April « 2010 « Knox Road

M.I.A. makes terrifyingly violent video epic for "Born Free"

What does M.I.A., worldwide superstar, do with all that “Paper Planes” money and fame? She makes a nine-minute ultra-violent music video epic is what she does. We talked a little while ago about the art of the music video, and if MGMT’s “Flash Delirium” was the weirdo surrealist of the pack, M.I.A.’s […]

Jon

In Case You Missed It: Week In Review

It must have been hard to pay attention to all the cool music news that happened this week if you were so wasted you could neither pick up nor put on your flip-flops. And trust me, there was a lot of cool music news this week. You should really cut back […]

Jon

Phenomenal Video Saturday: It’s Ludovico Einaudi time

Ludovico Einaudi is a modern Italian composer and pianist whose compositions focus on piano, strings, and the odd assortment of occasional electronic flourishes and even (very occasional) guitars. I’m struck listening to some of his stuff, because for all of the modern composers (like my best friend Olafur Arnalds) that get a lot of […]

Lee

[MP3] Scenic Square: "I Don't Want To Go"

Brought to my attention by Taylor over at Music For Kids Who Can’t Read Good, Scenic Square, four guys out of Chicago, make some intimately delicate electronica (imagine that in these days of hard hitting electropop!) and sound extraordinary in the process. “I Don’t Want To Go” is catchy from the get go with […]

Jon

[MP3] Ólafur Arnalds: "Þú ert sólin"

Yesterday my best friend Ólafur Arnalds released the first single off his upcoming album, …and they have escaped the weight of darkness, called “Þú ert sólin.” It means “you are the sun” in Iceland-speak, which has nothing to do with the fact that the picture of the young composer is absolutely terrifying.

The new […]

Lee

[MP3] The Farewell Circuit: "I Am A Ghost"

I did a brief MP3 post on The Farewell Circuit a little while back (about four months ago), shortly after they released their debut album, The Birdless Sky. Well, the guys (smartly) aren’t taking any breaks. They’ve completed a 5 song EP that will be made available at most online retailers sometime this […]

Jamie

Crystal Castles continue to snub Americans with early album release date

Crystal Castles’ second eponymous LP was due out June 8, but after a quality version of it leaked to the masses, the label was forced to bump the release date. Ok! I mean, I feel awful for the label to be put in this situation, but it means we get the album sooner […]

Jon

Toro Y Moi to go on tour with Caribou with new live band

Great news, fellows! Toro Y Moi, who we may have covered on this site once or twice, is going on tour with Caribou, who released an album we just reviewed. We are totally on top of things. You should check your things, or more accurately the top of your things. That’s where you’ll find […]

Jamie

Chromatic Flights releases mind-numbingly chill (and free) Too Beautiful For Smiles EP

The folks over at One Thirty BPM just released the latest EP from musician Kyle Wyss’ project Chromatic Flights and it’s just great. Because what we want on this dreary, rainy day (at least here in D.C.) is more deeply chilled-out music to sink into our chairs with. The […]

Jamie

[MP3] Pure Ecstasy: "Alexandria"

Pure Ecstasy seems to be one of those bands that we only ever see singles from. We previously heard the awesome “Easy” and more recently “Voices,” from the Voices 7″. Now we have “Alexandria,” the super-chilled-out B-side to said 7″. This band knows how to take things down several notches to the point of […]