Pitchfork

Kids these days don't know how good they got it. When I was a lad, there were no "Suite Life of Zach & Cody", no Zenon (not to mention no Zequel), and certainly no indie rock compilations made specifically for the juvenile set.

Lucky for this generation, DeSoto Records-- no strangers to children's causes-- will amass 14 youth-friendly tracks, call it Play, and release it digitally April 14 with an iTunes exclusive track from DeSoto's faithful Travis Morrison.

Technophobic child-havers-- who probably don't get their music news from websites, come to think of it-- can check their local dime stores and medicine shoppes for an old-fashioned CD copy of Play on May 22 sans the aforementioned Dismemberment Planner's parenthood-jam. The comp promises to be adult-friendly, too, but if my occasional channel-changing happenstance with "The Wiggles" has taught me anything, kid songs register as intolerable to virtually all ears over the age of eight. Although maybe those Wiggles just suck.

Those looking to get buck with bambinos in tow can check out comp-gracing Georgie James and the Cassettes at Bethesda, Maryland's Glen Echo Park April 22.

Play:

01 Anna Oxygen - "Born to Shake"
02 Channels with Damon Locks - "Always Check for Holes"
03 Georgie James - "The Grizzly Jive"
04 Sgt. Major - "Nellie the Elephant"
05 Mudhoney - "I Like to Make Noise and Break Things"
06 Mock Orange - "Holiday Dinner Song"
07 Mirah and Tara Jane O'Neil - "Green Up Time"
08 Young Fresh Fellows - "Picnic"
09 Mary Timony - "Clap Your Hands"
10 Soccer Team - "I'll Never Fear Ghosts Again"
11 Supersuckers - "Rubber Biscuit"
12 The Cassettes - "Truck on (Truck)"
13 Ben Davis & The Jetts - "Bouncin' Party"
14 Visqueen - "Centerfield"