Electronica « Knox Road

Leitbur releases new single “Heartsink” as cancer fundraiser

Sometimes everything gets a bit too real. Emotions shift, materialism becomes non-existent, and life is put into perspective. Jaron Widman, one half of the LA Leitbur duo, was producing a new album when he received his diagnosis. Bills piled up, but he stuck it out, and he’s here today, doing what he loves, […]

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[MP3] Letting Up Despite Great Faults: “Teenage Tide”

Having become a staple on Knox Road and one of our good friends from our few years of blogging, electronic pop masterminds Letting Up Despite Great Faults will continue to get play here as long they keep making music we love.

They recently released a new track off their forthcoming EP, Paper Crush, […]

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[MP3] Collider: “Mono”

Collider, the San Fransisco crew I’ve talked up a few times here, is releasing a digital single series in 2011 and decided to start in March (probably because it’s my birthday month) with Mono. If the first release is indicative of the entire series, all singles will be free to download from Collider’s […]

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[MP3] Trophy Wife: “Microlite”

I’ve been waiting for an electronic song of this ilk for a while now. It’s been quite some time since I posted some sugary electronica, but that’s not because I’ve stopped listening to it. It’s mostly due to the fact that there’s been a disappointing dearth of it in 2010. (If I’m wrong, […]

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[MP3] Maur Due & Lichter remix Zero 7 and José González’s “Futures”

Remember Maur Due & Lichter? The electroacoustic Austrian duo whom I fell in love with after listening to their debut album, Another Day. Well, they’re back with a bonus remix of Zero 7 and José González’s tune “Futures” from The Garden.

Maur Due & Lichter’s take on the song makes it an even […]

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[MP3] Arran Arctic: “Interrupt Me”

Mr. Arran Arctic‘s new free single, the second off of his forthcoming full length, In My Hands, is titled “Interrupt Me”. It sees the cool, calm and collected Southall add some extra spice with slowly building electronica, creating a cathartic effect. You liking the new Arctic or do you miss his old, instrumental and […]

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Maur Due & Lichter

Don’t you just love foreign electronic pop?? Well DUH, of course you do! Maur Due & Lichter, out of Austria, bring to mind modern electro-pop outfits such as The Notwist and Lali Puna (two personal favorites) with their subdued, airy vocals and pressing electronica.

Maur Due & Lichter are two Viennese-based students in their […]

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[MP3] Sweet Track: "Upon Joining The Army"

After reading the short blurb for Sweet Track, a highly unknown artist with a mere 52 plays scrobbled on last.fm, I was…confused:

Some where between the lost tapes of your youth and the controversy of chillwave fits Sweet Track, creating that irritatingly familiar yet new sound that’s made for basking in comfortable nostalgia […]

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[MP3] Rio Blanco: "Wild Doves"

In a somewhat surprising turn of events, uber-talented Knox Road friend Zach Lipkins is writing and recording under a new moniker, Rio Blanco. He sent us his first Rio Blanco song, “Wild Doves”, featured below, for your listening consumption. And, well, as they say, new look, same great taste!

…Okay, maybe a little […]

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[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 […]