If you like any of the current indie bands and are up for a giggle, you’re sure to like some of this crazy music I’ve found around the internet. Usually Poptastic Day is used for something ridiculous, so I hope these guys don’t take any offense. Um, if they were to see this post for some bizarre reason.

First up, we have Indie Blockedappella, a couple of guys who’ve recorded indie songs done acapella-stylee. Which sounds like a laugh, and is, but is also kind of incredible. They do all the instruments, all the back-up vocals, everything. Plus, notice how the singer guy can make himself sound like just about any singer out there. He doesn’t just mimic them, he has an weird ability to pick up on what makes each singer’s voice unique - from Jack White to Colin Meloy. Don’t get me wrong, some of this stuff made me laugh so hard I couldn’t breathe, but you have to admire the skill and effort they’ve put into it.

(You should know that the credit for bringing these guys to my attention goes to Stereogum, who posted about them last week. Thanks, Stereogum guys!)

Songs To Wear Pants To is similarly talented and hilarious, but completely different. This guy “makes music based on your instructions”, which is pretty much exactly as it sounds. You can request a song about whatever you want - a friend, yourself, the dinner you had last night, zombie aliens hiding under your bed, maybe even all of the above - and he’ll write and record it for you. If you pay him, he’ll make time to do it, but you can also make free requests and he’ll do whatever he has time for and catches his interest (you can find out more about paid vs. free requests on his site). He can do indie, pop, techno, rap - everything and anything. He also does his own non-comedy music, you can hear/download that on his site as well. Mr. Pants is ridiculously talented and hilarious and deserves to have a million dollars - go think of the silliest thing you can and then pay him to write a song about it.

My awesome brother actually surprised me once with a Song To Wear Pants To, which he paid for and everything, all about me! It’s called, of course, “100b”. My brother gave him the subject matter in detail, and asked for a three verse song to be part classic punk, part old-school hip-hop, and part White Stripes-esque. Most of it won’t be funny to any one who doesn’t know me really, really well, but it at least shows how incredible this guy is. I just listened to it twice in a row and couldn’t stop laughing - I could listen to him rap “100b records droppin’ dope-ass shit” all day long. Dude, it’s totally true.

   Songs To Wear Pants To - 100b