Kimya Dawson makes a kids record (on purpose this time)
Cutesy indie rocker Kimya Dawson is looking to "extend her Juno buzz" (those are Billboard's words, not ours) with a new children's record called Alphabutt. Song titles include "The Alphabutt Song," "Seven Hungry Tigers," "Little Monster Babies," "Wiggle My Tooth" and "Pee Pee in the Potty," and collaborators include former Third Eye Blind guitarist Kevin Cadoga. (Please, don't everyone get excited at once!) There's also a bunch of crazy, screaming kids on the record, definitely "not those little fake, smiley faced, typical kid backup singers," Dawson tells Billboard. "They're screaming and saying whatever they want. It's how kids want to do music, not like when they're in school taking lessons and all sitting in rows on bleachers."