Awesome Music

Just when we thought we were out, they pull us back in. Mike Relm’s musical remix of Isaiah Mustafa’s Old Spice spots is freaking brilliant. Procter & Gamble should be paying this guy.

With all of Schwarzenegger’s muscle-headed musicals, Sylvester Stallone must have been feeling left out, so he had to get into the singing action. Sly, you’re not expendable in our hearts.

This clever one-take video from hip hop artist Legrand and students at Temple University Tokyo features Windows XP, OS X Snow Leopard, Ableton Live, Twitter, Second-Life, Skype and more.

What would happen if the world were invaded by 8-bit game characters? Mike Benson’s video melds great snow and skateboarding with game worlds. Portal seems a bit out of place, but still cool.

New Wave performer Gary Numan conducts an orchestra of car horns playing his classic hit Cars, all powered by a single DieHard battery. Corporate America, this is how to make a viral commercial.

Turn your iPhone into a full-fledged guitar with this wacky accessory. Your iPhone snaps into the neck, providing a fretboard and strumming area, while the base adds an amp and speaker.

Dangermouse and Sparklehorse present The Flaming Lips, Black Francis, Vic Chesnutt, Jason Lytle, Julian Casablancas, and Iggy Pop among others on this much-anticipated CD, out 7/13.

Got 5.1 speakers or headphones hooked up? Crank up the volume, and check out this all-around sound from beatboxer Beardyman, designed to show off Dolby’s new mobile surround chip.

This musical performance art piece consists of nine people wearing self-contained audio systems, moving together or individually to create an ever-changing, human surround-sound system.

The Killers’ front-man’s solo single not only proves his music can stand on its own, Charlize Theron kicks some serious ninja butt rescuing Flowers in the new music video.

Yippee-kay-ay, mutha f*@k. Wrecksandsalvage created this clever montage of our favorite guilty pleasure actor. From Die Hard to The Fifth Element, to The Sixth Sense. We even liked Hudson Hawk.

The Swedish Chef shows us precisely what happens when you leave the popcorn in the microwave for too long. And now we can’t get that Hot Butter’s infectious Popcorn song out of our heads.

This little ditty by a one-man band known as flakjakt may not be the catchiest tune, but it does hold the unique distinction of being the first music video shot with the iPhone 4’s rockin’ 720p camera.

Frankly we always thought that certain sculpted body parts on the Terminator were a tad skimpy, so we’re enjoying this tee that pays homage to Sir-Mix-A-Lot and his fondness for big, er, bots.

Dig up your favorite old CDs and take them for a spin on Muji’s minimalist player. Just pull the string to play music, and pull it again to stop. The volume and search controls are on the player itself.

To kick off their UK and European tour, bass guitarist and band-leader Murdoc narrates this part-animated, part-real world film which is well worth the 15+ minute watch for fans of the band.

Shoot to kill, play to thrill: it’s AC/DC vs. Iron Man in this cool architectural projection mapping project on the front facade of the Great Keep at Rochester Castle, which warps and tumbles before your eyes.

In this revealing documentary, MTV followed Canadian rapper Drake in the months leading to the release of his debut album, Thank Me Later. Check out the link for the rest of the feature.

Rock out with Jack White, Alison Mosshart, Dean Fertita and Jack Lawrence in this black-and-white live performance video, which is about as awesomely gritty as their music.

Lights is one of the songs in Interpol’s self-titled 4th album, coming out on September 7. In the wake of the departure of bassist Carlos D, who left last May, the band has enlisted two new members.

This electric guitar/synth works as a controller for your computer’s music apps, and you can play it stand-alone if you don’t want to connect a PC or Mac. You can even use it to control Rock Band.

1-Bit Symphony by Tristan Perich is a 5 movement electronic composition on 1 microchip in a CD case. It plays its music live through a side mounted headphone jack on the case. Out in August here.

Vince the ShamWow! Guy is back, and this time he’s hawking Eminem’s new album, Recovery, by parodying his own Slap Chop infomercial. We can’t decide if this is sheer genius or sheer stupidity.