With The Most Serene Republic set to drop their newest effort, …And The Ever Expanding Universe, tomorrow, we thought it would be of interest to hear what lead man Adrian Jewett thinks about his musicianship, The Most Serene Republic in general, the new sound, and beyond. Good luck deciphering! Check out this previous post about… Continue reading Interview with Adrian Jewett of The Most Serene Republic
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Get your boxing gloves on – it’s Typefighter time!
Ah saiddd, you ain’t punchin’ those keys hard enough feller! D.C.’s Typefighter comes to Knox Road through a recommendation from good pal Aaron Leeder, of D.C. and NYC (and swiftly growing) favorites, Exit Clov. He has been incredibly supportive of this here blog, and we thank him (and the rest of Exit Clov for that… Continue reading Get your boxing gloves on – it’s Typefighter time!
The Swell Season to release CD
On September 29th, The Swell Season (Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova) will be releasing a CD entitled Strict Joy. It’ll mark the duo/band’s first release since its wildly popular Once movie and soundtrack. Yep, everyone, they’re back, bringing with them some emotional tunes of the emotional-est order. Well, this is cool. I don’t have much… Continue reading The Swell Season to release CD
Englishman comes from the heart of… Kentucky
Confused? As was I upon seeing the artist name (Englishman) and location (Lexington, Kentucky). But then I read a bit and realized these guys are playing a clever little word game with us – the lead singer’s name is Andrew English. English. Get it? His last name is English. Ok, neverMIND, everyone’s obviously too shallow… Continue reading Englishman comes from the heart of… Kentucky
Frightened Rabbit to tour America with fellow Scots The Twilight Sad and We Were Promised Jetpacks
Coolest tour news ever?? Scotland’s Frightened Rabbit, quite possibly one of my favorite bands of the past year or so, are teaming up with fellow countrymen The Twilight Sad, as well as We Were Promised Jetpacks, for a huge North American tour. Expect a lot of wonderfully sad, epic shows, filled with the atmospheric noise… Continue reading Frightened Rabbit to tour America with fellow Scots The Twilight Sad and We Were Promised Jetpacks
Discovery’s LP is your hip summer jam
Discovery’s LP came at just the right time. Because we needed something to play driving to the beach and riding the train home. AND it might have the single best opening of any album this year. Seriously, it’s that good. Starting off with the wandering electro-pop single “Orange Shirt,” and following it with the tremendously… Continue reading Discovery’s LP is your hip summer jam
The Rural Alberta Advantage album, Hometowns, streaming in full
The Rural Alberta Advantage‘s album, Hometowns, which has been received with much hype and fanfare is now streaming live from Paste’s website. It’s awesome. Basically alt-folk with a kick-in-the-ass. Oh yeah, there’s also some twee. I know, kind of antithetical. But listen, you’ll hear what I’m talking about. This re-release of the album is officially… Continue reading The Rural Alberta Advantage album, Hometowns, streaming in full
Muse reveal The Resistance tracklist, prepare to duel with gods
So recently Muse gave us the ol’ list of tracks for their newest, The Resistance, which comes out on September 14th of this year…and it’s the most hyperbolic, epic, seraph-mangling, monster-truck-rallying, Avada Kadavra-casting group of words ever put to paper. See for yourself: 1. Uprising 2. Resistance 3. Undisclosed Desires 4. United States of Eurasia… Continue reading Muse reveal The Resistance tracklist, prepare to duel with gods
The requisite 4th of July mix. Have a good one!
From Knox Road to all of you, Happy Fourth of July. For our non-US readers, thanks for stopping by regardless, and we hope you’re feeling some country lovin’ as well. *With this pause in regular action, we’d love to hear your feedback on how we’re doing. Anything at all is helpful, whether it’s in the… Continue reading The requisite 4th of July mix. Have a good one!
I’m From Barcelona builds treehouses and gets very excited about it
I figured I’d talk about I’m From Barcelona because they have a song called “Andy,” and Andy Roddick somehow just forced his way into the Wimbeldon final. Oh, and the music’s good. I’m tangential like that. The band is a 20+ member hivemind from (surprise) Sweden in the vein of The Polyphonic Spree. One notable… Continue reading I’m From Barcelona builds treehouses and gets very excited about it