It's been, what, four or five months since we last heard from Seattle's Recess Monkey, but clearly there have been some tensions between the band and its hand puppet band manager, Mayor Monkey -- tensions that are played out in "Bubble Factory," the latest video from the trio's fine Field Trip album...
Recess Monkey - "Bubble Factory" [YouTube]
Video: "Educated Kid" (Live) - The Hipwaders
I need very little reason to post anything related to The Hipwaders' "Educated Kid." So, here's the band playing the song live at San Francisco's cross-country traveling Tricycle Music Fest West last weekend, along with a whole bunch of inflatable guitars, natch. (What, no kindie Christmas songs, guys?)
The Hipwaders - "Educated Kid" (Live @ Tricycle Music Fest West) - [YouTube]
Here are a couple more videos from the band...
Video: "That's My Family" (from Yo Gabba Gabba!) - Apples in Stereo
Well, it's not family in particular, but there's only many family types you can describe in exactly 90 seconds. Or at least, in a bouncy pop tune. While it's not quite as incredibly awesome a tune as "We R Super Heroes," the animation for this video for "That's My Family" looks similar in places as the video for "We R Super Heroes." (Unsurprisingly, they share the same illustrator.) This tune's from Yo Gabba Gabba!, and, yeah, while it's an Apples in Stereo song, it sounds like a Robbert Bobbert outtake. Or vice versa.
The Apples in Stereo - "That's My Family" (from Yo Gabba Gabba!) - [YouTube]
Oh, and if you like Apples in Stereo...
Video: "Adventure Quest!" - The Jellydots
Here it is, folks, the first video for The Jellydots. Doug made good on his suggestion that his upcoming album Jelly Jukebox would be a lot more beat-based, and with this video for "Adventure Quest!" from the album, he's playing around with a younger doppelganger. It's a video every bit as funky (and fun) as the song itself.
The Jellydots - "Adventure Quest!" [YouTube]
Video: "Meet the Elements" (Live on Jimmy Fallon) - They Might Be Giants
I know, I just posted a video for this song yesterday. But. It's an awesome song, and if the moment at about 1:13 into this clip of They Might Be Giants performing the song on last night's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon isn't the "greatest moment in television history," as one YouTuber suggested it might be, it's pretty darn close.
They Might Be Giants - "Meet the Elements" (Live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) [YouTube]
Video: "Meet the Elements" - They Might Be Giants
I told you before how much I liked "Meet the Elements" from They Might Be Giants' Here Comes Science CD/DVD. The song is great -- the video, directed by Matt Eller and Bill Morrison of Feel Good Anyway (more details here) is perfect. Stop what you're doing and watch this.
They Might Be Giants - "Meet the Elements" [YouTube]
