Apparently 2012 is the year of the animated video, with bands like Sci-Fried going in a direction that Kyle and Jim from Kirby Krackle have been exploring for a while now: amazing musical cartoons.
The latest comes from comedy musicians Nuclear Bubble Wrap. It's for "Sharktopus," a track available on both their 2010 full-length and their brand new Abracadaver EP. It's a great looking piece that really plays up the darkly humorous narrative of the song. Also there are Pokémans. Let me show you them.
Earlier this week I blogged about MC Lars's latest video, an interesting piece that uses rap to relay a lesson on the finer points of poetic meter, over at GeekDad. Interestingly enough, that's actually not the only example of educational hip-hop currently making the YouTube rounds.
Mega Ran recently released the first single from his Kickstarter-fundedLanguage Arts multimedia project, subtitled "First Day of School." It's another solid slice of lyrical positivity that boasts stellar production from Richie Branson, nicely organic direction by Tom Larkin and a bridge in which Random takes a moment to explain the proper function of the musical bridge. #meta
The first volume of the 3 EP set is available now, as is a browser-based video game and digital comic. Check out all three, and look for Ran on tour throughout the summer.
