February « 2010 « Knox Road

Cedarwell

Cedarwell is a Wisconsin folk band sent my way by Sebastian over at the lovely Common Folk Meadow blog after I commented on his glowing review of their latest, forthcoming March album, A Stone, A Leaf, A Door. The ever-evolving Cedarwell crew, fronted by Erik G. Neave, sent me a promo copy of […]

Jamie

Efterklang sounds great, but shallow on Magic Chairs

Danish band Efterklang is known for their ever-evolving, hook-free music, and their third album is no deviation. While the band’s first album, Tripper, earned comparisons to the likes of Sigur Rós, and their second, Parades, moved them closer to bands like Arcade Fire, Magic Chairs might be a step toward the string and horn-heavy […]

Jamie

[MP3] She & Him: "Thieves"

The Brand New Fancy Stereogum premiered the latest single from the absurdly adorable Zooey Deschanel/M. Ward duo, She & Him, this morning and it’s just as absurdly adorable as you imagined. The cutesy folksy duo is gearing up the release of their sophomore album, Volume Two, so be prepared for another wonderful onslaught […]

Jon

Shearwater does Shearwater pretty well on The Golden Archipelago

To be honest, at this point in their career, I’m not expecting anything particularly earth-shattering from Shearwater. Figuratively, that is. I don’t expect them to toy with their awesome, awesome formula too much, and on The Golden Archipelago, they deliver. Literally, I want Shearwater’s music to shatter earth, every sustained falsetto from Jonathan […]

Lee

Electric President's The Violent Blue strikes at our core

We’re in a dark cellar. The only light we see is rays from the tiny window in the corner that show the floating dust. I can barely catch your image through squinted eyes. I take one step closer, you take one step back. Progress? Maybe. My strides are longer than yours. I take […]

Jamie

[MP3] The New Pornographers: "Your Hands (Together)"

New New Pornographers?? “SHUT UP” –The 1980s. It’s the truth! Matador has released the first look at the band’s new album, Together, out May 4. The song is “Your Hands (Together)” and despite it’s repetitive nature, it’s a solid first single and a hopeful look into the new album. I mean, […]

Jon

Knox Road Radio playlist for 2.21.10

On this issue of Knox Road Radio, I was sadly left to my own devices when Jamie and Lee were unable to make the show. But it was OK! I got a pair of my non-blogger partners-in-crime (vandalism, mostly), Zach and Steven, to help me play some of this past week’s most awesome […]

Jon

In Case You Missed It: Week In Review

Throughout all the weeks that have ever existed, there have been some pretty important weeks. Remember that one week where there was a war? And that other week when LOST premiered. Those weeks were monumental, you know? Well, in the annals of weeks, this past one will go down […]

Jon

Phenomenal Video Saturday: 65daysofstatic

This week’s PVS video is one I’ve actually known about for a while (because I’m great, basically), and just never got the opportunity to post it here. So it’s a special one!

This is the English post-rock band (don’t run away!) 65daysofstatic performing their ree-diculous song “Radio Protector” from the album One Time for […]

Abby

[Abby's Road] It's about the sound, not the words

It never fails: whenever I overhear mumblings of folks yammering away about Jim Morrison and his fantastic poetry (snore) I have to stop myself in my tracks. I. Hate. The. Doors. That said, since we all know Doors fans aren’t made, they’re born, I never bother trying to tell them, anywhere, at any […]