Digits, the electronic indie pop project of Alt Altman, released his first full album, Hold It Close, on September 22. Altman, out of Toronto, typically sings with deep, monotone vocals over his layered electronic beats, but the song “Nonstop” features slightly more ranging vocals – something we take to kindly here at Knox Road. “Nonstop”… Continue reading [MP3] Digits: “Nonstop”
Category: Artist Profiles
A belated tribute to Landon Pigg
With Landon Pigg‘s latest album, The Boy Who Never, dropping a couple weeks ago (September 29,) I realized we’ve never really given him his fair due here on KR. I posted an mp3 from him a while back in preparation for SXSW, titled “Falling in Love in a Coffee Shop”, which has received much fanfare… Continue reading A belated tribute to Landon Pigg
Tim Minchin is equal parts funny and Australian
You might think we’re all doom and gloom here at Knox Road, and if that’s the case, well, you’re wrong! Haha! We like all sorts of happy things too. Like kittens. And Tim Minchin. So who’s Tim Minchin, you ask? Well, he just so happens to be an Australian musician/comedian who writes songs with funny… Continue reading Tim Minchin is equal parts funny and Australian
Antiqcool: Another awesome mystery band
Continuing the growing Knox Road trend of featuring artists who provide little to no information about themselves (see: Hello, Broken Arrow and Manet,) I present to you Antiqcool, from just outside Chester, England. As far as I can tell (and have been told,) Antiqcool is the project of Pete Smith and various friends. When I… Continue reading Antiqcool: Another awesome mystery band
Jesus H. Foxx
Hot on the heels of Song, by Toad Records’ latest success with Meursault comes Jesus H. Foxx (don’t be thrown off by the name, please), a seven-piece outfit out of Edinburgh, Scotland (where else? It is Song, by Toad‘s label anyway…). Jesus H. Foxx mix several different genres of music, which is perhaps easier with… Continue reading Jesus H. Foxx
Flotilla, kinda wanna be ya
I’m beginning to think Canadians are putting something extra special in their girls’ food. They must be! I mean, so much female vocal talent coming from the country at once, it’s just not fair! We’ve already featured The O’Darling, my last post was about Metric, and Stars, as you should know, are one of my… Continue reading Flotilla, kinda wanna be ya
Otis Heat
On Portland trio Otis Heat’s debut album, Oh Yeah Oh Yeah Uh Huh, they have two very distinct sides. On one hand they play the lazy, downtrodden, blues-influenced alternative folk rock that is just tremendous. Very impressive. The rest of the time, they play funky jam-bandy material that just seems, well, lesser. It’s not necessarily… Continue reading Otis Heat
Indian Wars evoke purest of pure garage rock
The “garage rock” phenom has been played up and down and all around over the last decade. Remember when the White Stripes were considered “garage?” Ever listen to Little Steven’s Underground Garage? But at the heart of the scene is just fun-loving people making dirty, fuzzy, fun-loving music. It’s garage rock without the quotation marks,… Continue reading Indian Wars evoke purest of pure garage rock
[MP3] Blindfold: “Don’t Think it’s a Sin”
Icelandic quintet, Blindfold, recently released their newest album, Faking Dreams, full of dark, overwhelming, celestial tunes. They’re offering up one of the tracks, “Don’t Think it’s a Sin,” as a free download. Which is totally awesome – its wandering tone and falsetto vocals lead us on a winding, mysterious journey. The imagination it evokes is… Continue reading [MP3] Blindfold: “Don’t Think it’s a Sin”
[MP3] Piroth: Fog Dancers
Swedish indie folk. Need I say more? …Yeah, I probably do. Piroth is, appropriately, the sisters Piroth (Nina and Johanna.) They get small help from others on some tracks, but Nina and Johanna keep the Piroth legacy intact. And why not? I’ve never heard disassembled harmonies quite like these, which somehow maintain the ability to… Continue reading [MP3] Piroth: Fog Dancers