The latest video from Seattle's Not-Its crams in a little chit-chat, primping, driving, and gratuitous slo-mo mugging at the Seattle Center before wrapping up one of 2010's hardest-rocking kindie songs. Takes barely 2 minutes - perfect for even the most short-attention-spanned amongst your family.
The Not-Its - "Green Light, Go!" [YouTube]
Three Sesame Street Alphabet Songs
Given the sheer length of time Sesame Street has been turning out TV shows, it's not surprising that they have multiple alphabet songs in their repetoire. Here are 3 fun ones -- one very recent, one not too old, and one that if you remember it, you'll remember it from when you were a kid.
First up, the most traditional version from Tilly and the Wall. The first time I saw this was a couple years ago on the actual show, and it was so visually and aurally arresting that I stopped what I was doing and watched the whole thing. It's bright and colorful and percussive and... just... happy.
Tilly and the Wall (on Sesame Street) - "Alphabet Song" [Vimeo] (you can even download it at that link)
Monday Morning Smile: "Be My Thrill" - The Weepies
This isn't a kids song -- heck it mentions "white pill," "pop gun," and, er, "slut" -- but if you can get past those parentally, I think your kids'll dig this sweet animated video. It's a peppy indie-pop song, the title track from the Weepies' album Be My Thrill and it's sort of a twee Wile E. Coyote cartoon.
The Weepies - "Be My Thrill" [YouTube]
Video: "Fish and Mice" - Holly Throsby
This video, the first from Holly Throsby's excellent album See!, is pretty much what I'd expect a live-action video from the album to look like -- cute normal-looking kids, rough around edges, but with stellar production values. And the crafty fishes (it is for "Fish and Mice" after all) look like something that every preschool should be attempting.
Holly Throsby - "Fish and Mice" [YouTube]
Video: "Lala Landing" - Heidi Hutchence
British artist Heidi Hutchence has a just-released album, Lala Landing, out, and now she's released her first video from the album. It's for the title track off the new disk, and as with her last video, while the song itself is OK to my ears (it's really just a preschool-targeted theme song, and those are always tricky), the video is a-DOR-able. (Say that last word in sort of a high-pitched voice, it'll make more sense.)
Heidi Hutchence - "Lala Landing" [YouTube]
Monday Morning Smile: "Tatooine" - Jeremy Messersmith
Ever since seeing him at SXSW this spring, I've been a big fan of Twin Cities musician Jeremy Messersmith, whose album The Reluctant Graveyard will end up near the top of my Top 10 list of non-kids-music related albums for 2010. And while I haven't had too many chances to mention him here on the site, this video for his song "Tatooine" definitely qualifies. At least, if your kid is at all a Star Wars fanatic. Eric Power sets Messersmith's lovely and lo-fi piano-accompanied Star Wars-inspired tune to the Star Wars Trilogy, illustrated via paper animation. The video justifiably went viral when it was released a couple months ago. Pay what you'd like for the track here (and you can do so for Messersmith's other albums), or simply watch it below.
Jeremy Messersmith - "Tatooine" [YouTube]
