Listen To This: "Look Both Ways" - Egg with Secret Agent 23 Skidoo (World Premiere)

The last time the LA band of pop-rockers Egg hooked up with kid-hop star Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, the result was the very winning "I Like Fruit". Now the two of them are back together once more and it's just as fun, methinks. Egg brings the ska, Skidoo brings the hip-hop, and both parts will have the family bouncing, if not their whole bodies then at least their heads.

The genesis of the song? In return for Egg mastermind Jeff Fuller giving 23 Skidoo "I Like Fruit" to remix as he'd like, Skidoo gave Fuller an idea to write for Egg - "Look both ways. Not just at street corners but in life." Fuller returned the song back to Skidoo, which he cut up and used parts from for his upcoming single "Road Trip." That's collaboration. (And "Look Both Ways" will also end up on the next Egg disk as well.) Anyway, however you, er, look at it, here for a limited time, courtesy of Egg, you can ~~stream~~ download it (just send an e-mail to "lookbothways AT eggmusic DOT net," which is an autoreply address that'll get you the URL to download the track). Enjoy. Egg w/ Secret Agent 23 Skidoo - "Look Both Ways"

(Note: I'm pretty sure "Look Both Ways" has been played before -- I just don't think it's this version...)

"The Body Rocks" In a Very Schoolhouse Rock-Like Way

Rounder Records sold off their Rounder Kids label a little while back, but just when they thought they were out, it keeps pulling them back in, because they've just announced the August 17 release of The Body Rocks on August 17. The album's a whole bunch of songs about functions of the human body. It's the creation of Marc "Doc" Dauer (musician, producer, and physician) and features performances by Liz Phair, Pete Yorn, Minnie Driver, Guster, and Dauer’s own three kids. (Insert joke here about appropriateness of Liz Phair performing on an album about bodily functions.) The obvious reference here is Schoolhouse Rock, down to the familiar (but not in a legally infringing sense) album logo. However, based on the roots-pop songs at its Myspace pageMyspace page, I think some folks will find it a worthy successor so that there's no need for a Physiology Rock! version from the classic show. (And They Might Be Giants can probably cross Here Comes Anatomy off their to-do list.) Anyway, here's a video bio -- track listing is after the jump...

Listen To This: "Zora" (Live) - The Deedle Deedle Dees

I mentioned Lloyd Miller's thoughts on the "business" of kids music yesterday, but didn't want to leave it there, especially when there's new Deedle Deedle Dees music out there to listen to. One of the interesting things the Dees did this spring was put on a monthly variety show at Brooklyn's famed Knitting Factory. It wrapped up a couple weeks ago with a show inspired by famed afrobeat musician Fela Kuti. (They performed Kuti's "Zombie" with preschoolers and also did an afrobeat original called "No Animal," which you can watch after the jump.) They also performed a new song called "Zora," inspired, you will not be surprised to hear, by author Zora Neale Hurston. Short and insistent, you'll be hearing this song later this summer, I can almost guarantee it... The Deedle Deedle Dees - "Zora" [YouTube]

Two more new songs (including that afrobeat one) after the jump...

Listen To This: "Constellation Conga" - Recess Monkey (World Premiere)

That's right, it's your chance to listen to "Constellation Conga," a powerful sludge of a hard rock/polka/chillwave tune from Seattle's Recess Monkey... ahhhh, who am I kidding? It's a breezy, danceable tune from their upcoming album The Final Funktier, out June 15. Listen to the song below, courtesy of the band, then listen to a variety of new tunes from the album throughout the weekend... more details here. Sorry, too late. I'll be posting this track on my radio station soon... Photo: Kevin Fry

Listen To This: "Crayon Man" - Roy Handy and the Moonshot

Bill played "Space Kitty" on this morning's Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child, so I thought it'd be worth directing you to the other track from Roy Handy and the Moonshot, "Crayon Man" -- if Roy G. Biv is your (or your kid's) best friend, this song is for you. Also, if you (or your kid) like a good power-pop rockin' tune, this song is for you. If you (or your kid) like meowing, this song is not for you. I've heard more of Handy's music, and I think the full-length, when complete, is gonna have a lot of fans...

Stream Key Wilde and Mr. Clarke's "Rise and Shine" Right Here...

Well, your opportunity to buy the digital download of the Little Monster Records EP Hello, Our Name Is Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke from Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke (natch) has come and gone with the arrival of 2010. But it's a new year with new opportunities, and the first opportunity is to listen to Rise and Shine, the full-length KWMC debut, in its entirety, right here. It's officially released next week, but Little Monster is offering you, loyal Zooglobble reader, the opportunity to listen before then. To listen is to like. A lot. 2010 is gonna be a great year. Oh, sorry, too late.