Artist: Recess Monkey
Song: "Walkie Talkies"
Album: Deep Sea Diver
Description: It's a submarine race 20,000 funky leagues under the sea.
Source: YouTube
"Let's Split a Banana Split" - Lullatone
Artist: Lullatone
Song: "Let's Split a Banana Split"
Album: Summer Songs EP
Description: There's something odd about watching these cold treats reconstitute themselves, but kids like odd. (Listen to the whole EP here.)
Source: Vimeo
"Shrimp" - Recess Monkey
Artist: Recess Monkey
Song: "Shrimp"
Album: Deep Sea Diver
Description: The Deep Sea Diver submarine (a Tambourine Submarine, I believe) makes landfall and goes all "Fantastic Voyage" on us. Recess Monkey's pint-sized fans will probably get a kick out of seeing itty-bitty-sized versions of Drew and Jack. (Korum cannot be itty-bitty-sized.)
Source: YouTube
"Here Comes My Friend" - Underbirds
Artist: Underbirds
Song: "Here Comes My Friend"
Album: Underbirds
Description: How filled with natural light this video from the power-pop duo, directed by Caden Ghen, is. How apropos.
Source: YouTube (via Kids Can Groove)
"Seventeen Years (A Cicada Love Song)" - Lloyd Miller
Artist: Lloyd Miller
Song: "Seventeen Years (A Cicada Love Song)"
Album: S.S. Brooklyn (forthcoming)
Description: A timely, funky jam from Miller's forthcoming late-summer solo album, interspersed with some very homemade cicada drawings and close-up cicada videos.
Source: YouTube
"Fish Sticks" - Recess Monkey
Artist: Recess Monkey
Song: "Fish Sticks"
Album: Deep Sea Diver
Description: You know, drummer Korum Bischoff looks a little different than when I met him in Brooklyn for Kindiefest. Can't quite put my finger on it, though...
Source: YouTube
"Hippie Mom" - Big Bang Boom
Artist: Big Bang Boom
Song: "Hippie Mom"
Album: Because I Said So!
Description: They know of what they sing, those North Carolina boys. It's an affectionately teasing look at life with a counter-cultural parent, but with the emphasis on affectionate. (And I've always liked the song.)
Source: YouTube
"High 5 Your Shadow" - Ratboy Jr.
Artist: Ratboy Jr.
Song: "High 5 Your Shadow"
Album: Champions of the Universe
Description: That is one danceable shadow. A fun video for my favorite song off Ratboy Jr.'s latest album. (But those woo-hoos? Too high for my voice, at least at loud sing-along volumes. I think Little Boy Blue has a much easier time of it.)
Source: YouTube
