German mashup artist NilsOfficial creates an unholy union of Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up, Chumbawumba’s Tubthumping, AVICII’s Wake Me Up and, eh, John Travolta.
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Musical director Ross O’Connor’s patriotic and pitch perfect son ‘ahh’s along to Amhrán na bhFiann, having only heard the air a few times before.
Mmf…
(H/T: RTE2fm via Elaine Hearty)
Virtuosos Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser – the Steve Tyler and Dave Lee Roth of the electric cello fraternity – return to their classical roots for a spirited 18th century performance of the AC/DC classic.
Previously: Smells Like Electric Cellos
(H/T: John Gallen)
Jamie Tanner writes:
Here’s a live music video I made for Dublin funk outfit, Miss Kate & The Higher State. The track is called “Took the Life” and we shot it in one of the old houses on Henrietta Street.
Previous MissKates: You Come Back and this earlier one-take iPhone video for the song above.
Samuel Larsson and Richard Hansson’s shredded version of One Direction’s live performance of Midnight Memories on X Factor USA last year.
https://vimeo.com/87142051
https://vimeo.com/87142198
A selection from Sean Crespo and Carol Hartsell’s Tumblr Piña Colliding wherein Escape (the Piña Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes is great and should be in every movie.
You get the idea…
Another one? Oh, go on then…
https://vimeo.com/87142366
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The official video for Hey Now released this week by the absurdly talented London Grammar directed by Chris Ullens.
https://vimeo.com/86285022
The video for Talk Is Cheap by Australian electronica artist Chet Faker, directed by Toby and Pete.
To wit: in life, we only get four seasons. Use them well.
A three piece Japanese band featuring robots called Z-machines has teamed up with composer Squarepusher to create a five track album of songs only playable by the bands 78 fingered guitarist MACH, keyboard player COSMO and 22 armed drummer ASHURA.
Music for Robots, distributed by UK based Warp Records launches on April 8th.
(H/T: Andy Sheridan)
The short, sweet, adorably melodic Red Tuxedo from the Heart Of A Lion EP by Australian tunesters The Griswolds, animated by Masayoshi Nakamura.