"We All Shine" - Play Date
Artist: Play Date
Song: "We All Shine"
Album: We All Shine
Description: The title track from Play Date's second album sits firmly in the poppier end of the pop-punk spectrum the New Jersey-based duo, so it's not surprising that this song celebrating nature and our part in it features dancing cacti, pine trees, and sunflowers. But, man, are those anthropomorphic animals and geographic features -- my favorite are the chorus of mountains -- from director Ellliot Lobell cute cute cute.
Source: YouTube
"Gingerbread Man" - Campfire Crew
Artist: Campfire Crew
Song: "Gingerbread Man"
Album: N/A (sort of)
Description: One of the latest videos from Andrew Queen's new "Tune Tales" project, which converts fairy tales into song form and, with the assistance of animator Judy Anderson, visually tells those stories using paintings on wood. The story of the fast-running would-be dessert is familiar, but the song and animation make it a worthwhile retelling.
Source: YouTube
"We Are the Robots" (from Yo Gabba Gabba!) - Enon
Artist: Enon
Song: "We Are the Robots"
Show: Yo Gabba Gabba!
Description: How large is the pull of YGG!? Big enough to get a band that last released an album of original material in 2003 to perform in 2010. They record the happiest ode to the singularity ever heard, with joyful animation from Mixtape Club to go along with it.
Source: Vimeo
"Good Morning My Love" - Vered
"I Love You More" - Todd McHatton
Artist: Todd McHatton
Song: "I Love You More"
Album: Super Audio Sunshine
Description: Lo-fi animation and the sweetest, over-the-top argument over LOVE SUPREMACY you'll ever hear. Perfect for Valentine's Day weekend, right?
Source: YouTube
"Robot Love Song" - Lyndy Butler
Artist: Lyndy Butler
Song: "Robot Love Song"
Album: Going Places
Description: A doo-wop song from some alternate Hairspray universe, with art for the video done by Parker Jacobs of Yo Gabba Gabba fame. The idea of a love song for kiddos from the Utah-based Butler is a little odd, but the surreal nature (and IT-related puns) might amuse the Minecraft-obsessed.
Source: YouTube
"Domingo the Flamingo" - Laura Doherty
Artist: Laura Doherty
Song: "Domingo the Flamingo"
Album: In a Heartbeat
Description: A gentle animated video from Dennis Mazur for Doherty's gentle song about a flamingo who, like Doctor Worm, most enjoys drumming. I often look for the little touches that I like to think were thrown in because they made the creator(s) laugh, and in the case of this video, it's the sight of the flamingo zipping through his weekly schedule on his smartphone.
Source: YouTube
