[The Past Presents] Guided By Voices – “Bee Thousand”

Editor’s Note: We’re proud to announce a new feature here on Knox Road, titled “The Past Presents”. Author Jesse Croom will be a regular contributor to KR with this column and a column about cassette culture (coming soon!). Essentially, The Past Presents explores the importance of context. It revisits revered albums from the past 20-25 years… Continue reading [The Past Presents] Guided By Voices – “Bee Thousand”

Serena Andrews

Serena Andrews is a tough one to crack. One minute she’s singing a Broadway-ish, super radio-friendly single, the next she’s getting all bizarro and experimental. She could probably go for something in between the two and gain a bit of consistency. Not that I don’t enjoy the eclecticism, I just think it can be further… Continue reading Serena Andrews

[MP3] The Rest: “John Huston”

Canadian rockers The Rest recently released a teaser track, “John Huston”, off their forthcoming 2011 album, SEESAW, and it’s all kinds of wonderful. I’m also curious as to what the album will be like. Seesaw like the playground item, evoking a deep-seated nostalgia, or seesaw like the play-with-words item, evoking, well, I don’t know what.… Continue reading [MP3] The Rest: “John Huston”

[MP3] Reading Rainbow: “Always On My Mind”

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/16203739[/vimeo] Philadelphia duo Reading Rainbow has already made some great stuff I’m not afraid to admit I love. Most recently, they sat down with Philadelphia-based Shaking Through to record three tracks, one of which, “Always On My Mind” was featured and for good reason! The fuzzy pop track harkens back to recent bands like Dum… Continue reading [MP3] Reading Rainbow: “Always On My Mind”

The Aeronautical Legends prep unique record project, offer rough new mp3

The Aeronautical Legends, a pop folk band out of Akron, Ohio, are making their fourth record with a doozy of an idea. They have a Kickstarter project that challenges critics and bloggers to get in on the creation of a record. Essentially, the critics would have some say in the creative process, providing a comprehensive experience… Continue reading The Aeronautical Legends prep unique record project, offer rough new mp3

[Abby’s Road] Thinking hard about the weather

Autumn has always been my favorite season. Because of this, my brain has an inordinately unbalanced pocket of memories, seasonally speaking. Most of my fondest happen to have occurred in and around the crisp, fall days of my past. There is nothing like being in Western Pennsylvania roundabout this time. Despite the dying flora, it… Continue reading [Abby’s Road] Thinking hard about the weather

Mountain Goats’ Darnielle takes iPhone onstage, sings into it at show

Mountain Goats’ frontman/pretty much only man John Darnielle is known for being a bit eccentric, especially onstage. Self-proclaimed Darnielle fan Brandon Korch found this out first hand while filming him, touring as duo The Extra Lens, during a show at D.C.’s Rock and Roll Hotel on Wednesday. About halfway through the track, Darnielle notices Korch,… Continue reading Mountain Goats’ Darnielle takes iPhone onstage, sings into it at show

Bullets in Madison’s new b-sides compilation

Just because I’ve been busy going to CMJ shows the past few days doesn’t require me to write about CMJ artists, nor does it allow me to ignore the blog because of CMJ-related activities. Did I mention CMJ? I’ll shut up now. I know it’s the last thing most of you want to hear, and… Continue reading Bullets in Madison’s new b-sides compilation

[MP3] Chad Valley: “Ensoniq Funk”/”Up And Down”

Here’s a couple of fun tracks from upbeat Oxford grooveman Chad Valley. The style is mindboggling, with synth and beats flying around your head like those keys from that scene in the first Harry Potter movie. Well if each of those keys was making just one note in this song. Right? Harry Potter anyone? Well… Continue reading [MP3] Chad Valley: “Ensoniq Funk”/”Up And Down”