Virginia « Knox Road

New music from Borrowed Beams of Light

Borrowed Beams of Light (Adam Brock and Nathan Walsh), out of Virginia, are fresh on the scene with a new EP/LP, Hot Spring, set to be released August 14 via Funny / Not Funny Records. Their jubilant pop gets a kick in the arse on lead singles, “Wing Stroke” (stream) and “Blood Choir” (listen […]

Lee

Rem’s Floating Chandelier releases new album, Think Of The Willows

It wasn’t so long ago I first wrote about Rem’s Floating Chandelier, a Virginia trio that began within the past year. They had some superb songs to start things off on the right foot, and now they’ve returned with the could-you-be-more-ambient? full length Think Of The Willows. (Though, it looks like this time […]

Lee

Rems Floating Chandelier

I don’t know where bands get their names from these days. I mean, seriously. Rems Floating Chandelier? I guess the less sense the name makes, the more authentic the band is. …Kidding. I hope.

Luckily, this very new trio (started in March, 2011), from Northern Virginia, deserves to call themselves whatever they want, […]

Lee

[MP3] Meredith Bragg: “Birds of North America”

Oh, how happy I am to hear a new song from Virginia-based singer/songwriter Meredith Bragg. He’s been one of my all time favorites since I began listening to the type of music I love today (and, if you’re reading this site, you love too. I hope.).

“Birds of North America” is brought to […]

Lee

car seat headrest

Too-cool-for-school teenagers are all the rage these days, huh? The latest one-man wrecking machine to come our way is 18 year old Will Barnes, who makes music under the “car seat headrest” moniker. Also literally under car seat headrests. According to Barnes, who is based in Virginia, “car seat headrest tracks are recorded in locked cars, […]

Jon

Gregor Samsa: No longer just a horrific insect!

Gregor Samsa is a rotating collective of musicians based out of Richmond, Virginia that specializes in a slow, minimal post-rock sound. The music often revolves around the hush-hush vocals of Champ Bennett and Nikki King, who provide grounding for the ethereal instrumentation, which incorporates clarinet, violin and vibraphone, among others.

I […]