Contest: Win the New Gustafer Yellowgold Album

GustaferYellowgoldsMellowFever.jpgI reallyliked the latest Gustafer Yellowgold DVD/CD release, Gustafer Yellowgold's Mellow Fever, and now thanks to Gustafer and his pals, I'm going to give you a chance to win it. That's right, you could be the lucky winner of the latest collection of Gustafer (mis-)adventures. All you need to do is enter by writing your favorite summertime adventure in the comments below. One entry per household; all entries due by midnight East Coast time Thursday night. I'll pick a winner at random. Good luck, and to get you inspired, here's Gustafer's memories of his summers on the sun. Gustafer Yellowgold - "Butter Pond Lake"

New Milkshake Album Will Arrive. Once They Start Working On It.

It's been awhile since the 2007 release of Play! the last full-length from Baltimore band Milkshake. Which isn't to say they haven't been keeping busy doing various things (I, for one, was amused by the Milkshake comic book they put out), but, y'know, living on the other side of the country as I do, I tend to be less interested in the live shows. But in their latest newsletter the band says they've been "hard at work writing and rehearsing as we prepare to record our fourth CD next month." They say that the CD will focus on and by "inspired by all kinds of things 6 - 9 year-old kids might find themselves thinking about." Most intriguingly is the news that the CD will be produced by music veteran Tor Hyams. The selection of Hyams, who we recently noted was working on producing the Paul Green School of Rock album promises to give the release a little bit of an edge. Although the band has many charms, few would accuse them of being particularly far along the "edgy" spectrum. For those of you interested in one of their songs for the under-6 crowd, here's what might be my favorite video off their Screen Play DVD:

Video: "Pink!" - Rocknoceros

Virginia band Rocknoceros has already been gearing up for the release later this month of their third album Pink with a series of video podcasts, but it starts in earnest now with the release of a new video for the album's title track. It's very sugary, both in audio and video format, and a bit more hyper than I think they generally are live or on record, but I'm thinkin' your four-year-old's gonna find this a very fun 3 minutes. (I like it, too.) Rocknoceros - "Pink"

New Justin Roberts Video: "Stay At Home Dad" + Excellent Mustache

As we move our way through KidVid Tournament 2009, I realize that I passed over Justin Roberts' video for "Pop Fly," introduced during last year's tournament. Justin, stop doing this, 'cuz I'm gonna forget next year, too. The latest Land of Nod's Nodcast Podcast is up and it features Justin Roberts' latest video, one for "Stay At Home Dad" from Pop Fly. It features Brady Bunch-like boxes, Dave on puppet (you'll recognize him if you've seen Justin live) in the prelude/postlude, and Justin rockin' the stache as the titular dad. See the video here. (Or now here in YouTube:)