The Flaming Lips are often called an “alternative” band by people like “Grammy award selection committees” and “moms who heard that one song they do,” but one look at any live show and one listen into their latest album, Embryonic, and you know the only way to classify this group is “art.” The band has… Continue reading The Flaming Lips make beautiful, confusing art with Embryonic
Knox Road Radio playlist for 10.11
Lee was playing soccer (how athletic!) so Jon and I flew this one solo AGAIN. But OH was there so much to talk about. Pitchfork’s top 200 list in retrospect, trying to name all the countries in the world and I guess a little about the music of the last week. We do like to… Continue reading Knox Road Radio playlist for 10.11
LOST Babies!
I’m assuming there’s a whole legion of about four people out there who still watch LOST, and have stuck with it through five seasons. I’m one of them, so for the three people out there who care, this one’s for you! So basically it’s LOST Babies, and while it’s mostly what you would expect from… Continue reading LOST Babies!
In Case You Missed It: Week in Review
I know you’ve been way too absorbed in the incredibly suspenseful baseball playoffs to read Knox Road this week. I mean, it’s great to see such parity in baseball with none of the big market teams in the playoffs! (Yes, I am being sarcastic about something that people have been sarcastic about for, well, ever.… Continue reading In Case You Missed It: Week in Review
[MP3] Digits: “Nonstop”
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”
Modest Mouse unleashes video for “The Whale Song”
I guess I’m a day late on this, but the awesomeness here completely outweighs the lack of punctuality. It’s a new Modest Mouse video! It’s for “The Whale Song,” and looks like exactly what I’d expect from a Modest Mouse video. There’s sub-primitive Iron Man technology, Isaac Brock playing the guitar while sort of floating,… Continue reading Modest Mouse unleashes video for “The Whale Song”
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
iTunes Mixery
Here we go again (sorry it’s been so long!) For those who don’t know, this is iTunes Mixery part siete. Here’s how it goes: I play iTunes on shuffle -> tell you which song comes up -> provide the mp3 and a tidbit -> continue until five songs and embarrassment are complete. See my previous… Continue reading iTunes Mixery
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