Like a combination of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and some Wii game, the video for "Sand in My Sandwich," a track off of Princess Katie and Racer Steve's 2010 album Tiny Cool is saturated with color and energy. Silly surf-rock at its finest.
Princess Katie & Racer Steve - "Sand in My Sandwich" [YouTube]
Video: "Auctioneer" - Okee Dokee Brothers
This video for "Auctioneer" off the Okee Dokee Brothers' album Take It Outside is every bit as rarin' to go as the song it's for. The animation by Kelli O'Keefe has a vaguely Richard-Scarry-like animals-pitching-in motif, though Scarry didn't tend to go in for twist endings.
The Okee Dokee Brothers - "Auctioneer" [YouTube]
Live Video: "Bo Diddley" - Elizabeth Mitchell with Mates of State
Elizabeth Mitchell. Mates of State. In concert, together. Bill Childs has posted a few songs they performed together in concert this weekend on his YouTube channel, but this is the one that made me smile the most -- I love the energy in this one, the excellent tambourine-ing from MOS' Kori and Jason's eldest daughter, and the patty-cake at the end of the song by Mitchell and Storey. (Not to mention the Bow Wow Wow mashup, which I've actually heard before.)
Elizabeth Mitchell with Mates of State - "Bo Diddley" [YouTube]
Video: "Bonne Nuit, Grenouille" - Alex the Seal
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]
