[pitchfork.com] The folks behind the ADD Nickelodeon kids' show "Yo Gabba Gabba" are doing God's work: Bringing hipster music to children and making aging indie parents feel cool again. "Yo Gabba Gabba" has featured music from the likes of MGMT, Of Montreal, Les Savy Fav and Weezer (in bug costumes!), and the show is now on the road, bringing flashy entertainment to toddlers across the country.
This past weekend, the "Yo Gabba Gabba" live show came to New York's Beacon Theatre. As Brooklyn Vegan reports, the show included special guests Devendra Banhart, the Roots, and Dinosaur Jr. Dinosaur Jr. played "Banana", a song previously done on the show by the L.A. ska ensemble the Aggrolites, of all people. And yes, it is all about bananas and how good they are. It must be hard avoiding the obvious jokes when you're in a room full of little kids.
As you can see in the camera-phoned video below, Dino's version is decidedly more restrained, even if it does feature some of J. Mascis' trademark guitar pyrotechnics. The video is worth watching if only for the way Mascis says "Hi, kids" at the beginning. The first YouTube comment says it best: "Mommy, why are the scary homeless men on stage?"
In other Dinosaur Jr. news...
[punknews.org] Dinosaur Jr. have begun announcing 2010 dates. The band will play a block of East Coast Canadian and US dates in January followed by a run through Spain in February and a trip to Australia in March. They released Farm in 2009.
January 16, 2010 Bowery Ballroom New York, New York
January 17, 2010 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York
January 19, 2010 Castaways Ithaca, New York
January 20, 2010 The Ale House Kingston, Ontario
January 21, 2010 Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto, Ontario
January 22, 2010 Capital Music Hall Ottawa, Ontario
January 23, 2010 Club Soda Montreal, Quebec
February 10, 2010 Sala Heineken Madrid, Spain
February 11, 2010 Sala Apolo Barcelona, Spain
February 12, 2010 Sala Assig Palma (Mallorca) , Spain
March 4, 2010 Corner Hotel Melbourne, Australia
March 6, 2010 Golden Plains Festival Meredith, Australia
March 7, 2010 Lost Weekend Festival Brisbane, Australia
March 10, 2010 Great Northern Hotel Byron Bay, Australia
March 11, 2010 Metro Theatre Sydney, Australia
March 12, 2010 Rosemount Hotel Perth, Australia
March 13, 2010 Fowlers Live Adelaide, Australia
March 14, 2010 Moorilla Hobart, Australia
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