Filking Is the Music Revolution

Like most music trends it's hard to specify what exactly filking is, but our research scientist tells us it involves the performance of folk music centered around a science fiction or fantasy theme.
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Boom! Welcome to the Music Revolution, 2k13 edition. Do you want to be a hip scene kid that has the latest dish on the hottest, newest and underground-est music? Do you? Then keep reading the rest of this post. Otherwise, smell ya later, you corporate sell-out.

Get ready for FILKING. Like most music trends it's hard to specify what exactly filking is, but our research scientist tells us it involves the performance of folk music centered around a science fiction or fantasy theme. Star Trek, Star Wars, Dr. Who, Zombies, Vikings, Dragons and more. Much more. Critics have already hailed filk music as "the new dubstep" and according to Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, "I love filks." Check out these dregs and be in the know before your friends know what to know. You can say you heard it hear first, even before we did!

#1 Top Hit -- Star Trek Movie 2009:

#2 Top Hit -- Doctor Who Christmas:

#3 Top Hit -- Sable Sink the Vengeance:

#4 Top Hit -- The Ballad of Sherlock Holmes:

#5 Top Hit -- Filk - A Good Slytherin:

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