The best sites we discovered on the web this week…
Texts From Bennett
One guy’s text message conversations with his dim 17 year old cousin Bennett, a white wannabe gang member with a girlfriend called Mercedes.
http://textsfrombennett.tumblr.com
Weird Dude Energy
A collection of weird dudes doing weird things.
http://weirdudenergy.blogspot.com
Don’t Dad
That thing you don’t ever want your dad to do? Done.
http://seanorr.tumblr.com
Press Play & Record
The return of the cassette? Every covermounted NME cassette tape from the ’80s in downloadable-form.
pressplayandrecord.wordpress.com
Our Cat Could Be Your Nine Lives
Cats as music critics or “feline music scribes”.
critickittens.tumblr.com
iMeme
If you’ve ever wondered where image memes are made, this might explain it.
michaelfogleman.com/memes/
Moustair
“Where men meets moustaches meets hair meets moustaches meets hair meets MOUSTAIR.” Photoshop gold.
moustair.tumblr.com
The Rapboard
The best rapper soundboard you’ll ever see.
therapboard.com
Wines That Rock
Rock ‘n’ roll-themed wines featuring Woodstock, Pink Floyd and “The Rolling Stones Forty Licks Merlot”.
winesthatrock.ie
Imaginary dialogues of animals in various poses.
animalstalkinginallcaps.tumblr.com
Celebrate John Peel with this auto-playlist of every Festive Fifty track ever selected.
peelplayer.com
Apple’s new voice command assistant software sure says so crazy stuff.
Shitthatsirisays.tumblr.com/
Celebrate 21 of the best viral videos of the last year by watching them all in one place.
viralvideoaward.com
When a paper CV isn’t cutting it, try this impressive online visual version.
vizualize.me
Inspired by an article in The Onion, OutKube is a decoy website designed to lure away moronic web commenters from “real websites’.
outkube.com
The New Record
A free music discovery platform curated by independent record labels including Anti, Kill Rock Stars, Sub Pop, Daptone, Side One Dummy and over 30 others which launched last week.
Sweet GIFs
Tiled and animated GIFs that fill your browser and look rather artful at the same time.
Kerntype
The nerdiest thing of the week? A game based on text kerning. Typography enthusiasts get ready!
Bulls Eye Contestants
Archiving the style and haircuts of contestants that appeared on the competitive darting TV show.
http://bullseyecontestants.tumblr.com
AerTV
Watch all of the terrestrial TV channels and more for free.
https://aertv.ie
Wilcox Sessions
Live video sessions recorded in a living room in LA featuring Moby, Fitz & The Tantrums, Junip and more.
http://wilcoxsessions.com
Play The End
A web game about mortality for 14-19 year olds that asks big questions about death, belief and science. Sounds like your average shoot em’ up.
http://playtheend.com
RGBeats
Visual paintings inspired by today’s coolest music.
http://rgbeats.com
Indie R&B
A tumblr blog documenting the rise of independent R&B music. It’s the new thang.
http://indiernb.tumblr.com