Major Lazer, The Hood Internet Mash-Up 2012's Most Popular Songs

By Shaina Pearlman at 2:00 PM on December 6, 2012

While publications throughout the world are recapping the year in music by compiling a list, The Hype Machine enlisted Major Lazer and The Hood Internet to create something a little more entertaining. The site determined the most blogged about and favorited tracks of the year and had the producers create mashups. The two 30-minute mixes include some of the biggest names in music (Usher, Beyoncé) as well as rookies that are leaving a mark (Kendrick Lamar, Azealia Banks). A complete tracklist will be available later in the week, but until then you can hear both mashups below. Major Lazer: The...  read more

Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the Day

Mario Kart, Drive Come Together in Mashup

By Shaina Pearlman at 10:15 AM on November 12, 2012

If you’ve ever found yourself wondering how Mario Kart characters would look in Nicolas Winding Refn’s film noir Drive, today’s your lucky day. In the fake trailer for Kart, created by Dr. Coolsex Comedy, Mario takes over the role of the Driver (famously portrayed by Ryan Gosling in the film) and joining him are Princess Peach (stepping into Carey Mulligan’s shoes), Bowser, Luigi, Toad, Waluigi and Wario. While the mashup may be a little late—Drive was released in 2011—it nevertheless offers both a new and nostalgic spin on the cinematic masterpiece. Check out all of your favorite Mario Kart characters...  read more

Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the Day

Watch A Mash-Up of Taken and Finding Nemo: Taken Nemo

By Katie King at 9:00 AM on August 11, 2012

For today’s newest mash-up video making its rounds through the internet, we have the trailer for “Taken Nemo,” part Taken, part Finding Nemo....  read more

Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the Day

Relive Your Favorite Arrested Development Lines Through Breaking Bad

By John Barrett at 1:24 PM on November 14, 2011

Everyone’s favorite drug-fueled drama and canceled (soon-to-be revived!) sitcom have finally crossed paths on the Internet. Both a testament to the versatility of Breaking Bad‘s acting and the quality of Arrested Development’s writing, this “television mashup” takes some of the best still shots of scenes from the former and captions them with witty lines from the latter. This mashup blog, titled “Breaking Development,” isn’t the first Arrested Development-themed TV mashup that’s been created, but it is the most consistently effective (and hilarious). Check out a slideshow of highlights here via Uproxx....  read more

Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the Day

Madeon's Totally Awesome "Pop Culture" Mashup

By K. Alexander Smith at 4:37 PM on August 18, 2011

If you’ve never heard of 17-year-old French pop/house producing sensation Madeon, well shame, shame on you. Thankfully, all is not lost, as we’re positive you’ll be a fan after this absolutely amazing live mashup of a whopping 39 songs into one bangin’ track. If you’re wondering what’s going on, he’s playing bits of each of those songs like individual instruments on a Novation Launchpad with some assistance from a Novation Zero SL MKII. The Launchpad is a 64 button music controller, part of a new wave of digital instruments that attempt to recover some of the aesthetic style and...  read more

Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the Day

Girl Talk Gets Mashed Up

By Max Blau at 12:26 PM on January 27, 2011

Mashup artist Girl Talk and his heavy use of sampling have long been considered a controversial approach to creating new music. Some remain critical of his liberal usage of samples-—usually taken without proper authorization or crediting. But for many, his musical dissections are experimental and brilliant methods in creating sonic collages. Whatever your opinion, Girl Talk has just gotten a taste of his own medicine....  read more

Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the Day

At Long Last, a Ponyo and Lonely Island Mashup!

By Michael Saba at 2:30 PM on September 23, 2009

Movie montages with music (or AMV's as they're more commonly known on the seedy mash-up circuits of the internet) are almost universally awful. More often than not, they take a song from a derivative, pathos-mining butt-rock band and set it to a sequence of scenes from a hyper-violent movie. The kind of thoughtless crap that only required the author to tear themselves away from World of Warcraft long enough to slap a Linkin Park track on top of a three-minute clip of Underworld. And they're popular. Reeeeeeeally popular....  read more

Found in: Movies, News

DJ ToTom Remixes Bob Dylan

By Caroline Klibanoff at 4:00 PM on July 7, 2009

Last week, the Beastie Boys announced they were sampling Bob Dylan on their upcoming album, but DJ ToToM has officially one-upped the duo, releasing an album's worth of Dylan tunes mashed up with other artists like Franz Ferdinand, the Pixies, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and David Bowie. ...  read more

Found in: Music, News