It's Friday, so I'm sure that your kids are getting ready to hit the clubs to dance the night away and...
What's that?
Your kids are too young to be hitting the club scene?
Pshaw, says Alex the Seal, who's released Kids' Club which features, yes, a dance mix for kids. The album as a whole has a little too much AutoTune for my tastes, but one of my favorite tracks, even before seeing this video, is "Bonne Nuit, Grenouille." The song tells a bit of a story, and, well, the video does, too. It's a little sweet, even.
Alex the Seal - "Bonne Nuit, Grenouille" [YouTube]
Video: "Share" - Renee & Jeremy
It's not often that a single song gets three different posts on this website, so I guess I must like "Share" from Renee & Jeremy. First was a link to a demo version of the song, next was the duo singing from a lovely couch, and now we have this, a fun, animated video from Jon Izen and Josh Hart.
There aren't many videos that could feature a unicorn, even briefly, and still please me, but this one accomplishes just that. Well played, all.
Renee & Jeremy - "Share" [YouTube]
Video: "A Bunch of Months/Knowledge is Good" - Readeez
The new Readeez DVD/video download -- the back-to-the-basics-titled Readeez Volume Three -- is newly-released, and creator Michael Rachap has released a couple back-to-back tunes in video format on YouTube. I'm hearing a lot of "no"s in the second song, but I'm really pretty positive about the whole thing. (The rest of the DVD features collaborations with Recess Monkey and the Okee Dokee Brothers and more, plus a bunch of new tunes not available on YouTube.)
Readeez - "A Bunch of Months/Knowledge is Good" [YouTube]
Video: "Super Stuffies" - Recess Monkey
Recess Monkey returns to its epic story-telling music reminiscent of Wonderstuff with its Wall-of-Sound creation myth of "Super Stuffies." It's another track off their forthcoming (June 24) album FLYING!. I hadn't had a chance to watch the video until after I posted Egg's "Green Eyes" video, but in retrospect, I think the timing works out nicely. Another fab low-tech video from the boys.
Recess Monkey - "Super Stuffies" [YouTube]
Video: "Green Eyes" - Egg
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]
