January « 2010 « Knox Road

[MP3] Lali Puna: "Remember"

Okay, so if you have incredibly short term memories you may forget that I just called Lali Puna’s upcoming album, Our Inventions, a “Notable Album Release”. Unfortunately at that point I didn’t have a new mp3 to provide for you off the album. As you can probably guess from the title of this […]

Lee

Fredrik leaves us gasping for air -in the good way- on Trilogi

We’ve been gearing up for quite some time with this record haven’t we? After the spooky “Mujina/Locked In The Basement” track and a video teaser of “Vinterbarn”, Fredrik gave us plenty of material in steady anticipation of their second full-length, Trilogi. Hot on the heels of their stellar, and at times frighteningly addictive […]

Lee

Beach House's Teen Dream encapsulates listeners with its delicate reveries

[Ed. Note: Remember Lin from KR Goes Global? Well she’s still looking for great non-Western bands to blog about for us, but in the meantime we couldn’t resist having her review the much-anticipated and highly publicized Beach House release. So, this review is not written by Lee as the byline up top says, […]

Jon

Los Campesinos is hit or miss on Romance is Boring

I’ll be entirely honest: prior to the announcement that Los Campesinos!‘ newest, Romance is Boring, was coming out, I had barely listened to one or two songs by the band. I had an overall idea of their sound, but just kind of dismissed them for whatever reason. But then they offered […]

Lee

Exit Clov make two tracks available from Memento Mori; physical release this weekend in DC!

Dun dun dun. Exit Clov sent us over two tracks from their new CD, Memento Mori, for your free consumption. But here’s the deal: I put in a special code so that you can’t download them unless you purchase tickets to go to one of their two concerts this weekend in DC (or […]

Lee

In Case You Missed It: Week In Review

One of the busiest weeks ever on Knox Road. Also in the media (though, Conan v. Leno has been discussed to death, including last week’s Week in Review). Hey, the Golden Globes and SAGS were this week! And Avatar won a lot. But so did Up! And I’m going to keep rambling if […]

Jon

Phenomenal Video Saturday: The National

Another week, another video I’ve somehow never posted. This is getting ridiculous. I know how much you all live and breathe every word I say (type), you know? What’s that? Shut up, you say? I’m not that important, you say? Well, ha! Tell that to my supportive mother!

A little while ago, The National […]

Lee

[MP3] Freelance Whales: “Rise & Shine” (new, live at WOXY)

THE hot new media/blog darlings, Freelance Whales, stepped into the WOXY studios for a live session in December and laid down a new track, called “Rise & Shine”, which is much folksier than their previous tight, electronic material. And while I love what I’ve heard so far of the older stuff (how am […]

Abby

[Abby's Road] You listen to what?? The flaws of stereotyping

“She was a quiet woman…didn’t say much and kept to herself. Never once thought she was capable of such things. Let my kids play in her backyard.”

Ah yes. We’ve all read such tidbits. Details splashed across a page or the television screen. Musings from the mouth of a wannabe media […]

Lee

[MP3] Balmorhea: "Bowsprit"

Wow, Balmorhea are making moves fast. I’ve certainly professed my love for them several times, including these couple posts, and they’ve just made available the first teaser off their new album, Constellations, for free download. The track is called “Bowsprit”, and oh my is it something else. It starts off ever so minimally, […]