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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 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.”
Who says that priests can’t be cool? Located in Nafplio, Greece, Father Dionysios Tabakis shows off his guitar skills with his fretless 8-string Harley Benton, which he’s tuned like a traditional Middle Eastern string instrument called an oud. Played with loads of sustain, the resulting sound blends smooth note transitions with electric intensity. (Thanks, Harriet!)
Marking the 50th anniversary of the punk rock movement, Outsiders, Outcasts, Rebels + Weirdos: Punk Culture 1976-86 is the Skirball Cultural Center’s latest original museum show to walk on the wild side of pop culture. The collection displays photography, posters, flyers, clothing, buttons and other artifacts from the punk scenes in London, NY, DC and
Cadillac Chronicles is sort of like Carpool Karaoke, but with a focus on hip-hop, rap, R&B, and soul. Also, host Brian Freeman doesn’t sing along with his guests. Instead, he shines the spotlight on great musicians like Digable Planets, Montell Jordan, Arrested Development, Sugar Hill Gang, and Rick Ross as he drives his convertible Caddy
Ulysses Owens Jr. & Generation Y transformed some of the greatest songs of the ’90s grunge era into jazz music. Their album Kind of Grunge includes classics like The Smashing Pumpkins Disarm, Pearl Jam’s Even Flow, STP’s Interstate Love Song, and Nirvana’s In Bloom, all with a smooth, cool sound that’s perfect for a cocktail