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Music videos, performances, and creative audio experiments that stand out from the noise. Expect inventive covers, unusual instruments, and artists pushing boundaries in sound and style.
Musician Kent Nishimura takes on Michael Jackson’s creepy classic, “Thriller” with another captivating acoustic guitar performance. The original’s infectious bassline, funky rhythms, and haunting melody translate beautifully to Kent’s intricate fingerstyle arrangement. His ability to blend bass, rhythm, and lead parts simultaneously is a joy to behold.
The last time we saw Blue Man Group, Tobias Fünke blue himself on Arrested Development. But we have to say we were entertained by this performance from the real Blue Men, who performed a percussive medley of themes from Ghostbusters, Stranger Things, The Last of Us, and Severance, plus This Is Halloween and Mussorgsky’s Night on
Musician Steven K. of the Czech Republic blues rock band Steven’s offers up a unique spin on the Radiohead track “No Surprises.” We love his twangy country take on the song, with bouncy, alternating-bass fingerpicking like Chet Atkins played. Shout-out to the commenter who called it “Rodeohead.” Steven also woke us up when September ended.
This unique guitar pick is one you won’t want to toss at the end of a high-energy session. TiTern’s grade 5 titanium and forged carbon pick looks nice enough to wear as a pendant when you’re not playing. It has a wide, asymmetric grip, sharply beveled edges, and is just 2mm thick at its center.
We were working with one of our favorite bands when the lead guitarist came bursting backstage with his new purchase. But it wasn’t the guitar he was excited about, it was the vintage case. He sang like an angel when he opened it to reveal its hot pink faux fur interior. Lifton’s Historic ’50s Hardshell
It’s an epic collision of 1970s and 1980s rock sub-genres courtesy of remixer Bill McClintock. This fantastic mashup combines ELO’s “Evil Woman,” Dokken’s “Dream Warriors,” Def Leppard’s “Foolin’”, and Ozzy Osbourne’s “Suicide Solution” into one surprisingly seamless song. Lynyrd Skynyrd fans the flames with a little of “That Smell.”
The alt-rock Father of Peace track “The Chaos” finds its singer lashing out at a superficial, controlling figure while searching for beauty amid the turmoil. At first, we thought the video was created with AI, but after a second, our jaded brains readjusted to reality, and the clever use of exaggerated colors, movements, and sets
It’s the 16th anniversary of OK Go’s “White Knuckles” music video in which the band is upstaged by 14 rescue dogs and a goat. To learn the choreography, the mutts trained for 3 months. “We had to learn the dance, too,” says guitarist Damian Kulash, whose own pup, Bunny Carlos, appears in the vid. “You
When you want automatically to play notes on a synthesizer, you use something called a sequencer. Composer Dill Yujinoue shows how they turned an antique sewing machine into an analog sequencer. By placing a MIDI controller pad under its tip, it produces a note each time it strikes a button. Sometimes they let a typewriter
The Unusual Suspect brings The Killers’ indie rock classic “Mr. Brightside” to life by assembling its lyrics from 144 movie scenes. The clever edit features everyone from Barbara Streisand to Batman singing the words made famous by frontman Brandon Flowers. Switch the audio track to Klingon, and you can hear the movie lines without the
The NOPIA MK1 is a unique electronic instrument for generating harmonies. It integrates a 12-key keyboard for playing chords along with buttons for pitch shifting, touch sliders, and an expression wheel. It has an onboard audio engine and MIDI connectivity. A bass generator, arpeggiator, looper, and built-in effects add to its abilities. Pre-orders open 9.15.2026.
Pianist, composer, and arranger Peter Bence teamed up with pro aerobatic pilot Péter Besenyei to perform an unexpected collaboration set to the tune of Elton John’s “Rocket Man.” As Besenyei buzzes his single-seat stunt plane overhead, Bence remains remarkably calm, cool, and collected, tickling the ivories of his Steinway.