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Thank You Scientist

Posted on November 30th, 2015 by Hitstun

Spotify’s Discover Weekly playlist is the gift that keeps on giving, and yesterday it introduced me to Thank You Scientist. This seven course dinner of a crossover prog rock band uses strings, saxophones, and brass to fill out their sound. Source: Thank You Scientist via Spotify

Kawayoo

Posted on November 15th, 2015 by Hitstun

Kawayoo is a busy artist, and not just in drawing illustrations for art books and Pokémon cards. His electronic music puts me in the mood to write code. I’ve been working on adding a key config menu to Skeleton Hunter, and when it’s finished, I’ll tell you all about it. Source: kawa/yoo found somewhere on […]

Marty Friedman and AKB48 – Death Panda Death

Posted on August 16th, 2015 by Hitstun

Japan will make anything cute. To make metal cute, ex-Megadeth lead guitarist Marty Friedman brought in pop idol group AKB48 to create Death Panda. Friedman loves J-pop’s complicated song structures and how bands like Babymetal apply them to metal. Source: YouTube via the Lost Gamers Japanese metal panel at Matsuricon

Pentatonix – Daft Punk

Posted on June 27th, 2015 by Hitstun

Pentatonix is here to remind you that there is no better musical instrument than the human voice. After running away with the Sing-Off, this seriously talented a cappella group won a Grammy with this jaw-dropping Daft Punk cover medley. Even their videos are top notch. Source: Pentatonix YouTube via Nicole Starcher DeTray

“Weird Al” Yankovic – Word Crimes

Posted on May 9th, 2015 by Hitstun

“Weird Al” Yankovic is fed up with your misspelled and misused words. It’s not that hard, people. Even on phones, keyboards like Swype make it easy enough to use proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation. There’s plenty of red pen in this video, but this is the first time since high school that I’ve seen a […]