Artist: The Ukulady
Song: "How To Count To 20"
Album: N/A
Description: I think any counting song can be improved with the inclusion of kangaroos, cake and ice cream, and brightly animated videos. Check! (By the way, if you want a copy of the song, the Ukulady obliges.)
Source: YouTube
Artist: Josh and the Jamtones
Song: "Hokey Pokey"
Album: Jump Up!
Description: Yay for kinetic typography! ("You put your Helvetica in / you put your Helvetica out...") An energetic video (for typography, in any case) for the energetic Boston-area band.
Source: Vimeo
Artist: Lloyd Miller
Song: "Seventeen Years (A Cicada Love Song)"
Album: S.S. Brooklyn (forthcoming)
Description: A timely, funky jam from Miller's forthcoming late-summer solo album, interspersed with some very homemade cicada drawings and close-up cicada videos.
Source: YouTube
Artist: Recess Monkey
Song: "Fish Sticks"
Album: Deep Sea Diver
Description: You know, drummer Korum Bischoff looks a little different than when I met him in Brooklyn for Kindiefest. Can't quite put my finger on it, though...
Source: YouTube
Artist: Big Bang Boom
Song: "Hippie Mom"
Album: Because I Said So!
Description: They know of what they sing, those North Carolina boys. It's an affectionately teasing look at life with a counter-cultural parent, but with the emphasis on affectionate. (And I've always liked the song.)
Source: YouTube
Artist: Toronto Chamber Orchestra
Song: "Toy Symphony" (Leopold Mozart)
Album: Listen to the Birds: An Introduction to Classical Music
Description: I hesitate to call this video animated, as it's pretty much just moving the camera around the illustrations from The Secret Mountain's latest book/CD set. But the illustrations are pretty, and I think kids'll get a kick out of listening to a handful of instruments that do not sound like your typical orchestral instruments. (The "Toy Symphony" is not just a cute appellation.)
Source: Vimeo
Artist: Martykins & Friends
Song: "The Funky Lumberjack"
Album: Martykins and Friends
Description: Nicely animated video for a fun(ky) song. Yes, I would post this solely for the "axe" pun. Animation by Nana Boachie.
Source: YouTube
Artist: Ratboy Jr.
Song: "High 5 Your Shadow"
Album: Champions of the Universe
Description: That is one danceable shadow. A fun video for my favorite song off Ratboy Jr.'s latest album. (But those woo-hoos? Too high for my voice, at least at loud sing-along volumes. I think Little Boy Blue has a much easier time of it.)
Source: YouTube
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