- Rocks
- STARFISH, $15
To say that children's music has changed a lot in the past 10 years is a massive understatement. Today's great kids' bands don't simplify their music; they write it for listeners of any age, then target their tone and lyrics toward audiences that just happen to wear Pull-Ups. New Jersey's StarFish is a fantastic example of this new wave—ironic, since they play good, old-fashioned classic rock. The opening riffs of "Stop, Drop, and Rock and Roll" bring to mind early AC/DC. The lyrics to the rollicking "Air Guitar" reference legends like Chuck Berry and Jimmy Page. And the fantastic "Joshua's Treehouse" features a wild keyboard solo, for crying out loud. Nothing about any of it screams "kids' music." Yet the same fans who dance to Dora the Explorer somehow rock out to StarFish, too.—Ages 3 and up
