Children’s music can be fairly horrible, save for songs like “Everything Is Awesome.” Luckily, smart musicians are growing up, having kids, and making albums for said kids. That’s what happened with MC Frontalot’s new record, Question Bedtime. The record features contributions from parents and non-parents alike, including Kid Koala, Busdriver, Jean Grae, Sole, John Roderick, The Protomen, MC Chris, Parry Gripp, Kyle Kinane, Paul F. Tompkins, and Open Mike Eagle, who appears on “Much Chubbier,” which The A.V. Club is premiering below. Question Bedtime’s material is kid-appropriate, of course, but it’s also not intolerable for parents or similarly aged adults, thank heaven. And, as listeners to “Much Chubbier” will find, even old tales of three gruff little goats can be made funky.


MC Frontalot is on tour later this summer, and dates are below.


MC Frontalot tour 2014



Aug 19—Rex Theater—Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Aug. 20—Tiger Room at CS3—Fort Wayne, Indiana

Aug. 21—Subterranean—Chicago, Illinois

Aug. 25—TBD—Denver, Colorado

Aug. 26—The Stateroom—Salt Lake City, Utah

Sept. 1—El Corazon—Seattle, Washington

Sept. 2—Dante’s—Portland, Oregon

Sept. 4—Brick & Mortar—San Francisco, California

Sept. 7—TBD—Phoenix, Arizona

Sept. 9—Three Links—Dallas, Texas

Sept. 10—TBD—Austin, Texas

Sept. 11—TBD—Houston, Texas

Sept. 12—Northgate Tavern—Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Sept. 13—Beatnik—New Orleans, Louisiana

Sept. 14—Center Stage—Atlanta, Georgia

Sept. 16—TBD—Charlotte, North Carolina

Sept. 17—King’s Barcade—Raleigh, North Carolina

Sept. 18—TBD—Baltimore, Maryland

Sept. 19—North Star Bar—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sept. 20—TBD—New York, New York