Greg Fine’s music first graced my ears in an unassuming manner. From a humble email, which surely indicated a humble background, Fine described his new CD, Always Time, in a succinct manner, explaining which tracks he can still listen to over and over, and the inspiration with which they were written. Nothing more, nothing less.… Continue reading Greg Fine makes the mood
Month: August 2009
In Case You Missed It: Week in Review
Quite possibly the only time I’ll ever say this (…with sincerity): I hope you weren’t reading Knox Road this week. It’s been too nice outside, and I wouldn’t blame you – I’d actually think something’s wrong with you. Unless you’re one of our Antarctic readers. (In that case, I don’t mean to make you jealous… Continue reading In Case You Missed It: Week in Review
Anathallo: Your Saturday video fix
[youtube width=”560″ height=”344″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfEV5ToBO8M[/youtube] Anathallo – “Dokkoise House (With Face Covered)” [MP3] (from Floating World)
Anything and everything by Antony and the Johnsons is newsworthy
Seriously. Now, although I may have posted about this when it first happened (basically, a little while ago, Antony covered Beyonce’s “Crazy in Love” live and it was gorgeous), I’m posting about it again because I’m all sorts of obsessed with everything from camp Antony. So here we have a video for the song, via… Continue reading Anything and everything by Antony and the Johnsons is newsworthy
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, All Is… Continue reading Getting back to Balmorhea
Les Paul dies at 94
The creator of multi-track recording, tape delay and the famous Gibson Les Paul guitar died at 94 today. A legend respected in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame and the Inventors Hall of Fame, Paul managed to continue to work with music late into life, even with crippling arthritis.… Continue reading Les Paul dies at 94
[MP3] Amy Millan covers “I Will Follow You Into The Dark”
I don’t usually do this. I’m not usually on top of the buzzworthy big names the second things happen because I just don’t care that much. But Stereogum can be quite useful for such things, and I stumbled upon the MP3 of Amy Millan covering Death Cab For Cutie’s brilliant “I Will Follow You Into… Continue reading [MP3] Amy Millan covers “I Will Follow You Into The Dark”
Mustachioed man covers Passion Pit on a harp
I guess we’ve all been waiting for this to happen? It’s Passion Pit’s “Sleepyhead” all Fantasia style on a harp. Passion Pit – “Sleepyhead” [MP3]
Notable Album Release: As Tall As Lions – You Can’t Take It With You
Ending the longest string of [MP3] openings (Edit: Jon beat me to it) in the history of KR (Jamie got a little wild there, I know) is a brief spotlight on As Tall As Lions‘ new effort, You Can’t Take It With You, which drops August 18 (next week). To be perfectly honest, I knew… Continue reading Notable Album Release: As Tall As Lions – You Can’t Take It With You
There Will be Fireworks is intense, epic, Scottish
When I first heard of There Will Be Fireworks, they were described to me as “The Twilight Sad meets Explosions in the Sky.” Now that sounds ridiculous, so naturally I was all “yeah right, stupid” and the guy was like “give it a try, you’ll like it” and I was like “stop pressuring me, dick!”… Continue reading There Will be Fireworks is intense, epic, Scottish