The Dead Weather have released another track from their highly anticipated debut album, Horehound. I don’t know you guys, I’m getting kind of bored with their stuff so far. All the songs just sort of run together… Oh, but I’ll still get the album, because why not. I like taking risks. Horehound is out July… Continue reading New Dead Weather: “Treat Me Like Your Mother” [MP3]
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Phoenix’s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix …enough said
Yes, yes, yes. YES. Where the hell did this come from? Since as far back as I can remember (United in 2000 included), I’ve been putting Phoenix tracks on my friends’ mixtapes, thinking of them as one of those great indie unknowns (in the States at least), save for one of their tracks, “Too Young”,… Continue reading Phoenix’s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix …enough said
Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest is inspiring, imperfect, intriguing
How can one begin talking about Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest? Highly anticipated, already critically revered, the album’s reputation almost speaks for itself. Coming off their first two acclaimed recordings, Horn of Plenty and Yellow House, expectations were high for Brooklyn’s own experimental/alt folk/indie darlings. So did Veckatimest deliver? Well, lets see. True to indie album form,… Continue reading Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest is inspiring, imperfect, intriguing
Monday is Memorial Day mix
I’d like to see a tally of how many blogs have mixes for Memorial Day. I haven’t really been looking, but I’m sure they’re floating around out there. Regardless, what’s a Memorial Day without some music?? You know what they say: Music makes the memories last (…)! For good measure, I’m going to start this… Continue reading Monday is Memorial Day mix
Review: mewithoutYou – it’s all crazy! it’s all false! it’s all a dream! it’s alright
I feel as though mewithoutYou has long been neglected in the indie music community, and I guess, until now, that’s really been understandable. Their earliest releases were deeply rooted in post-hardcore, and vocalist Aaron Weiss alternated from sing-speak to yell-speak over mounds of angry, pounding distortion. Now, though, things have changed. The band’s newest –… Continue reading Review: mewithoutYou – it’s all crazy! it’s all false! it’s all a dream! it’s alright
TMS Hearts Moz -> Rolling Stone hearts Exit Clov
As some of you may be well-aware, NYC based blog, ‘The Music Slut‘, has been honoring Morrissey’s 50th birthday with a compilation of 19 Morrissey covers from a variety of indie acts. Knox Road friends and favorites, Exit Clov, (check out our interview with them here!) were among those acts, and were specifically singled out… Continue reading TMS Hearts Moz -> Rolling Stone hearts Exit Clov
Nurses: “Caterpillar Playground” [MP3]
Portland’s own Nurses gives us this sweet adorable taste of their upcoming debut LP, Apple’s Acre, with the soft childlike “Caterpillar Playground” (sweet, apple, child, caterpillar, playground?? I sense a theme here). It’s a song you can really get into sink your teeth into. Yikes, ok, that one pun is enough. The song is great, there’s… Continue reading Nurses: “Caterpillar Playground” [MP3]
Tunturia is one of the best post-rock bands you’ve never heard of
On a warm, quiet night last summer, I was driving to a friend’s house with three others in my car. The air conditioning was off and the windows were barely cracked open. We began to head over a causeway, and besides the near-silent lapping of the water next to us, everything was quiet save for… Continue reading Tunturia is one of the best post-rock bands you’ve never heard of
Fraser’s ‘House on a Hill’ springs from the purest roots
And so it goes; the crop of rural Canadian music continues (for me at least). Like Prince and Madonna, Fraser rocks the one-name moniker. Household name much? Fraser: the next Cher. Okay sorry, sorry, I’ve had enough fun, at this point I’m just doing Fraser’s music a disservice. Indulge me though, I’m working with this… Continue reading Fraser’s ‘House on a Hill’ springs from the purest roots
Every time I listen to Shugo Tokumaru I want to hug a kitten
Because I spend so much time worshipping my bust of Chuck Norris and throwing darts at Iraq on my world map while blasting “America, Fuck Yeah” and eating a Big Mac, I sometimes forget how great a lot of music outside of the states can be. But I only needed to go as far as… Continue reading Every time I listen to Shugo Tokumaru I want to hug a kitten