January « 2009 « Knox Road

Julian Velard covers Katy Perry’s “Hot N Cold”

YES! New Yorker Julian Velard is finally making a name for himself, and rightfully so. I’ve been following him for several years now, as he is a friend of a friend (thanks Moshe). It’s exciting that people are considering him to be a breakout artist for 2009, even though he’s been making music […]

Lee

Cadence Weapon’s “Separation Anxiety”: Name Your Price For The Mixtape

Exciting press release in our inbox from Upper Class Recordings:

“The always-grinding Cadence Weapon is back and he continues to firmly establish his legacy as a pioneer in a passionate crusade to push the rap and electronic music envelope. Separation Anxiety is a new collection of exclusive tracks, remixes, and collaborations available […]

Lee

I keep listening to: The Middle East – “Blood”

The past week I’ve been listening to the song “Blood”, from Australia’s The Middle East, over and over. And over. The band has been compared to Arcade Fire, treading forbidden territory, yet I am of the opinion that this is indeed an apt description, at least for the second half of “Blood”, […]

Lee

New Sufjan Stevens: “You Are The Blood” mp3

This post needs no introduction. (Actually, did that count?)

Sufjan Stevens – “You Are The Blood” (link removed). You can stream it from the Dark Was The Night website, however, featured below.

Anyway, please, please, please support the worthy cause of 4AD (Benefit for AIDS), the reason why this […]

Lee

Lost Season 5 Music Video: The Fray – “You Found Me”

Not exactly a video I’d expect from Lost considering they’ve used popular music like once on the show (Damien Rice’s Cannonball in the first season), but nevertheless this should get you excited whether you’re watching the premiere RIGHT NOW or are going to watch soon. I don’t feel like providing the mp3 because […]

Lee

Exit Clov Updates and New Song!

Exit Clov will be releasing a new/old album (new album, songs recorded back in 2007) anytime between now and spring (whenever that is) and has a new, free mp3 up for download on their website (the mp3 is featured here as well)! They’re also planning an April tour of the East Coast […]

Bob

Barack Obama Basketball Mixtape

I don’t care. I love it.

Lee

OBAMA FEVER

Ben Sollee – “A Change Is Gonna Come” (Sam Cooke cover)

Cassettes Won’t Listen – “Change” (Blind Melon cover)

The Lovely Sparrows – “Chemicals Change”

Spoon – “Change My Life”

Bob

In the cold, cold winter.

I have a friend who thinks about music in terms of what season it falls in. This person has some albums and bands that he correlates with “summer.” Since this is turning out to be a cold winter season, I began to think about what music reminds me of winter.

I start with one […]

Lee

Syme

A band I only recently began listening to (and has left me wishing I started earlier,) Norwegian quartet, Syme, mixes layered harmonies with infectious melodies to create some truly indelible music. Fredrik Vogsborg and Ketil Endresen’s falsetto vocals make these electronic pop ditties hard not to enjoy, as the music sounds […]