"Wheels in the City" - Laura Doherty
Artist: Laura Doherty
Song: "Wheels in the City"
Album: Wheels in the City
Description: Collage meets chant. The video has a very Shrinky-Dink feel to me. (A good thing.) Also a Sesame Street feel to me. (Also a good thing.)
Source: YouTube
"Haul Away Joe" - The Okee Dokee Brothers
Artist: The Okee Dokee Brothers
Song: "Haul Away Joe"
Album: Can You Canoe?
Description: A rousing modern rendition of a classic American tune. The song (though not the video) features Garth Hudson from The Band on accordion. You will be singing this all day.
Source: YouTube
"Iguana Wants to Baila" - Birdie's Playhouse
Artist: Birdie's Playhouse
Song: "Iguana Wants to Baila"
Album: The Wild World of Wildlife
Description: If the Geico Gecko had a cousin who liked to go salsa dancing, this video might tell the story.
Source: YouTube
"Happy Place" - Mista Cookie Jar & the Chocolate Chips
Artist: Mista Cookie Jar & the Chocolate Chips
Song: "Happy Place"
Album: Ultramagnetic Universal Love Revolution
Description: Enough solar power to power an entire dance floor.
Source: YouTube / Original post
"Yellow" - Renee & Jeremy
Artist: Renee & Jeremy
Song: "Yellow"
Album: A Little Love
Description: If the vocal take on Coldplay's overplayed hit doesn't make you melt, the animation will. A lovely, lovely cover.
Source: YouTube / Original post
"King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki Me O" - Laura Veirs
Artist: Laura Veirs
Song: "King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki Me O"
Album: Tumble Bee: Laura Veirs Sings Folk Songs For Children
Description: This could easily be a long-lost Sesame Street, right down to the washed-out (watercolor) look of the animation.
"Feelings" - Lisbonne
Artist: Lisbonne
Song: "Feelings"
Album: N/A (OKIDO magazine)
Description: A sunnier Belle & Sebastian, perhaps, with a full range of, er, feelings. My personal favorite feelings described here? "Sweet" and "sour." Based on a poem by Gabby Dawnay, with illustrations by Alex Barrow.
Source: Vimeo
