Yes, the song is more than a couple years old, but the title track to Rocknoceros' Colonel Purple Turtle album is particularly earworm-y, and now it has a fun-to-watch video to match. The band goes through the (stop-)motions for the song -- I'm a big fan just of the rotating band members.
Rocknoceros - "Colonel Purple Turtle" [YouTube]
I already mentioned the oh-so-lovely Walter Martin - Karen O duet "Sing To Me," and now there's a new video for another song off Martin's forthcoming family album We're All Young Together. It's for the mid-tempo stroll down memory lane "The Beatles (When Ringo Shook His Mop)," and it's every bit as genial as the titular subject -- Martin in the foreground, playing keyboards, the rest of the band in the background. Not much happens, but the song's so great, I don't care. Unfortunately, toy xylophones introduced (or noticed) in the first act are apparently unplayed in the third.
Walter Martin - "The Beatles (When Ringo Shook His Mop)" (Live) [YouTube]
It has been far too long since we've heard from Cat and a Bird, whose self-titled album featuring gypsy/electronic pop with a swirl of faunal-based lyrics set the kindie world alight back in 2011. But they've got a new song called "Monkey Pilot," and while the video for the jazzy song breaks no visual production ground, I encourage you and your family to stick with it -- the last 90 seconds or so are pretty cool to see.
Cat and a Bird - "Monkey Pilot" [YouTube]
I'm a big fan of Dog on Fleas. I'm a big fan of Readeez.
Combine the two? SOLD.
That's right, the merry band of brothers (metaphorically speaking) from upstate New York get help from Michael Rachap on their latest video. Why wouldn't you when the video's for "Palindrome," one of the tracks of the Fleas' upcoming album Buy One Get One Flea? This isn't the first time kindie's gone readee -- there are a number of 'em -- but this is the first you get to hear about (and see) the llama mall. (That's Flea John P. Hughes, by the way, on vocals, giving Dean Jones a break -- perhaps he's thinking of more palindromes.)
Dog on Fleas - "Palindrome" (Readeez-Style) [YouTube]
Mardi Gras 2014 doesn't start for nearly a month, but Jazzy Ash is making sure you have plenty time to get your beads ready. Her leadoff single from her brand new album Home (out this week) is "Throw Me Something Mista," a second-line inspired tribute to the New Orleans tradition of Mardi Gras parades and trinkets flung from floats. The song and video feature fellow Southern California kindie musician Mista Cookie Jar. Playing the role of the second-line band in the video: a bunch of kids strutting and hamming it up. Fun.
Jazzy Ash featuring Mista Cookie Jar - "Throw Me Something Mista" [YouTube]
Nobody would ever deny Morgan Taylor's taste for the absurd in his Gustafer Yellowgold videos. Shops featuring clothing made of cheese? Jumping on dessert from on high? So, yes, Taylor can get into Shel Silverstein territory with the best of 'em.
But this, friends, is by far the oddest video yet, and I mean that as high praise. Who would think of writing a song called "CAKENSTEIN" using the '70s-iest of soft rock? And then it all goes horribly (wonderfully) awry. Pick up the single on iTunes here, but without a doubt, enjoy the video below.
Gustafer Yellowgold - "Cakenstein" [YouTube]
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