Listen To This: "Texas" - Rocknoceros

Last month the Virginia-based band Rocknoceros released a single called "Ohio." I liked it.

So now they have a new single -- it's called "Texas" and if the state's BBQ doesn't hit you in the solar plexus, perhaps Williebob's guitar work will. Really, the whole song is pretty nifty and I suggest you check it out via YouTube, which is where the younguns these days find out about their music. (If you like it, you can download "Texas" here.)

Rocknoceros - "Texas" [YouTube]

Weekly Summary (5/6/13 - 5/12/13)

TO: You

FROM: Zooglobble

SUBJECT: Items Posted on the Website Last Week

Blog: Video: "Tambourine Submarine" - Recess Monkey, Introducing Bake Sale, Interview: Korum Bischoff (Recess Monkey), Share: "Railroad Medley" - Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke

Videos: "High 5 Your Shadow" - Ratboy Jr.

Listen to Music: The Cat Doorman Songbook - Cat Doorman, "Ohio" - Rocknoceros

Free Music: Lullaby & Lovesong Sampler - Mae Robertson

Kids Music Reviews: None this week...

Upcoming Releases: Lots of new stuff coming...

Podcasts

Kindie Week in Review: Episode 15: As If To Further Depress Me

My Other Other Gig: None this week...

Bake Sale: Hello, iTunes!, Episode 2: Kaitlin McGaw, Alphabet Rockers TV Pilot

KidVid Tournament 2012: Week 2 Summary

KidVid Tournament 2012It was an even more exciting second week of action in KidVid Tournament 2012, with brackets busted everywhere. Week 3 promises more fun than you can shake a stick at, though why you'd shake a stick at fun is beyond me, because if I were fun I'd be scared of families shaking sticks at me.

Aaaanyway, Elite Eight matchups are as follows...

Woody Guthrie Region
#4 Princess Katie & Racer Steve - "Sand in My Sandwich" vs. #6 Imagination Movers - "Everybody Sing"

The winner of the Woody Guthrie Region meets the winner of the...

Ella Jenkins Region

#5 Gustafer Yellowgold "Pancake Smackdown" vs. #6 Todd McHatton - "I Think I'm a Bunny"

Leadbelly Region
#1 Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band - "Blue Bear" vs. #3 Rocknoceros - "Early Worm"

The winner of the Leadbelly Region will take on the winner of the...

Pete Seeger Region
#2 The Pop Ups - "Balloon" vs. #8 Suzi Shelton - "Tomboy in a Princess Dress"

As with last week's entries, this week's competition will place across teh Internets at many of these fine websites who can meet most if not all of your family's kids music needs.

My Favorite Kids Music Videos of 2011

Picking my favorite kids music videos gets harder every year. I've picked 25 here, but featured at least 3 times that number on the site (a figure which itself is a culling of many more videos). There are another half-dozen videos that easily could have made this list were I to make it, say, tomorrow. You'll find lots of old standbys here, but also videos from new bands and bands who don't spend nearly as much time with their video editor. Here, then, are my 25 favorite kids music videos from 2011 (2011 defined roughly as March 1, 2011 - February 29, 2012 -- I'm just assuming nothing else definitively worthy gets released in the next couple days or so). I'm offering up my (ranked) 10 favorite videos, with another 15 (unranked) honorable mentions. [The complete playlist can be viewed at the end of this post.] 1. Caspar Babypants - "Mister Rabbit" [YouTube] Don't get me wrong -- I love's Chris Ballew's DIY videos, finding them models of the form. But his occasional (and ongoing) collaboration with New Zealand's Mukpuddy Animation has already produced a couple fine videos, including this, my favorite of the year. 2. Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band - "Blue Bear" [YouTube] Another near-perfect melding of song and visual style. 3. - "Career Day" [YouTube] The Minneapolis band hasn't produced a bad video yet. 4. Elizabeth Mitchell - "Ong Tal Sam" [YouTube] Dreamy, oh so dreamy. 5. Dog on Fleas - "Do You Wanna Know My New Dance Step?" [YouTube] You might be forgiven for wondering if I was ever going to pick a live-action video for this list. Well, here's the first of many.