KidVid Tournament 2010: Recess Monkey vs. The Hipwaders

If it's Day Three of KidVid Tournament 2010, it must be the Leadbelly Region. The first matchup pits the top seed, Recess Monkey's "Marshmallow Farm" from Field Trip, against (ironically enough) "Field Trip" from The Hipwaders from their Marshmallow Farm album. (Just kidding -- it's from their Goodie Bag EP. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments below, but the official results are based on the poll at the bottom of the page. One vote per person, please. Votes due by midnight tonight (Thursday) East Coast time. And, as always, play nice! Recess Monkey - "Marshmallow Farm" [YouTube] The Hipwaders - "Field Trip" [YouTube]

SXSW 2010 (Music) Report: Day 2

SXSWBanner.jpgYou might be wondering... uh, what happened to my Day 1 report of SXSW 2010 Music? The answer is that the conference started Wednesday and I didn't get into town 'til Thursday. Hence, Day 2. Anyway, I thought I'd give you a day-by-day report of my SXSW experiences. Not because it's relevant to kids' music (it's not, for the most part), but because I figure a lot of you readers (fans and musicians alike) are big music geeks and would find impressions of a weekend entirely focused on music of no small interest. But I'll give you some kids music equivalents for a few of the folks. Oh, and there are details on a contest giving away a kids' music CD. So here we go... Our flight arrived in Austin about 1 or so, and after getting the rental car, we (that is, myself and Miss Mary Mack and Little Boy Blue, both on spring break) drove up to my mom's house. Because we were having dinner with friends and family, I decided to go pick up my badge and headed downtown in the meantime. Badge pickup was easy (far easier than parking at 4 pm on a SXSW Thursday -- I found the last $10 spot at a surface lot about 8 blocks away from the Convention Center), so having already spent the $10 on parking, I decided to explore a bit. After visiting the trade show (which was kinda small, actually), I got my first taste of SXSW music at the Day Stage/"Blogger's Lounge," which despite being dimly lit and furnished with large beanbags, was still in a cavernous convention center. It was like being in your friend's basement, if your friend lived in an airplane hangar.

KidVid Tournament 2010: Caspar Babypants vs. Eric Herman

The other Day Two KidVid Tournament 2010 matchup in the Pete Seeger Region features Caspar Babypants' "Itsy Bitsy Spider" from his More Please! album going up against "Ants in your Pants #99" from Eric Herman's What A Ride! album. It's a very Washington bug-oriented matchup.

KidVid Tournament 2010: Rocknoceros vs. Dan Zanes

Day Two of KidVid Tournament 2010 features the Pete Seeger Region. The first matchups pits the top seed, the title track from Rocknoceros' Pink album, against "Pollito Chicken" from Dan Zanes and Friends featuring La Bruja, from Zanes' Nueva York! album. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments below, but the official results are based on the poll at the bottom of the page. One vote per person, please. Votes due by midnight tonight (Wednesday) East Coast time. And, as always, play nice! Rocknoceros - "Pink" [YouTube] Dan Zanes and Friends featuring La Bruja - "Pollito Chicken" [YouTube]

New Recess Monkey World Premiere. Just Like Friday Night Videos. Except It's During the Day. And Doesn't Involve Videos.

RecessMonkeyKevinFrylowres.jpgBut other than that, just like it. Anyway, for those of you eager to get your first taste of Recess Monkey's upcoming album The Final Funktier, stop by here on Friday when I'll be world premiering one of the tracks from the album, the alliteratively-titled "Constellation Conga." As band manager Mayor Monkey described it last week: "Hey all you planets: Get in line! It’s time to dance!" Anyway, I'm just kicking off Recess Monkey's takeover of the kids music world -- check out the entire world premiere lineup... Friday, 3/26: Zooglobble: "Constellation Conga" Friday, 3/26, 5pm EST/2pm PST Absolutely Mindy: "Jet Pack" Saturday, 3/27 8-10am EST: Spare the Rock: "How Do You Build a Robot" Saturday, 3/27 8-10am EST: Saturday Morning Cereal Bowl: "Ukulalien" Sunday, 3/28: Gooney Bird Kids: "My Brother is a Satellite" Band photo by Kevin Fry

KidVid Tournament 2010: Debbie and Friends vs. Randy Kaplan

The other first-day KidVid Tournament 2010 matchup from the Ella Jenkins Region features Debbie and Friends' "Willy Won't" from the forthcoming More Story Songs and Sing-Alongs CD up against "The Ladybug Without Spots" from the Randy Kaplan's Loquat Rooftop album.