JELLY JUKEBOX:
fan reviews from cdbaby
"...a laid-back reggae romp through a kids life with occasional detours into R&B and rock, with insightful details kids will love, but always with a great groove and a gentle message about life..."
"...Doug Snyder shares his kid-friendly, melodious vision so effortlessly, so vividly, that when you listen it feels like a journey to an unique, musical treehouse full of funk. AND. . . how does Doug know that we also wait for packages and talk to spiders?! Now, that's insight!"
"...The Jellydots expand the palette of musical elements that are considered "Kid-Friendly". They know that kids can appreciate more "adult" rhythms, such as funk, hip hop, and reggae and that minor key elements can make a more vivid emotional picture. The Jellydots understand that kids will listen to details..."
CHANGING SKIES:
"...for those of you who loved the lullabies at the end of the first CD (Hey You Kids), Snyder doesn't disappoint here, either -- "When You Were Born" and "Pretty Little Baby" evoke Paul Simon and Elliott Smith in tenderness..." -Zooglobble
full review here.
"Even tweens get the blues, and the second album from Austins Doug Snyder acknowledges that inevitability. Tracks like Travelin Man and Remember Me, about a romantic interest whos moved away, serve as a beautifully timely soundtrack to the lonelier moments in a maturing kids life."
-Time Out New York Kids
"On Changing Skies, Doug Snyder's Jellydots songs mature with his audience. Rather than continue with a carbon copy of his debut masterpiece "Hey You Kids!", Snyder writes deeper, sometimes darker, songs that fans of his first album will be able to appreciate lyrically and musically as they grow older. Check out "San Diego", the great pop song "Sunshine", and the string of five wonderful ballads in a row that close out the album. A chart-topper!"
-Kids Music That Rocks
HEY YOU KIDS!:
"Three and a half minutes of pure power pop goodness..." -NPR
listen to the full podcast here.
"This band will change your life. Not to get all Natalie Portman on you, but like the Shins, the Austin-based band The Jellydots might just change a few families' lives, or at least their opinions on what kids' music can be..." -Zooglobble
read full review here.
"This is it, folks. You're looking at, and will soon be listening to, the future of Kids' Music. Like trying to find the horizon from the shore through a misty fog, genre lines have become so blurred that soon we can simply say, this is music. Period..."
SLEEPIN':
"...is a carefully crafted lullaby album, fully intended to lose its listener to dreamland as it plays. The songs, written and voiced by the duos Karla Manzur and Doug Snyder, grow progressively mellower as the disc rolls on. Close your eyes, Snyder croons in Pretty Little Baby, the penultimate track. Close them and you will sleep. Whoever said art lacks practicality?"
The Austin Chronicle's Melanie Haupt named the Jellydots' performance at 2007's Austin City Limits Music Festival as "best local live show!"
Zooglobble's concert recap of a solo doug jellydots show in Phoenix. Here.
Zooglobble's concert recap of The Jellydots Live at SXSW 2007. Here.
Time Out New York Kids names The Jellydots as one of the best kids bands of the last 30 years!
Kids Music That Rocks awards The Jellydots with the number one slot in their "2006 Top Twenty Albums!"
NPR and Zooglobble give The Jellydots the number nine slot in their "Favorite Kids Albums of 2006!"
The 2006 Fids and Kamily Awards place The Jellydots at number 7 for best albums of 2006!
Zooglobble's Top 50 Kids Songs of all Time. The Jellydots made number fifty!