Pogo is an artist from Perth in Australia. He seems particularly talented in taking tiny samples from movies and pulling out some fantastic electronic music. Upular takes some small samples from Up and turns out to be a relaxing and yet up beat musical mashup. It’s trending today on YouTube and is worth a listen.
Geeky music videos
Welcome to the Music category, where we turn up the volume on the sounds of geek culture. This is your destination for epic gaming soundtracks, synthwave scores, chiptune artists, and bands whose lyrics are inspired by our favourite fandoms. We celebrate the music that provides the backdrop to our adventures, from the sweeping orchestrations of a fantasy epic to the pulsing beats of a cyberpunk future.
We have a special appreciation for the visual side of music, and this section is always on the lookout for clever, creative, and unapologetically geeky music videos. If a song tells a story or an artist has a unique vision, you'll likely find their videos featured here. Tune in and discover your next geek anthem.
Left 4 Dead 2’s Midnight Riders with disappointing Christmas single
The rockband from Left 4 Dead 2 – who feature strongly as you bash off zombies in a stadium – have released a Christmas single. It’s charmingly titled ” All I Want For Christmas (Is To Kick Your Ass). In the Left 4 Dead 2 mythology The Midnight Riders have vanished and are probably zombies. […]
Big in Japan: Cruel Angels
Back in October I wrote about a 14 year old girl from the Isle of Man – Beckii Cruel – who had won fame by dressing up and dancing along to anime credit music. The glib prediction was that she’d be big in Japan. Since then I can report she’d released a DVD – which […]
Zombie kitten death trance
Here’s a rather unusual music video from Cyriak. I’m into this for the animation only. Not sure I could listen to the music all that often but if it is your thing then you can pick it up here. I’m much more into the zombie kittens, drawn by Sarah Brown, which you can get on […]
The Muppets perform Bohemian Rhapsody
Unless you’ve been living under and offline rock this month you’ll have come across this sterling performance of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody from the comic master Muppets. That’s no reason not to share the video here; after all, we have next month to think about when we might need to be reminded that Animal is fantastic […]
Michelin Man defeats Evil Gas Pump
As part of a $20 million advertising push we have this new Michelin Man kaiju battle with a giant evil gas pump. It’s pretty funky and that’s even before we get onto the Fire Coming OUt of The Monkey’s Head. I think the vocal overlay to the Michelin Man’s battle with the evil gas pump […]
Daft Punk mix Queen in DJ Hero ad
French funkmeisters Daft Punk make their first appearance in a computer game with Activision‘s DJ Hero. In this YouTube ad we see the duo mix some old school British rock with Queen’s “We Will Rock you”. What do you think? Does your budget and shelf space stretch to another “Hero” music game? Or does the […]
Lucky Star: Fan video shows dancing Hiiragi sisters
We’re all now used to the wealth of impressive anime fan art but what about some impressive fan video? I don’t just mean a slideshow of stills from the anime set to some good music – I mean a CG animation of the Hiiragi sisters from Lucky Star dancing a way. It’s a slight shame […]
Thriller World Record attempt in Leicester
To mark Michael Jackson’s birthday a bunch of crazy people in Leicester have had a go at claiming the Guinness World Record for the largest ever Thriller dance. Organisers claim that over 500 people took part and that independent adjudicators were present. Proof is being sent in and they’re waiting to see whether or not […]
Kirsten Dunst in cosplay costume
Spider-man actress Kirsten Dunst was captured by photographs in a rather good anime-inspired outfit. The cosplay get up was part of a McG (Supernatural and Terminator: Salvation director) video which, according to reports will appear in London’s Tate Modern later this year. Dunst is no stranger to anime as she supplied the voice for the […]
