Artist: Helen Austin
Song: "Colour It"
Album: Colour It
Description: If you're going title your album Colour It and feature a song with that same name and make that your first video, when then you darn well better make that video, well, colourful. This video, feature simple MS Paint-like animation, fits the bill. Simple but cute for the wee ones, with a tender song to match.
Source: YouTube
Artist: Red Yarn Puppet Band
Song: "Tails"
Album: N/A
Description: Though the spacy, almost otherworldly sound Red Yarn brings to the traditional folk song would have sounded just fine on his debut album The Deep Woods , this video actually predates (and doesn't appear on) the album. For that reason alone, it's worth mentioning. But also: puppets. Six puppeteers strong. I can't be the only getting Emmett Otter flashbacks...
Source: YouTube
Artist: The Little Rockers Band
Song: "Opposite Friends"
Album: Ready for Rockin'
Description: A little bit old, but I re-watched the video recently and thought the use of the fake splitscreen and the constant (simple) costume and prop changes made what could have been a fairly standard thing into something a little more polished. Plus I appreciated the Arizona shout-out.
Wait. That wasn't an Arizona shout-out?
Source: YouTube
Artist: The Hipwaders
Song: "Gaia She Knows"
Album: N/A
Description: For the video for this slower Americana-tinged tune about a six-year-old girl wanting to encourage a more ecologically sound lifestyle, the band and animators Planet Sunday wisely shift gears from the blockier, funnier animation style they typically employ to softer line drawings, with a less finessed visual composition. It matches the song very well and is, in spots, plain lovely.
Source: Vimeo
Arist: The Jelly of the Month Club
Song: "Brand New Friend"
Album: Introducing, The Jelly of the Month Club
Description: If you had told me that there'd be a new kindie band featuring, among others, a couple folks from Sublime, the musical bits in my mind would not have sounded anything like this song, which is a jazzy bit of roots and an infectious "wawa-wawa-wawa" chorus in parts. And the video features green screen technology and animated animals, which can sometimes be a warning sign, but here is just charming.
Source: YouTube
Artist: Of Montreal
Song: "Brush Brush Brush"
Album: Yo Gabba Gabba: Music Is Awesome
Description: An oldie (relatively) but goodie. The song is cute enough on its own, a zippy, danceable ode to dental hygiene, but really it's the dancing animation courtesy of Kangaroo Alliance that makes this Yo Gabba Gabba bit darn near irresistible.
Source : YouTube
Artist: Mr. Palindrome
Song: "Smiley Face Sticker"
Album: Smiley Face Sticker
Description: The title track from bi-hemispherical singer Mr. Palindrome (he's based out of Australia, but has spent time here in the States) is soulful in an Elton John sort-of-way; the video's chief allure is the inventive re-purposing of daily objects (e.g., the swim noodle microphone, the anthropomorphized hair dryers).
Source: Vimeo
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