Awesome Music

A no-nonsense aggregator of new media, When It Drops uses websites like Amazon and iTunes for info and buy links. You won’t find any hidden gems here, but we all have our guilty pleasures.

The Strokes have always been on our Pandora playlist, but this is one time where we’re thinking the cover version could be better than the original. Reptilia on banjo, mandolin and violin. Brilliant.

After their appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, the virtual rock band Gorillaz put on a 45-minute concert at the Ed Sullivan Theater. Click the pic and watch the entire concert right now.

Youtube musical madman Mystery Guitar Man takes on Queen’s classic Bohemian Rhapsody on – get this – slide whistle (and kazoo). We’re not sure why, but somehow it works.

Classic kids toys come alive in this vibrant music video directed by Mr. Harrison for Aspirins‘ catchy electro beats. We love the Etch A Sketch graphics, although we could never make those curved lines.

Get over here and watch Scorpion play the Mortal Kombat theme on his accordion. The look on his face is just so damned intense we couldn’t help but be moved a little. And laugh a lot.

Like a less dancy but equally awesome version of Girl Talk, 25-year old producer Peter Bull remixed 16 pop songs to create an inspirational and addictive song. Download Bull’s music here.

The animators at Kompost created this video for Airpushers (the funk duo behind Black Eyed Peas). It’s the simplest of concepts, executed with the utmost of artistry. The song is pretty catchy too.

Hollerado’s music video for Americanarama uses a cool gimmick – the background is a 6×4 display, controlled entirely by humans. Bonus points for the Space Invaders and PONG references.

While it’s not the finished music video for Gorillaz latest single, Jamie Hewlett’s inimitable comic style comes across in this clip showing off the storyboard for what we only hope is an upcoming video.

The Japanese musical group World Order takes to the streets of the usually busting Tokyo, and does their best to take it down a peg and move at a slower pace. Except for that crazy part at the end.

The electronic duo’s film score for TRON: Legacy drops 10/22/2010. The deluxe version includes a CD, a poster as well as digital copies of the music. The latter can also be purchased on their own.

Cee-Lo’s hateful yet groovy song still stuck in your head? Try this equally awesome video game parody by Inverse Phase, in which a NES rages after being ditched for a Sega Genesis. Ouch.

We don’t know if this is the official video for LCD Soundsystem’s latest single, but it made us want to buy the track. Plus, it’s got an awesome junkyard robot, break-dancing and bushy eyebrows.

It’s impossible to look cool while playing the accordion, which is unfair since it seems insanely hard to use. Freaking accordions, how do they work? Let’s see how a master does it.

Created by artist Jarbas Agnelli for the Brazilian band Pato Fu, this video combines X-ray scans of the bands equipment and CG effects to make it look like the band was in the X-ray machine too.

Album Reminder is a godsend for music junkies. Just add your favorite artists and it’ll send you an email whenever any of them comes out with a new album. You can also subscribe via RSS.

The guys do their best to create more viral video magic, with mixed results. The one shot, no edit clip must have taken a million takes, but we’re more impressed with the dogs than the song.

…one of the few truisms in life – and Ricardo Autobahn and Jenny McLaren of Spray have memorialized it with this catchy pop song, accompanied by tons of classic Muppet footage.

Got a YouTube video that could benefit from some better music? Grab a video of your choice and head on over to The Benny Hillifier, and give it the soundtrack it truly deserves.

Invented by Paul Vo, the Moog Guitar’s pickups use magnetic fields to control the strings, allowing guitarists to pull off controlled and infinite sustains, instant mute, harmonic blends and more.

David Altobelli’s haunting, artful video for Philip Selway’s solo album has such a simple premise, but left us shaken by the end. What else do you expect from one of the members of Radiohead?

This 80’s-style boombox fits iPod devices, lets you record from the FM tuner to MP3 and save directly to an SD card or USB. Bonus: “D” batteries let you take it on the subway for a delightfully retro ride.