October « 2009 « Knox Road

Tegan and Sara release video for “Hell”

I can’t even begin to express how excited I am for tomorrow’s official release of Tegan and Sara’s newest album, Sainthood. Teasers aplenty in the meantime, including this video playing off the “twin thing”. (Note: I am a twin as well. Fraternal, though. And different sexes. So yeah, I guess this doesn’t resonate at […]

Lee

James Yuill

Been listening a lot lately to James Yuill‘s Turning Down Water For Air, an album released back in January of this year, and frustrated is the first emotion that comes to mind; why have I not listened sooner? Yuill’s music is right up my alley with electroacoustic digs and a distinct folk vocal […]

Jamie

In Case You Missed It: Week In Review

If you’ve been spending your days and nights trying to catch up on all the good TV this fall (there’s so much!) you probably haven’t been reading Knox Road. But I mean, Tina Fey and Joel McHale vs. The guys of KR? Talk about hotties vs. notties! The best vs. the not so […]

Lee

Knox Road Radio show and playlist for 10.25

We had special guest Sadie on to discuss why she loves Metric (yay) and other similar female fronted groups but not Florence + The Machine (wtf??). This was particularly intriguing for Jon and me, as we love just about everything Florence. Check out the full show (starts 20 seconds in) and playlist below.

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Jon

Sufjan is free of conceptual restraints (read: new album coming!)

Sufjan Stevens has been popping his head out of the muck of obscurity a bit in the past few months, which is great because he rocks. He’s said in interviews, though, that he’s been in something of a creative rut, which explains the lack of a new album. His most recent is Illinoise, […]

Lee

Zach is back! (Lipkins, of course)

Remember our interview with Zach Lipkins, the musical genius out of the Berklee School of Music in Boston? Well, you didn’t think we’d leave you hanging with just that did you?? No! Zach is back – he sent three brand new songs our way as he readies himself for his next album. Details […]

Lee

Notable Album Release: Field Music – Measure

Field Music, one of my favorite straight-up playful (though that adjective may need to change now) pop bands out there, is set to release an upcoming “double” album, Measure, February 16. I found out about the British brothers several years ago from 3hive and was immediately smitten by their delightful song, “You’re So […]

Lee

[MP3] New LCD Soundsytem: “Bye Bye Bayou”

Well, well, what have we here? LCD Soundsytem’s newest track, “Bye Bye Bayou” recently leaked, so James Murphy has decided to release it free to the masses. On one hand, it’s too bad it leaked, on the other hand, nearly everything leaks, so props to him for giving out the track in high […]

Lee

Dreamy, spooky pop from Jordan Galland

Jordan Galland‘s music is one-of-a-kind, blending a diverse range of styles into highly listenable pop. Vibrant horns and keys stand out over hints of “pop noir” – you know, the kind that has an underlying eerie chill. But it’s hidden of course, like a well-trained con artist – which in this case is […]

Lee

Stop. Breathe.

As we inundate you with new material, album reviews, concert information and the like, we rarely ever get the chance to show you what’s been hot on our playlists lately. You hear a track during the picks of the week for our radio show but that doesn’t exactly suffice, in my opinion. So […]