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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.
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
Known for wrapping deeply emotional songs in light, catchy melodies, Death Cab for Cutie is one of our favorite bands. They dropped by the NPR offices to perform a four-song set, starting with “Pep Talk” and “Stone Over Water” from their new album I Built You a Tower, then moved on to the classics, “Title
The rock ’n’ roll kiss-and-make-up comeback of the decade is documented in Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger. The documentary follows the legendary/surly British band Oasis on their 2025 reunion tour: on stage, backstage, in rehearsal, and in Liam and Noel Gallagher’s first joint interview in over 20 years. US and Canada IMAX screenings start 9.11.26.
It’s been half a century since The Ramones’ first LP dropped, so The Official Ramones 50th Anniversary Tribute rocked LA’s Hollywood Forever Cemetery, where Dee Dee and Johnny are memorialized. The event featured a fierce set of classics performed by Tim Armstrong (Rancid), Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day), Travis Barker (Blink-182), and CJ Ramone (Ramones).
You’re not supposed to stick things inside a piano. But if there’s one thing we know about Vinheteiro, it’s that he’s a rule breaker. In this video, he shows how placing marbles on the strings of a grand piano affects its sound. They add a strange rattle that roughens out its normally smooth notes. We wonder
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
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
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
Apparently tired of printing things, Skirk 3D decided it was time to give his 3D printer a second purpose by turning it into a musical instrument. By modulating its stepper motors at just the right frequency, it can produce musical notes. But getting his Bambu Lab A1 printer to play the insanely fast tune “Rush
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.
UK singer and multi-instrumentalist Bella Band puts a completely unique spin on the Muse track “Supermassive Black Hole.” Using instruments like flute and clarinet, she gave her fellow Brits’ high-intensity rock song a smooth and ear-pleasing new sound with elements of bossa nova and jazz. The track is available on Spotify and Apple Music.
(Violence) The stop-motion animated video for Lex Amanri’s track “The KiLL 2,” follows a duo of dolls looking for a good time. But as their night progresses, so does their descent into madness. And after an intense scrolling session, they head out on the town for a brutal killing spree. And it ends just like