Tiny Masters of Today is comprised of thirteen-year-old Ivan on guitar and vocals and his eleven-year-old sister Ada on bass and vocals. Somewhat inexplicably, Russell Simins of the legendary Jon Spencer Blues Explosion found the band via Myspace and petitioned to be their live drummer.

With Bang Bang Boom Cake, Tiny Masters of Today have delivered on the promise of their singles, offering up an unabashed punk pastiche that touches on everything from hip-hop to good ol‘ garage rock. Within the album are several surprising and successful collaborations with some outsider rock luminaries. Ex-Moldy Peaches singer Kimya Dawson (who also met the kids through Myspace) sang back up on several songs and co-wrote the song Trendsetter. B-52s’ frontman Fred Schneider joined in on Disco Bomb. Their Brooklyn neighbor Gibby Haynes from the Butthole Surfers came in for the aptly themed Texas. In one particularly astonishing moment, the pair face off against Karen O and Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs for the track Hologram World. The song was largely composed over email and is a wild romp that seems to have something to do with money, magic, and national security.

With all the guest artists it's a refreshingly entertaining album from what basically is a kid band. Besides drumming, Simins also produced the album.