Jon

In Case You Missed It: Week In Review

So guess what super-important awards show is on tonight? No, not the TVyNovelas awards, although that is super important. It’s the Oscars, silly! And this year is a really big one, because we all might have the opportunity to see The Blind Side win over, well, good movies in the Best Picture category. It’s thrilling [...]

Jamie

[MP3] The Morning Benders: "Excuses"

The Morning Benders are prepping the release of their new album Big Echo and released the single, “Excuses,” on their website last night. If you’re anything like me and LOVE that 60s pop sound, you’ll be very happy with the new single. I tell ya, the 2010s are looking a lot [...]

Lee

In Case You Missed It: Week In Review

Well, hey, the Winter Olympics started up this week with a freaking AWESOME opening ceremony that was very much Avatar inspired (okay, maybe not inspired, but similar in looks). We had some random fiddler on a canoe (!), animated maple leaves (!), and a giant polar bear (??? cool!). Did you miss Knox Road because [...]

Jon

Stephen Colbert > Jay-Z

Because Stephen Colbert is the much better rapper, as evidenced by his verse yesterday during Alicia Keys’ performance of “Empire State of Mind.” Basically, he comes in about halfway through the song to fill in for the esteemed rapper, and spits some fire about his upper-class upbringing in the suburbs. And boy, did he spit [...]

Jon

The Antlers debut new version of “Sylvia” on NPR

It’s pretty common knowledge that the only thing better than a new song by The Antlers is a cookies ‘n’ cream milkshake, and guess which one I’m going to write about today? (Hint: It’s not the milkshake.)

The Antlers recently went into the studio to record a brand new version of “Sylvia” from their album Hospice, [...]

Jon

Tim Minchin is equal parts funny and Australian

You might think we’re all doom and gloom here at Knox Road, and if that’s the case, well, you’re wrong! Haha! We like all sorts of happy things too. Like kittens. And Tim Minchin.

So who’s Tim Minchin, you ask? Well, he just so happens to be an Australian musician/comedian who writes songs with funny lyrics [...]

Jon

The new Owen video looks very familiar…

Uh oh. Now I know Lee is quite the fan of Owen’s newest, New Leaves, and that’s great but I think we have a problem here. Not long ago Owen released a video for his song “Good Friends, Bad Habits.” It’s a lovely photo booth session where some people’s personal secrets are told via text [...]

Jon

WHY? delights with Eskimo Snow, but is something missing?

The answer is yes, something is missing. That something happens to be the hip-hop side of WHY? It’s the most noticeable difference in the band’s sound upon first listen to its newest, Eskimo Snow, and at first it’s kind of off-putting. As great as past songs like “Fatalist Palmistry” and “Gemini (Birthday Song)” are, you [...]

Jamie

Fucked Up wins Canada’s Polaris Prize

Fucked up was awarded Canada’s prestigious Polaris Prize yesterday, which is given every year to a Canadian artist or band. The jury found the band’s 2008 album, Chemistry Of Common Life, to be not only the best hardcore album of the year and the best Canadian album, but also the best album in world. Admittedly, [...]

Jon

Interview with Sea Wolf’s Alex Brown Church

As you may or may not have heard, Sea Wolf has a new album coming out this Tuesday, September 22, called White Water, White Bloom. And, as you probably do know because you’re all such avid readers of Knox Road, we’re all big fans of the first released track, “Wicked Blood,” and have played it [...]