Awesome Music

We admit we didn’t quite get Galactica: Sabotage at first until we watched the side-by-side; it’s a tribute to both BSG and the Beastie Boys that closely apes the music video of the latter.

Jay-Z and Alicia Keys get a geeky remake with Pantless Knights’ Entrepreneur State of Mind; sponsored by Grasshopper, it’s dedicated to tech startups and New Dorks everywhere.

Seven45 Studios’ upcoming PS3/Xbox 360 game Power Gig is a double-whammy for Guitar Hero/Rock Band fans: it hooks up a real axe up to your console for chording or chord play.

At least two of the songs are older than most of our readers, but this Highway System t-shirt manages to separate the 70s, 80s, and 90s into separate trips down memory lane highway.

The recording is a bit grating on the ears, but we appreciate that Yoshi Akai literally lets you build music: his 3-channel, 8-step sequencer uses LEGO bricks instead of synthesizer keys.

If you thought OK Go’s Rube Goldberg music video was beyond epic, learn how Syyn Labs put it all together above; it took months of preparation and 20 consecutive 18 hour days.

Eddie King may be the fugliest Leia we’ve ever seen, but he and Tyler Marshall’s mashup of Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok” will have Star Wars and Star Trek fans blowin’ their speakers up.

Mike Winkelmann describes Instrumental Video Nine as simple machines working together to create music, but it’s anything but; we for one welcome our musical robot overlords.

Unlike their pricey axes, Gibson’s App for the iPhone and iPod Touch is totally free; like their guitars, it’s a high quality app with tuner, metronome, 30 chord charts, and lessons.

OK Go’s “This Too Shall Pass” literally shows that all your pieces will fall into place in the video above; it’s a two story warehouse converted into a Rube Goldberg machine. Thanks, everyone!

Geek density reaches critical mass with The Poetry of Reality, the fifth installment of the Symphony of Science series; it features 12 scientists including Feynman, Hawking, and Sagan.

CodeOrgan.com converts keypresses to the key of http minor: enter the URL of any website, and it’ll create a custom composition with its own key, synth effects and drums. Thanks, James!

Gibson honors Grammy & CMA winner Randy Scruggs with 100 Advanced Jumbo acoustic guitars; the round-shouldered dreadnoughts are made with Sitka spruce and solid rosewood.

Can’t separate your glu from pyru or your Co-As from synthase? Stanford students rap out human metabolism with Oxidate It Or Love It, set to songs by 50 Cent/The Game and Jay-Z.

Noteput lets you literally play with your music; the interactive table uses a camera that tracks the position of marked notes, which are then outputted via MIDI to sound software.

Joe Penna (aka MysteryGuitarMan) swaps a magic flute for carbonated sassafras in Root Beer Mozart; it’s a six root beer bottle-homage to the overture from Die Zauberflöte.

Death metal band Madder Mortem’s video for Where Dream & Day Collide is a sci-fi mashup that’s too good to pass up; it’s a delicious blend of steampunk, fantasy, Avatar, and The Matrix.

His solo career may be dust in the wind, but we can’t help but feel for the hapless muppet in Beaker’s Ballad; performing (and burning) in front of a YouTube audience = teh lose.

We apologize in advance for any eardrums this may rupture: William Shatner makes an epic return to singing with a so-bad-it’s-good rendition of WWE Superstar entrance theme songs.

Olga Nune’s stirring I Love XKCD gets loved right back by the internet in We Love XKCD; web legends such as Wil Wheaton, Cory Doctorow, and Mr. Toast all lend their voices.

Directed by Edouard Salier, Splitting the Atom is the jaw-dropping (and floppy-eared) capture of a single moment; it’s set to the same-named album by trip-hop group Massive Attack.

OneRepublic pays its patriotic dues with a hymn to the Republic in Too Late To Apologize: A Declaration; it’s a brilliant–even revolutionary–parody of “Apologize”. Thanks, Whitney!

Make Rock Band and Guitar Hero sessions more realistic with Omega’s GM-1 System, which hooks up to a real drum set via a MIDI or accessory cable; it also includes 2-3 cymbal triggers.