Original Friend - Lunch Money

Album: Original Friend

Description: Hmm. Given how much I like this album, d'ya think I wouldn't share the news that it's available for streaming?

Source: Bandcamp

<a href="http://lunchmoneymusic.bandcamp.com/album/original-friend">Original Friend by Lunch Money</a>

Party Like a Twinkle Star - Charity and the JAMband

Artist: Charity and the JAMband

Album: Party Like a Twinkle Star

Description: In its physical format, a 2-CD set, the first for rockin' out, the second for winding down. In its digital format, a little more than an hour of music to groove (and/or nap) to. Originally released in 2010.

Source: Bandcamp

<a href="http://charityandthejamband.bandcamp.com/album/party-like-a-twinkle-star-2">Party Like a Twinkle Star by Charity and the JAMband</a>

Hey! Yeah! Yay! - Cinema Cycle

Artist: Cinema Cycle

Album: Hey! Yeah! Yay! (Music for Parents and Kids)

Description: Nashville indie-pop for a good cause. Cinema Cycle is Nashville musician David Arnold, with some help from others, and it's got a wonderful polyglot/Beck-ian sound reminiscent of the great Bunny Clogs. Sometimes heartfelt, sometimes just danceable, and, heck, there's a song on the six-song EP about financial stress ("Broke as in Whoa"). All proceeds from the album's download will go towards finding a cure for ALS aka Lou Gehrig's Disease. (Watch this video for more on the inspiration behind one of the songs.)

Source: Bandcamp

<a href="http://cinemacycle.bandcamp.com/album/hey-yeah-yay-music-for-parents-and-kids">Hey! Yeah! Yay! (Music for Parents and Kids) by Cinema Cycle</a>

Can't Wait - Grenadilla

Artist: Grenadilla

Album: Can't Wait

Description: Sunny kwela-inflected kids' pop from the five-woman New York collective. If you're able-bodied and you're not swinging along at some point, then you may in fact be a surly person.

Source: Bandcamp

<a href="http://grenadilla.bandcamp.com/album/cant-wait">Can't Wait by Grenadilla</a>

The First Album - The Board of Education

Artist: The Board of Education

Album: The First Album (AKA their debut)

Description: As I said in my review of the album many years ago, it's for "that 9- to 12-year-old kid who's probably the smartest kid in class. School is the central part of their life, learning something so freakin' cool, even if the rest of the day doesn't quite measure up." Also, it rocks.

Source: Bandcamp

<a href="http://theboardofeducation.bandcamp.com/album/the-first-album">The First Album by The Board of Education</a>