I've been spinning The Nields' new 2-CD family album Rock All Day, Rock All Night for a little while now, and since I think you'll be hearing more about the album throughout the fall, I thought it'd be worth mining YouTube for a few cuts from the album...
One track, "Superhero Soup," dates all the way back to the Nields' first album, 66 Hoxsey Street, from 1992. It's a goofy little track, which in this version is interrupted by the introduction of the band, but it's from just a few weeks ago...
The Nields - "Superhero Soup"
Three more clips to enjoy following the jump...
Barenaked in the Bathroom
Really.
OK, not really. Just Ed Robertson from the Barenaked Ladies restarting his "Bathroom Sessions" with 3 videos entitled "Bathroom Snacks" featuring songs from the BNL kids' album Snacktime, natch. I'm assuming these were recorded before Ed's recent plane crash, but maybe Ed's just an incredibly resilient person.
Barenaked Ladies (Ed Robertson) - "There's A Word"
I love the fact that the "word for that" actually appears on the screen. Oh, and if you want to learn the chords, you're totally able to do so thanks to the framing.
The other two videos after the jump.
Beethoven's Wig Enters Rarified... er... Hair
Richard Perlmutter's Beethoven's Wig crashed through the 2-sequel barrier that seems to be the limit with most popular entertainment with the release a couple weeks ago of Beethoven's Wig 4: Live Free or Die Hard Dance-Along Symphonies. You might not think goofy lyrical adaptations of classical music showhorses would lend themselves to YouTube, but I think this does the job about as well as could be expected, with a blend of in-concert performance and animation...
Video: "Bedtime Lullaby" - Mark Kozelek
This is waaay too dreamy to start off the week with, but I can't resist. Compared to the rest of Yo Gabba Gabba!, which can seem like it's aching to be painfully hip, this video is a peaceful respite. The music is by Mark Kozelek, and it's sweet, but it's the appropriately dreamy and slightly surreal visuals from Lippy that make it worth 90 seconds of your time.
Video: "Under My Bed" / "Green Monster" - Recess Monkey
After their long, long national tour, the boys at Recess Monkey made it back to Seattle A-OK and, last weekend, played a show at the Experience Music Project. Joined by Matt Swanson, the boys played a medley of "Under My Bed" and "Green Monster," accompanied by video screens that look like they were swiped from the U2 tour, goodness, those look gargantuan.
I believe the show was actually recorded in HD, which explains why it sounds and looks just a wee bit better than my videos from their show in Phoenix.
Video: "One Little Cookie" (and more!) - Justin Roberts
A whole slew of videos from Justin Roberts popped up yesterday, including a fan-made video (though officially blessed by Roberts) for one my favorite Roberts songs of all time, "One Little Cookie." The sound's a little tinny (fixed!) good, the video didn't compress perfectly for YouTube (fixed!) is good, but that gingerbread Justin is classic.
And like I said, the song's great.
Justin Roberts - "One Little Cookie"
Two more Justin videos after the jump...
