Children’s Music from Big World Audio Theatre and Will’s Weekend Wrap-up

Big World Audio Theatre The Peculiar Tales of the S.S. Bungalow There's something strange in these waters. Big World Audio Theatre proudly presents The Peculiar Tales of the S.S. Bungalow. This Parent's Choice Award and Family Choice Award winning album is for kids, yes… but it's also for all those who are secretly (or not so secretly) kids at heart. Join Captain Sleepytime Greg and his crew of scalawags on their quest upon the Atlantic to the mysterious and faraway Lullaby Islands. It's an 80 minute seafaring audio narrative jam-packed with fun characters, sounds of adventure out on the open sea, and 14 original foot-tapping music tracks. So come along and join us on the maiden voyage of the S.S. Bungalow! Konichiwa, NoiseTraders-san! I'm not usually one to toot our own horn too much on a week's-worth of features, but for this week… TOOT TOOT, you guys. In case you missed any of it, this week we featured a wonderfully eclectic sampler of new songs, demos, and rarities from alt-rock phenom Tracy Bonham, a stunning new album primer with EP sidecar from singer-songwriter Noah Gundersen, and an exclusive batch of exciting live tracks (with bonus interview) from violinist/dancer Lindsey Stirling. Our cup runneth over, for sure. If all three offerings aren't already in your music library, you'll want to remedy that with the quickness. While you're doing that, I've also got a few more recommendations to download while you're roaming around the site. Genre-wise, it's all a mixed bag, but the common denominator they all share is being well worth your time. Alrighty, get into all the things! – WILL HODGE, NoiseTrade Music Editor/Community Manager Jordan Taylor "Ambition" (single) I first wrote about Phoenix-based rapper Jordan Taylor back in April and I believe it's high time to rep another one of his hip-hop street hymns. The first time around I described him as "grungy hip-hop with innovative production and hope-fueled, street-wise rhymes." After listening to his newest single "Ambition," I need to add "molasses smooth flow over atmospheric, thick-beat tracks" to the mix. Hear me now friends, Taylor is one to keep your eyes on. He's an incredibly talented lyricist and his creative production choices showcase a confidence that many young rappers end up taking years to develop (if they even get there at all). Taylor seems already at that level and his career is just getting started. I also love the fact that many of his songs contain snippets of Tupac interviews, which is totally extra icing on the cake for me. Chris Barron "Angels and One-Armed Jugglers" (single) My first experience hearing the Spin Doctors was somewhere around the spring of 1992 and my friend Todd and I would spin their Pocket Full of Kryptonite album at every youth group function that summer like it was Abbey Road or Pet Sounds. If you would have had told me then that the scat-singing, fun-time frontman would eventually become an endearing acoustic-loving singer-songwriter, I'd have called you straight-up crazy. However, Spin Doctors lead singer Chris Barron has done exactly that. Currently, he's been releasing a series of singles that will be on his forthcoming solo album If I Stop Laughing, I'll Cry. "Angels and One-Armed Jugglers" is his newest single and, along with being one of the strongest songs he's released so far, it gets bonus points for being the song that contains the lyric that spawned the album title. Smiling Cynic Do Robots Have A God? [EP] Smiling Cynic is the work of producer-songwriter Christopher Hawes and he has generously enriched NoiseTrade's sonic catacombs with 11 lush, electro-pop releases (gotta catch 'em all!). My current Smiling Cynic favorite is his Do Robots Have A God? EP, due in large part to the mesmerizing instrumental track "Beat Me" that I can't seem to listen to enough. Something about the mixture of percussive elements and the stereo-panned electro-drum fills bring to mind some of my favorite Moby moments. And the pulsing washes of synth layer everything in a relaxing wave of sound that creatively compliments all of the rhythmic action going on underneath. Lancelot Schaubert Life After Aesthetics (eBook) Lancelot Schaubert's Life After Aesthetics is a short, philosophical book that reads like a themed collection of essays mashing up big-thought questions about beauty and art with history, pop culture, and humor. According to Schaubert, the book "compares Adele to Geoffrey Chaucer, evaluates Hitler based on Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette, and asks the question: "Do elephants cry?" With a cover sporting a man emulating The Thinker and wearing an Incredible Hulk boxing glove and a four-foot afro, it's safe to say you've been summarily warned as to what you will be presented within its pages. When writer Will Hodge (@will_hodge) isn't wanting to buy you rockets, you can find him running off at the keyboard about music, concerts, and vinyl at My So-Called Soundtrack .

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