Pitchfork

Surely it's been said before, but it bears repeating: Tiny Masters of Today are exactly that. Tiny. Barely-teenaged bro Ivan and sis Ada-- two years Ivan's junior-- threw a few tracks on MySpace some months back, which caught the attention of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion/Jena Malone drummer Russell Simins. (Simins would end up drumming for TMT both in concert and on Bang Bang Boom Cake, their debut album.)

Eventually, other oldsters caught on. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, CSS, and Liars became friends, and none other than David Bowie compared them to Suicide and (flatteringly, we'll assume) gloriously terrible amateur rock legends the Shaggs. They truly are tiny masters of today...but do they pack their own lunches?

Bang Bang Boom Cake, already out in the UK from Mute, is coming to the U.S. and Canada from World's Fair imprint Great Society. The disc features guest appearances from Karen O and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kimya Dawson of the Moldy Peaches, Fred Schneider of the B-52s, and Butthole Surfer Gibby Haynes.

In addition to touring the globe and releasing an album long before they discover the healing power of Clearasil, the band is also trying its hand at knob-twiddling. The Tiny Masters of Today remix of Liars' "Clear Island" will appear on a forthcoming single plucked from the Liars LP, and Liars have returned the favor with a remix of the Tiny Masters' "Hey, Mr. DJ", which will appear on the single for that song, due September 17 on Mute.

CSS also remixed "Hey, Mr. DJ", which can be downloaded below. Of TMT, Adriano Cintra from CSS said, "I first heard Tiny Masters on MySpace. I got really crazy about them, I wanted to have younger brother and sister like them. Kinda of, hey, let's make party songs for when we get older...now I am older and I'm glad I got Tiny Masters as friends!"

Makes you wish you played a lot less Earthworm Jim when you were 13, don't it?

Bang Bang Boom Cake:

01 K.I.D.S.
02 Stickin' it to the Man
03 Hey, Mr. DJ (ft. DJ Atsushi Numata): Stream
04 Disco Bomb (ft. Fred Schneider)
05 Hologram World (ft. Karen O & Nick Zinner)
06 Pictures
07 Radio Riot: Stream
08 Trendsetter (ft. Kimya Dawson & Angelo Spencer)
09 Book Song (ft. Kimya Dawson)
10 Texas (ft. Gibby Haynes)
11 Bushy
12 End of My Rope
13 Tooty Frooty (Clarke's Dream Song)

Bang Bang rock'n'roll:

09-29 Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall
10-06 Gouveia City, Portugal - Global Snowboard Championship
10-18 New York, NY - TBA