It's been awhile since we've heard from Jeff Fuller's LA band Egg, but the wait for new music is almost over. Their new album Hard Boiled is due out shortly, and the first video from the new album is out. It's for a slow, simple song called "Green Eyes." It's also a slow, simple video featuring what must be at least a hundred photographs stitched together in an almost hypnotic very-slow-moving movie (or very-fast-moving slideshow).
Egg - "Green Eyes" [YouTube]
Video: "Mister Rabbit" - Caspar Babypants (w/ Charlie Hope)
I guess I could be sad that Chris Ballew has ditched the homemade DIY aesthetic for this Caspar Babypants video. It's for "Mister Rabbit" off his most recent This Is Fun! album, a song which features Charlie Hope on guest vocals.
Or I could be happy because this is so awesome. Animation by Mukpuddy.
Caspar Babypants (feat. Charlie Hope) - "Mister Rabbit" [YouTube]
Video: "Dinosaur" - The Baby Grands
There's nothing complex about this new video from The Baby Grands. It's just a catchy tune ("Dinosaur") with some simple (though not cheesy) visuals. As I've said before more than once, sometimes that's all you need.
The Baby Grands - "Dinosaur" [YouTube]
Monday Morning Smile: "Chicken Monkey Duck" - Mike Phirman
There is no logic here. Or perhaps there is, and Mike Phirman is just a smarter man than me. (This is a definite possibility.) "Chicken Monkey Duck" is, well, let's just say that it's a track off a nearly year-old album called The Very Last Songs I Will Ever Record (Part 1), if that gives you any indication of the seriousness of the thing.
Name your own price to download it at the link below; the video may be a helpful audio-visual device should you or your kids care to memorize the piece to stun others at parties.
Mike Phirman - "Chicken Monkey Duck" [YouTube]
Video: "Your House is Strong" - The Nields
We're in the run up to Mother's Day, and so it's time for a few seasonably-appropriate songs. First up is a song from The Nields. It was written for MotherWoman, a Massachusetts-based non-profit which "supports and empowers mothers to create positive personal and social change." It's a sweet, sweet song, and a lovely video. I'm not one of those teary-eyed people, but if you are, I suggest that you have tissues nearby. ("Your lap was love to me.")
The Nields - "Your House is Strong" [YouTube]
Red? Anne Hathaway vs. Hayden Panettiere, Singing
Longtime readers will know of my love for the soundtrack to Hoodwinked, an excellent soundtrack that was out of print for awhile but is now easily available.
So now the long-delayed sequel, Hoodwinked Too!, is in theatres, and I'm wondering whether I should go with the family to see it. (We've subsequently acquired a copy of the original on DVD, and we like it quite a bit.) I was nervous because despite the original's director and creator Cory Edwards' assurances that the sequel was good (he's a co-writer on the new movie), I wasn't getting a good vibe from the trailer, and, what's worse, Todd Edwards, who was responsible for the soundtrack, is nowhere to be found on this film.
Instead, what we have is this, courtesy of Hayden Panettiere, brought in to replace Anne Hathaway as the voice of Red:
Hayden Panettiere - "I Can Do It Alone" (from Hoodwinked Too!) [YouTube]
Sigh. So... generic. And so not intriguing to me. (Oh, and the video would appear to give away a major plot twist, so foo on that, too.)
Finding clips of the first movie online is obviously a little difficult, but I would just direct you to...
