from all your computers and Android-based gadgets. Request a beta invite here.

YouTube musical phenoms Pomplamoose take on the song that’s been droning in our minds for the last year and a half, the Angry Birds theme song, putting their own unique spin on the track.

Kid Rock and other savvy musicians are fans of Memphis blues musician Johnny Lowe, who forges collectible handmade guitars out of cigar boxes, pool sticks and other repurposed objects.

We’re lucky if we can play Chopsticks on our toy piano, but this girl manages to play a violin, piano, and an exotic string instrument at the same time. We wonder if she’s playing two more with her feet.

Made by Bloom Studio, Planetary makes browsing through your music collection intuitive and engaging. Artists are visualized as stars, their albums as planets, and the songs within as moons.

Weird Al’s latest single, a spoof of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way, was not initially approved, but it’s a go now – good thing, since any song immortalized by Weird Al is classic. (Thanks Daniel!)

MC Mr Napkins has put together an entertaining vid about a mean and annoying bee who used to dive-bomb him outside his residence; too bad he doesn’t know he inspired a song. (Thanks Martin!)

We’ve always been mesmerized by musician/artist Reggie Watts. In this latest clip, he completely improvises a 7-minute tune for Ronen V with nothing but his voice and a little bit of technology.

Ever wonder how those screaming death metal vocalists warm up for a performance? Listen up as vocalist Olle Ekman of Deals Death & Volturyon gets ready to scream his lungs out in the studio.

Individual light paintings take a lot of time and effort to pull off. So a light painted music video is a real feat. Darcy Prendergast of Oh Yeah Wow spent 6 months making this video for All India Radio.

Trinity Orchestra, Ireland’s only fully student run orchestra, recently played Daft Punk’s Discovery – the first ever live full orchestral performance of the music of the beloved band. (Thanks Larry!)

(NSFW) You’ve seen the trailer, now sit back and trip out to the star-studded extended promo video for Beastie Boys’ album, Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2. Stream the album here. Int’l. video here.

TA feels confident that the Brass Roots Kickstarter project will be a go – it’s a documentary chronicling the rich history, people and culture surrounding contemporary New Orleans brass band music.

Mashup master Norwegian Recycling is back at it, mixing everyone from Kanye to Blink 182 to Muse to The Killers and Chris Brown in his latest mix. There’s even a bit of Foo in there. MP3 here.

Flash your coolness with the limited edition Chrome headphones by Beats by Dre Studio; with only 50 produced, the headphones will feature a brilliantly reflective chrome finish and unique engraving.

(SPOILER ALERT) The ending credit sequence to Portal 2, featuring the music and lyrics of Want You Gone by Jonathan Coulton, the same guy who wrote Still Alive, the ending song in the first game.

As a prize in a recent contest, one very lucky Foo Fighters fan in Yonkers, NY – and a small group of friends were treated to an intimate concert in his garage. We only wish we could have been there.

We have no idea where the idea for this Pop-Tart cat farting a rainbow came from, but Hypnotoad has met his match. And if the 3 minute video version isn’t enough, how long you can survive?

Nick and Amy aka Karmin do their rendition of Chris Breezy’s new single Look at Me Now (NSFW), with the beautiful Amy easily covering for Brown, Lil’ Wayne and even Busta Rhymes. Must watch.

YouTube user MrSeberi shows us how to make beats on a Game Boy. Not chiptunes though – this one’s purely analog, no software needed. Just the gadget, a bunch of carts, and a bit of imagination.

Designed “by DJs for DJs,” Red Wave headphones were made to sound great and look great. They’re powered by big 50mm neodymium drivers, and have swivel earcups for monitoring house audio.

At first glance, Dark Matters’ music video for Kenton Slash Demon’s Daemon looks like laser beams, but on closer inspection, you’ll see that all of the shapes are made from illuminated string.