"I'm Gonna Light Up the World" - Lloyd H. Miller

Artist: Lloyd H. Miller

Song: "I'm Gonna Light Up the World"

Album: S.S. Brooklyn 

Description: Lloyd Miller's first solo album, S.S. Brooklyn , is out today, and he gets his dance on in this mellow video for "I'm Gonna Light Up the World," the sweet first single from the album.

Lloyd's got better moves than me.

Source: YouTube (via Time Out New York Kids) 

"Symmetry" - The Digits

Artist: The Digits

Song: "Symmetry"

Album: Homework Hotline 

Description:  How many power ballads do you get to hear concerning the geometric principle of symmetry?  Probably pretty few.  How many power ballads do you get to hear concerning the geometric principle of symmetry that are prompted by Jonathan Coulton ?  None, I would wager to say, but The Digits (a webseries and app) are here for you, friend.

Source: YouTube 

"Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers" - Trout Fishing in America

Artist: Trout Fishing in America

Song: "Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers" 

Album: Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers 

Description: This video is more calm than the lyrical flips from Ezra and Keith.  Features the by-now very distinctive artwork from Beans Barton along with a banjo breakdown I just love. 

Source: YouTube 

"Dance of the Rubber Chickens" - Sandbox

Artist: Sandbox 

Song: "Dance of the Rubber Chickens" 

Album:  Rubber Chicken Rock

Description:  This is a novelty song (in more ways than one).

But, oh, what a novelty song. 

Source: YouTube 

"Sunshine Through My Window" - Play Date

Artist: Play Date 

Song: "Sunshine Through My Window" 

Album: Imagination 

Description: That illustrated elephant on the cover of the band's debut album?  He's real and he's on vacation. 

Source: YouTube 

"Ice Cream Sunday" - Groovy David

Artist:  Groovy David

Song:  "Ice Cream Sunday"

Album:  Kiddie Lounge

Description:  A swingin' ode to ice cream.  I think I was at an ice cream shop in San Francisco once that featured both "bacon and blueberry" and "dirt" flavors.

Source:  Vimeo

"It's OK" - Bill Crosby

Artist: Bill Crosby

Song: "It's OK" 

Album: Turtles Are Home

Description: Save for one thing, there's nothing particularly notable about this video from the Nashville-based Crosby's new album.  It's not bad, mind you -- sepia-toned, well-edited -- but fairly plain.  But it's that one thing -- the presence of an ASL interpreter -- that makes it stand out.  While it might be a gimmick in most videos, in this one, for a mild New Orleans strut about accepting ourselves and our differences, it's a great match.

Source: YouTube