New Letting Up Despite Great Faults: “Ride”

Since my last Letting Up Despite Great Faults post (you have to scroll down five seconds to find it), Neon is out, and we’ve got a brand new song, “Ride” to present off the album. The single has everything I’ve come to love about Letting Up, with relaxed vocals, a sunny vibe and […]

New Letting Up Despite Great Faults: “Wrapped”

It’s taken me way too long to post the new Letting Up Despite Great Faults material, and for that I apologize. This crew has been one of my favorites over my blogging (and pre-blogging) years, in both personality and musicianship. I adore everything they put it out. Frankly, it’s hard not to. Not […]

[MP3] Tiger Waves: “I Hope You’ll Feel Alright”

After much blog success with their first couple singles, Tiger Waves (the Chicago/Austin duo) are back with “I Hope You’ll Feel Alright,” a lulling, soft pop tune with easy, falsetto vocals. If this song doesn’t calm your nerves and make you at peace, then you may be in more trouble than you’re letting […]

Tiger Waves

Tiger Waves, technically based out of Austin, is a duo (James and Reid) that began their music by sharing sounds across the internet. James was in Austin and Reid was in Chicago. As we’ve seen before, more bands are attempting this technique of cross-country, or even international, music making, and why not? Yes, […]

The Wealthy West

Brandon Kinder, out of Austin, Texas, is The Wealthy West, which showcases his impressive singer/songwriter skills. Employing a pensive demeanor and a forlorn timbre, Kinder delivers short, melancholic tunes with a powerful affect.

Kinder recently released a five song acoustic EP with just enough despair to make you slightly unstable. But emotion is […]

[MP3] Harlem: “Sometimes (Flamin’ Groovies cover)”

It’s a good thing You Ain’t No Picasso has been keeping close tabs on Austin band Harlem, because I almost missed this one! The boys like doing covers and their latest attempt is “Sometimes,” originally released in 1965 by Paul Revere And The Raiders. Story goes, though, that Harlem […]

Getting back to Balmorhea

You may remember Austin’s Balmorhea from a previous post several months ago. But with Smansmith graciously informing us of a remixed All Is Wild, All Is Silent, I thought now would be as good a time as ever to go into just how much I’ve grown to love the non-remixed All Is Wild, […]

Golden Bear is so much better than “power-pop”

Austin’s Golden Bear immediately has a “pop” label thrown on them. The e-mail I received from their promotion people used words like “power-pop,” “anthemic pop,” “infectious” and “fist-pumping.” I guess they really know how to appeal to listeners??

These words really sell the band short. Golden Bear’s […]

Balmorhea (bal-mor-ay)

I don’t know how we got sent this one but my are we lucky. Balmorhea, (pronounced bal-mor-ay) from Austin, is Rob Lowe (not that Rob Lowe) and Michael Muller, accompanied by Aisha Burns (violin), Travis Chapman (upright bass), Nicole Kern (cello), and Michael Bell (drums). Now seems like a good time […]

MP3s of some SXSW artists, season finale (part five)

I apologize for how long it has taken to get to this last installment for SXSW, but I hope you’ve found solace in all the other posts we’ve been able to put out lately! Busy times for us here at Knox Road, that’s for sure. Anyway, as promised, here are the […]