Recess Monkey Bring Kindie Rock to Town Hall

Take a thriving musical scene, add twenty years, and you get a city full of young kids with parents who don't want Raffi cluttering their playlists.

Cue kindie rock: Kids' music that isn't just for kids. They Might Be Giants are the poster band, having shifted from indie rock darlings to kiddie rock darlings, but plenty of other artists are thriving too. A friend of mine has seen local band Caspar Babypants (Chris Ballew, of the Presidents of the United States of America) five or six times—his daughter's nine months old and she's already a groupie-by-proxy.

Recess Monkey is another local fixture, three guys who work with kids and make music that appeals to parents who love the Apples in Stereo and LCD Soundsystem (or who might've at least heard of them) and kids happy with the idea that school's in forever. They've released six albums, and I'm required by law to describe them as "Beatlesque."

They sing about stuff kids think about, from sack lunches to moon boots to lice to not wanting to go to bed. And they're all intensely catchy, lodging in a five-year-old girl's head after half a listen, yet impressively not annoying despite that.

You can catch Recess Monkey twice this Saturday at Town Hall: 11am and 1pm, $5 for adults, free for kids. If you miss that, don't fret. They're local, and have several upcoming concerts in the next few months.