her second Renee & Friends album. Kindred features Grammy winners Ziggy Marley, Lisa Loeb, and Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, plus Elizabeth Mitchell and Chris Stills. Jennifer Paskow, Renee’s daughters Amelia and Isadora Dektor, and Jeremy Toback, a longtime collaborator in the family duo Renee & Jeremy, also lend their talents to the new album. Available now from One Melody Records
Latin Grammy and Emmy Award-winning, husband-and-wife duo Lucky Diaz and Alisha Gaddis is back! On Buenos Diaz, a bilingual celebration of family life, the duo celebrates a decade of work, reinventing themselves as The Lucky Band — complete with a “retro space age” new look. “Taco Tuesday” should get the whole family movin’ and groovin’ right on over to Funkytown. Available now from Rainy Day Dimes Music
RENEE & FRIENDS: KINDRE NAPPA Gold Award winner Renee Stahl brings together a collection of guest stars for
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Paramount Pictures’ new production has been hailed as the best of the live-action films inspired by Hasbro’s Transformers. Available now
The Warner Bros. film finds Michelangelo, Leonardo, Donatello, and Raphael hitting the streets of Gotham in search of Shredder and the Foot Clan. Will Batman view them as friends or foes, as his own Rogue’s Gallery joins the fray? Available on May 14
JACK FORMAN: OFFICE HOURS
LUCKY DIAZ: BUENOS DIAZ
BUMBLEBEE
BATMAN VS. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
MUSIC Meant for kids and former kids, the Recess Monkey bassist fills his second solo album with pop culture (and Pop Tart) nods and bouncy, “slightly caffeinated” energy. From the glory of blowing on a cartridge to play Super Mario 3 on an original Nintendo Entertainment System to a song with a story told from the perspective of Jawas selling Droids on the sands of Tatooine, Office Hours is a top kindie (kids and independent rock) record for spring. Available now from Monkey House Music
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PAW PATROL: ULTIMATE RESCUE
JOHNETTE & SCOTT: SWAMP ROMP Swamp Romp is a Louisiana dance party that’s meant to evoke a certain joie de vivre — a zest for life! The new album is inspired by everything from the cajun, zydeco, and swamp pop of South Louisiana to the rhythm and blues, gospel, jazz, brass band, and street music of New Orleans. It’s got the rock ’n roll of North Louisiana, and it even takes listeners on a small side trip to the Mississippi. Available now from Wiggle Worm Records
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Fans of these furry rescuers won’t want to miss a moment of these wildly brave missions as Chase, Marshall, Rocky, and the rest of the pups save the Royal Kitties, stop a mechanical monster, rescue a swamp creature, and more. Available now
COMING SOON! April 16: The Kid Who Would Be King, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Season One Steelbook, The Wiggles: Wiggle Bop May 7: Floogals: Season 1, Volume 1