Hey, it’s been a pretty good year for music! After 2008 was widely declared a disaster from which only a few gems survived, 2009 had a lot of ground to make up. From Animal Collective and Washed Out to The xx and Fever Ray to Sea Wolf and Dark Was The Night, we had a… Continue reading Knox Road’s Top Albums of 2009
Notable Album Release: The Go Find – Everybody Knows It’s Gonna Happen, Only Not Tonight
Yeahhhhhh! SO MUCH exciting music from 2010. Sorry 2009, and well, the rest of the decade, but we like to look ahead just as much as we like to look back. That being said, The Go Find (nee Dieter Sermeus), a premier electronic pop artist (erm, suck it, Owl City…apologies to Sermeus for featuring the… Continue reading Notable Album Release: The Go Find – Everybody Knows It’s Gonna Happen, Only Not Tonight
In Case You Missed It: Week In Review
Don’t worry guys, our week in review is not just a review of today! Because then it’d be a week in review of Week In Review. And that’s just weird. Point being, we missed the boat yesterday working on our albums of the year list (to be published shortly). For your patience, enjoy the Muppets… Continue reading In Case You Missed It: Week In Review
iTunes Mixery
HA, getting ya at all sorts of random times! You just have to stay tuned if you want a piece of mixery. For those who don’t know, this is iTunes Mixery part ocho. Here’s how it goes: I play iTunes on shuffle -> tell you which song comes up -> provide the mp3 and a… Continue reading iTunes Mixery
B For Butterfly
Very little is known about B for Butterfly, except that they’re a male/female duo from the UK. Two songs are available to stream on their MySpace, and they sent us both, but “Photograph” is the one that my ears have taken to and displays a fair amount of potential. The harmonies are obviously B For… Continue reading B For Butterfly
Ruse of Fools make the best video of the last 10 years (not my words)
Up-and-coming band Ruse of Fools just released a video for their single “The Flood,” and whoa, some guy on their YouTube channel said it was the best video he’s seen in the past 10 years. When I saw that, I chuckled and said — and excuse my language — “that is highly unlikely.” Well then… Continue reading Ruse of Fools make the best video of the last 10 years (not my words)
LOL @ AWFUL Grammy nominations
ZOMG, the 52nd annual Grammy Award nominees are out and they’re SO bad it’s actually funny. Unlike last year when they were so bad it was just all awkward glances and kicking nonchalantly at the ground. Nono, this time they’re really going for the ol’ We’re Old And Irrelevant Award. Case and point in the… Continue reading LOL @ AWFUL Grammy nominations
[MP3] Hot Chip: “One Life Stand”
Hot Chip is so exciting everybody! We all love them with all our hearts, right? I do. “[Like Hot Chip] right or pay the price!!” a surly camp counselor once said. Well there’s more of them to love now that their catalog of music has grown by one song! They’ve released “One Life Stand” off… Continue reading [MP3] Hot Chip: “One Life Stand”
[MP3] Shearwater: “Castaways”
File in the “awesome” category: Shearwater just provided us with a new mp3 off their forthcoming sixth full-length, The Golden Archipelago. Created as a side project of Okkervil River members Will Sheff and Jonathan Meiburg, Shearwater is a heavier, folksier version of Okkervil River. Imagine that. Meiburg’s vocals are a standout on Shearwater’s stunningly evocative… Continue reading [MP3] Shearwater: “Castaways”
Notable Album Release: Sally Seltmann – Heart That’s Pounding
Sally Seltmann, best known to me as her now-defunct moniker, New Buffalo, will be releasing a new full-length (and the first under her own name), Heart That’s Pounding, in Spring 2010. There are already quite a few buzzworthy 2010 albums to be excited about, but this one will be near the top of my list.… Continue reading Notable Album Release: Sally Seltmann – Heart That’s Pounding