It's good to have some new music from The Flannery Brothers. I like this song, but really what puts it over the top is the dancing. Check out the dancing from Dan, Mike, and Jonathan. Spoon juggling for the win!
Flannery Brothers - "The Cereal Song (What's Missing?)" [YouTube]
As can be implied from my review of The Not-Its' KidQuake album, I am not up-to-date on my skateboarding lingo. "Stalefish." But with The Not-Its' new video for "Let's Skateboard," none of that matters, because its shots of skateboard kids accompanied by the propulsive song makes me almost absurdly happy. The boys in tutus are a nice touch. (Via Cool Mom Picks)
The Not-Its! - "Let's Skateboard" [YouTube]
This video for "Similes and Metaphors," off the Twin Cities' Bazillions' latest album Heads or Tales is as pretty as a picture, no, that's not right, it's the cat's pajamas. no, that's not right... Whatever it is, it's another cool video from the band and eg design, not to mention one that owes a small debt to The Incredibles.
The Bazillions - "Similes and Metaphors" [Vimeo]
I briefly thought about not posting this, because by doing so I prove that I'm not infallible. Because if I were infallible, I wouldn't be posting this video nearly 18 months after it originally went on YouTube.
But then I thought, there must be others like me who haven't seen this either. So I'm sharing. It's for Jonathan Coulton's stone-cold (and incredibly popular) track "The Princess Who Saved Herself" from the fine Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti compilation.
It's a fan video. Not just any fan. But a whole bunch of school students. I don't typically like fan videos, but there's something about the match of the elementary school art juxtaposed against Coulton's whip-smart lyrics that warms my heart greatly.
Jonathan Coulton - "The Princess Who Saved Herself" (fan video) [YouTube]
Oh, those halcyon days of 2010, when somebody could casually mention, "I like that Pop Ups CD," I'd track down the album and BOOM! Mind. Blown.
Even after their second album, Radio Jungle, was nominated for a Grammy this year, Brooklyn's Pop Ups are finally getting around to publicly showing a video from that 2010 debut, Outside Voices. It's for the song "Subway Train," and it's just had its premiere at the New York International Children's Film Festival. Animator Garrett Davis (who also did "Box of Crayons") gives each of the animals riding the train their own personalities. This could have easily played Sesame Street 20 years ago.
The Pop Ups - "Subway Train" [YouTube]
Yay for kindie duets. "The Shadow Dance" started out long ago as a duet of sorts between The Hipwaders' Tito Uquillas and Readeez' Michael Rachap. Well, as Tito explains, that ended up not quite working out. Never fear, "The Shadow Dance" ended up featuring a duet with him and Charity Kahn from Charity and the JAMband, with a video in the spirit of Readeez. Win-win, me thinks. The single and video was released just after Groundhog Day and just before Valentine's Day (for somewhat obvious reasons), but even as days get longer and shadows get shorter, it's still apropos. Watch the video below and grab the mp3 afterwards (or purchase it here).
Tito & Charity - "The Shadow Dance" [Vimeo]
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