Welcome back to the 2011 KidVid Tournament! Hope you’ve been playing along, watching ALL the videos, and voting your conscience. OWTK’s 2nd round matchup comes out of the Ella Jenkins Regional. The #4 seed Sugar Free Allstars “Cars and Trucks” upset John & Mark’s dazzling “A Counting Error” video and […]
A gaggle of preschool bad-asses, some skinny pink tie tying, and a bevy of POV vehicular action sum up the visuals from the The Not-Its! newest video. “Green Light, Go” is perhaps the most obvious “Time Out to Rock” song to attach a visual component to (along with “Come Play […]
I reviewed the latest albums from The Not-Its!, The Okee Dokee Brothers and The Jellydots for the August issue of Time Out New York Kids Magazine. I’m particularly excited about this issue, for I’ve managed to make this one a truly national piece by featuring bands from Seattle, Texas and […]
Kindie is the new grunge. The flannel, however, has been replaced by spacesuits, skinny ties and pink tutus; the sour puss expressions subbed out for Kool-Aid smiles. I’m more than alright with all of this. Flannel made me so damn itchy anyway, and life’s too short to be mucho […]
The Not-Its! have crafted their finest song to date. Granted, the Seattle band is only 2 albums into their kindie rock career, but still…“First Kid in Outer Space” is the best Not Its! song ever. I’m quite honored to be able to provide you with a free, exclusive download of […]
Seattle’s The Not-Its! have just released the first video from their fantastic debut album “We Are The Not-Its!” The song to get the visual treatment is “Come Play At Our House”, a story of cookies that look like Thomas Jefferson, scientists from the South Pole and a house that looks […]
Behind the ambitious New Year’s resolution of “Make Kids Dance”, Seattle kindie rock quintet The Not-Its! are hard at work on their sophomore album, the follow up to 2009’s terrific “We Are The Not-Its!” No album title yet, but the band is sharing some early song titles. “Skinny Ties are […]
I don’t usually cover website refreshes. Nor do I typically post about kindie rock band t-shirts (or petticoats) but The Not-Its! recently launched a snazzy new presence and have added sweet tees and pink tutus to their online merch table and well, OWTK really loves The Not-Its! Check out the […]
