October « 2011 « Knox Road

Power Player

The baritone should remind you of someone. If it doesn’t, you may need to read this blog more often. But we’re okay with first-timers and newbies. Welcome!

Power Player is the project of Ryan Ross Smith, based out of Oakland, CA, who occasionally records with others. The music will not make you jump […]

Jamie

[Hype Hype Hooray] Will Anybody Ever Make Good Halloween Music?

Every [two weeks?] Jamie Hale takes a long, hard look at the music industry and the blog scene that feeds it. Here, he releases those findings and makes snarky, sarcastic remarks. Admittedly, both Jamie and Knox Road are a part of this scene. So sue us.

A few days ago I read that […]

Lee

Lucy Schwartz goes underwater for Life in Letters video

*The video is to help promote Lucy’s clean water campaign.

BTW, if you want a great CMJ recap from one of my true compadres during the festival, check out Andriana’s rad post on Gluttony Is The New Black.

Lee

Races

You know what I like about CMJ? It lets me talk about bands I’ve missed and should have written about in the past. One of those bands is LA’s Races, whom I saw the final night of CMJ before Hands (who rocked, by the way). Races had charisma and chemistry on stage, and […]

Abby

[Abby’s Road] Mephisto’s Wearing Figure Skates

Ok. So I might have said I’d sell my soul to the devil…or pay any amount of money for tickets and/or flight from the US to the UK for the event I am about to go all crazypants about. Now that it is happening (and I am actually living in Western Europe) I […]

Jesse

Future Islands use sounds of 25 years ago for On The Water

On the Water, the latest album from Baltimore’s Future Islands, is the most interesting indie-dance record released this year. Wait, it’s not really a dance record, maybe I meant indie-rock record. Well, it’s not really rock either. Is it chill-wave? I’m thinking not. Honestly, On the Water doesn’t deserve to be shoved into […]

Lee

Lyndsay Holm

Oh, to be young and melancholic. And so raw that it’s just right.

Lyndsay Holm – “Weeping Willow” [MP3]

Holm is a musician and photographer based outside of Chicago.

Lee

Mixery for exfm at Cantora Labs’ CMJ Smartlounge

It’s not my typical mixery, but it’ll do. No random songs this time – they’re actually of my choosing! I know, crazy concept.

Let’s get to the point. I was recently asked, along with a few esteemed music blogs and KR friends, to curate a little playlist for exfm at Cantora Labs’ Smartlounge at […]

Jamie

[Hype Hype Hooray] My Annual Defense of Liars’ ‘They Were Wrong So We Drowned’

You might be familiar with Liars, the […]

Jesse

It is rain in my face’s Wishbone EP

One of my favorite aspects of listening to new music is the ability to discover new approaches to established sounds or genres. On more than one occasion I’ve been treated to an artist who explores a genre that isn’t one of my favorites and takes it in a direction that is unexpected and […]