Love the song (which you can pick up here), but no matter how many times Renee and Jeremy spell the title track to their new album un-capitalized, here I go capitalizing it. Even though running around on a beach with a dog and kids is pretty much the epitome of non-capitalization...
Renee & Jeremy - "C'mon" [YouTube]
Video: "Sunday in Kyoto" - Gilles Vigneault
Out today, Sunday in Kyoto is the latest collection of songs from The Secret Mountain. It features the songs of well-known Canadian singer-songwriter Gilles Vigneault translated into English and sung by a host of guest musicians. The title track features five singers - Coral Egan, Thomas Hellman, Patrick Watson, Jessica Vigneault, and Ndidi O -- and while the music has been lodged in my head for days, this video will not help get rid of it. It features the drawings of Stephane Jorisch and is wonderful in its execution. This, my friends, is how you promote a book/CD combo.
Gilles Vigneault's "Sunday in Kyoto" [YouTube]
Video: "Sack Lunch" - Recess Monkey
There have been a lot of Recess Monkey videos this year, but I think this is the most amusing of all, for the utterly winning "Sack Lunch" off their Field Trip disk. Or maybe I'm just impressed with Drew's willingness to do anything for a video. (Bonus points for a "Singin' in the Rain" reference.)
Recess Monkey - "Sack Lunch" [YouTube]
Video: "Smile For the Camera" - Datarock (from Yo Gabba Gabba!)
Sorry for another YGG post so quick, but I thought the dancing in the last video I posted from Yo Gabba Gabba! needed more pep and thought this track from Datarock's appearance on the "Super Music Friends Show" fit the bill nicely.
Datarock - "Smile for the Camera" (from Yo Gabba Gabba!) [YouTube]
Video: "Use Your Mind" - Ladytron (from Yo Gabba Gabba!)
The latest (as yet unreleased) Yo Gabba Gabba song is from Ladytron, who lend their electronica stylings to a little ditty I have named "Use Your Mind." That's a(n) (educated) guess of the title, because all the band says on their YouTube page is, "No it's not our song..." as if they wanted to wipe their hands of the thing. While it's not an instant classic, it's not half bad, either. As a dance-inspiring video, though, it's no Beyonce. [Update: That video was taken down, and posted on Nettwerk's page. No disparagement any more, but confirmation of the title.]
Ladytron - "Use Your Mind" [?] from Yo Gabba Gabba! - [YouTube]
Video: "Dinosaur in My Backyard" - Hullabaloo
San Diego's Hullabaloo have always done a good job making minimal, but effective, videos for their folk-pop songs. This video, for "Dinosaur in My Backyard" off their new album High Roller, owes a debt to the Toy Story movies, but that's not a bad debt to have, no?
Hullabaloo - "Dinosuar in My Backyard" [YouTube]
