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 […]

[MP3] Hands: “Warm Night Home”

Are you serious, Lee? Another Hands tune is available for download?? Mere days before several CMJ shows (one with our good blogging friends over at I Guess I’m Floating)???

I could keep going, but that would require way more question marks than I’m comfortable with, so I won’t. But Geoff Halliday and co. […]

[MP3] Hands: “Magic Fingers”

NEW. HANDS. Enough said. Well, actually, not really. And I lie, sort of. I mean, it’s newly recorded, mixed, and mastered, but this song has been in their live repertoire for quite some time. Regardless, it’s a wonderful concoction of exotic sounds, pounding beats, and fiery vocals. Get me in a tribal circle […]

[MP3] Hands: “Brave Motion”

“Brave Motion”, coming to you live, hot off the press!

It’s only fitting that the day after our second birthday comes a new MP3 from an artist that has been a staple of our existence. Like Balmorhea, I’ve exhausted many a word on our LA buds Hands, and they’re not really the type of band […]

[MP3] Hands: “Onward Upward”

Oh man. It’s that time again. The Hands crew has dropped another bomb on us, this time with new song “Onward Upward”. They’re hard at work on a new album and the track is a taste of an even fuller, complex Hands sound. The song has the typical elements of Hands music, with […]

Knox Road’s SFM mix for QRO Magazine

The online music publication QRO Magazine recently asked me to curate a mix of indie pop songs in the “Knox Road” mold for their “Thank You For Being A Friend Giveaway”. Essentially, we teamed up with three other super blogs – Cream Team, No Modest Bear, and Anti-Gravity Bunny – to make four […]

[MP3] Hands remix Local Natives’ “Camera Talk”

Wow. Hands just sent us their newest track, and it’s none other than a remix of Local Natives‘ popular song “Camera Talk”. As you may know, we don’t typically post remixes on Knox Road, but when two of our favorite bands combine, well, things change.

Local Natives and Hands have become friends out […]

Hands release video for “Hold”

L.A. based Hands just released the music video for “Hold”, their first official HIT single, which we covered some time ago. The video is a complete reinterpretation of the song. Hands wrote “Hold” with the theme of having a constantly changing perspective on life, whereas the video, conceptualized and directed by two University […]

New MP3 from Hands: "Returning"

Quite an apt song title, eh? Our Hands friends from L.A. keep cranking out new tunes – this time they sent us “Returning”, featuring Meg O’Donnell. Sticking to the usual Hands theme, “Returning” is a trippy ditty, and perhaps even dreamier than previous material we’ve posted from them. The wandering synth and vocals […]

Hands gears up for release of "Hold", provides new, instrumental MP3 "Tonight"

So, that happened quickly. Remember when I profiled L.A. duo Hands a couple months ago and said “watch for big things soon”? Well, uh, I wasn’t expecting this soon. They’re on top of several playlists, notably with their glorious single “Hold”, which will be released in physical format February 26 on German label […]