"Let's Split a Banana Split" - Lullatone

Artist: Lullatone 

Song: "Let's Split a Banana Split" 

Album: Summer Songs EP

Description: There's something odd about watching these cold treats reconstitute themselves, but kids like odd.   (Listen to the whole EP here.)

Source: Vimeo 

"Shrimp" - Recess Monkey

Artist:  Recess Monkey

Song:  "Shrimp"

Album:  Deep Sea Diver

Description:  The Deep Sea Diver  submarine (a Tambourine Submarine, I believe) makes landfall and goes all "Fantastic Voyage" on us.  Recess Monkey's pint-sized fans will probably get a kick out of seeing itty-bitty-sized versions of Drew and Jack.  (Korum cannot be itty-bitty-sized.)

Source: YouTube 

"Here Comes My Friend" - Underbirds

ArtistUnderbirds

Song:  "Here Comes My Friend"

Album:  Underbirds

Description: How filled with natural light this video from the power-pop duo, directed by Caden Ghen, is.  How apropos.

Source: YouTube (via Kids Can Groove

"How To Count To 20" - The Ukulady

ArtistThe 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.) 

SourceYouTube

"Hokey Pokey" - Josh and the Jamtones

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 

"Seventeen Years (A Cicada Love Song)" - Lloyd Miller

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

"Fish Sticks" - Recess Monkey

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

"Hippie Mom" - Big Bang Boom

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