Video: "What Am I Gonna Do With This Baby?" - The Telephone Company

I know, interrupting KidVid Tournament 2010 for... a video? I promise, I'll get back to a more regular swing of news and reviews soon (sometimes the real world intervenes, though for all good reasons), but when The Telephone Company makes a video for my favorite song from Panda Brain!, then I'm all over it. A fairly literal video translation. One can only wonder what the passengers on the passing trains must've been thinking as they saw the video shot... The Telephone Company - "What Am I Gonna Do With This Baby?" [YouTube]

Listen To This: "Constellation Conga" - Recess Monkey (World Premiere)

RM-Trio-Large.jpgThat's right, it's your chance to listen to "Constellation Conga," a powerful sludge of a hard rock/polka/chillwave tune from Seattle's Recess Monkey... ahhhh, who am I kidding? It's a breezy, danceable tune from their upcoming album The Final Funktier, out June 15. Listen to the song below, courtesy of the band, then listen to a variety of new tunes from the album throughout the weekend... more details here. Sorry, too late. I'll be posting this track on my radio station soon... Photo: Kevin Fry

KidVid Tournament 2010: Brian Vogan vs. Tim and the Space Cadets

The other Day Four KidVid Tournament 2010 Woody Guthrie Region matchup. Brian Vogan's "That's How a Pumpkin Grows" from Little Songs, against "Superhero" from Tim and the Space Cadets and their The Greatest Party Ever EP.

KidVid Tournament 2010: Robbert Bobbert vs. Readeez

It's the final first-round day of KidVid Tournament 2010, featuring the Woody Guthrie Region. The first matchup pits the top seed, Robbert Bobbert and the Bubble Machine's "We R Super Heroes" from the self-titled debut disk, against "Counting for Pleasure" from Readeez and the Readeez Volume 2 DVD (and Songeez disk). 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! Robbert Bobbert and the Bubble Machine - "We R Super Heroes" [YouTube] Readeez - "Counting for Pleasure" [YouTube]

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]