Hipster quirkcore band Superorganism recorded this delightful live performance replete with sounds made by toy cars, apples, and soda cans.

Before spotting them on NPR's Tiny Desk concert, I had never heard of Fragile Rock, the 10-member emo puppet band from Austin, Texas. But now, I can be counted as a fan. How the hell did I miss them? — Read the rest

Six thousand musicians entered NPR's Tiny Desk Concert competition, but this year's unanimous winner was Tank and the Bangas for this delightful jam.

I was scrolling through all of the terrific Choir! Choir! Choir! offerings the other night (seriously, their work is so good!) and stumbled across this heartbreaking rendition of Daniel Johnston's True Love Will Find You In the End, which I had to share. — Read the rest

Earth Crisis is an experimental short inspired by Brooklyn indie band Dirty Projectors. It's from the fourth of five EPs the band plans to release in 2020. The animation was directed by Isaiah Saxon.

Earlier this year, they did a pandemic version of NPR's Tiny Desk Concert:

Image: YouTube / Dirty Projectors

Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers are making the rounds to support The Long-Awaited Album, including this stop at NPR.

Chuck Brown performing at the 20th St. Lucia Jazz Festival, May 8, 2011. REUTERS/Andrea De Silva.

The artist widely credited with founding the Go-Go music genre died today.
Chuck Brown was 75.

Like many punk teens growing up in Virginia in the eighties, I discovered this DC-rooted genre of black American music by accident—a go-go band opened up for a hardcore group I'd traveled from Richmond to DC to see. — Read the rest

Watch this absolutely genius network television debut by Baltimore, Maryland-based synth-pop band Future Islands. They appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman on March 3, 2014, performing "Seasons (Waiting on You)" from their 2014 album Singles (recorded at Dreamland Studios).  — Read the rest

If you have half an hour, do yourself a favor and watch this mesmerizing set from Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha, featured on Live on KEXP, April 23, 2017. The folk-pop-punk band, which emerged out of an experimental theater in Kyiv, is a world-music quartet that, according to the Portland Press Herald, "delves into folk tunes accompanied by traditional Indian, Arabic, African and Ukrainian instruments, including the bugay, zgaleyka and garmoshk."  — Read the rest

The enveloping close harmonies of Jacob Collier's "He Won't Hold You" meld perfectly with animator Daniel Bruson's depictions of loss, moments both small and large.

Jacob's band did a super-chill Tiny Desk (Home) Concert this summer if that struck you as a wonderful thing. — Read the rest

Earlier this month, Death Valley, California recorded a temperature of 130 degrees. It was the highest temperature recorded on planet Earth anywhere since 1931 and was likely one of the hottest days ever measured. 

That's not only inhuman, it's also supremely unhealthy. — Read the rest

The bad news: Summer – and the beach excuses that come with it – are coming to an end. The good news: Labor Day sales are here to soften the blow. Take advantage of the right deals, and you could be spending that extra day off breaking in a new household widget you've been pining for. — Read the rest

The gestation and birth of Beyond Cyberpunk! and Borg Like Me as narrated by Gareth Branwyn.

Welcome to this year's Boing Boing Gift Guide, a piling-high of our most loved stuff from 2012 and beyond. There are books, comics, games, gadgets and much else besides: click the categories at the top to filter what you're most interested in—and add your suggestions and links in the comments.

Though we're delighted to have our own online toystore up this holiday season, there are a thousand things we could recommend from elsewhere. Cutting it down to a couple of hundred, for our fourth annual gift guide, wasn't easy; this year was a fantastic one for books, games, gadgets and much else besides. From stocking stuffers to silly cars, take yer pick.

Boing Boing Gift Guide 2011

Here are some recommendations for Father's Day gifts. Since you've left it this late, you may as well just buy what we tell you to and stop worrying about it.

A while ago one of my writer friends sent me a 40-page-long account of his cross-country driving trip to Florida to take a job. His tale enthralled me. He had to drive through a nasty hurricane to get there, which was interesting, but that's not the best part of the story. — Read the rest