[Video + MP3] Milly Beau covers The Flaming Lips

One of my favorite new artists (as you well know), Milly Beau, recently took to the Gibson Guitar Showcase in NYC to perform stripped down versions of several old and new songs, along with a cover of The Flaming Lips’s “Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots”. Below you’ll find a video of the cover, as Doran’s… Continue reading [Video + MP3] Milly Beau covers The Flaming Lips

Knox Road Radio show and playlist for 4.11.10

Jamie was back after a two week absence and we were finally able to discuss MGMT’s “Flash Delirium” in a positive light. Look for his album review on Congratulations this week, you may be pleasantly surprised. Other notables from this show included a song (well, artist – Camera Obscura) request from Matt from the popular… Continue reading Knox Road Radio show and playlist for 4.11.10

[MP3] The Radio Dept.: “Never Follow Suit”

The Radio Dept. finally made their much-ballyhooed second single (it’s been floating around the interwebs for quite some time now), “Never Follow Suit”, available for free download. You know my mantra here on Knox Road: Gimme Swedish Rock! These guys are yet another epitome of Sweden’s brilliantly constructed, chilled-out dream pop, and nowhere is that more… Continue reading [MP3] The Radio Dept.: “Never Follow Suit”

matt pond PA announces new tour dates with Wintersleep

Hot on the heels of my review of their forthcoming album, The Dark Leaves, matt pond PA has announced a new set of tour dates in June with Wintersleep. Should be a whole bunch of accessible indie goodness with head bops and a teensy bit of melancholy. See the full set of tour dates below.… Continue reading matt pond PA announces new tour dates with Wintersleep

Julian Bachlow

Julian Bachlow is a multi-instrumentalist singer/songwriter who comes from Schomberg, Ontario and specializes in electronica influenced indie pop. When I say multi-instrumentalist, I’m not exaggerating: On Bachlow’s debut EP, Paradigm, he sings and plays keys, guitar, bass and drums. Bachlow’s going way old school with this independent artist thing – he’s literally walked around college… Continue reading Julian Bachlow

Wakey!Wakey! releases official music video for “Light Outside”

Yesterday, Knox Road staple Wakey!Wakey! and The Family Records released the music video for “Light Outside”, one of my favorite tunes off the stunning Almost Everything I wish I’d Said The Last Time I Saw You…, featured in an earlier post here. The video stirs you to action, does it not? It has an expected… Continue reading Wakey!Wakey! releases official music video for “Light Outside”

Andrew W.K. releases the song that got him a restraining order

If that title didn’t catch your interest, I’m willing to bet you’re a zombie. When noted party-hard-fellow Andrew W.K. was 17, he wrote a song about a girl he was more or less obsessed with in high school. He turned in the song as part of his final project senior year, and most people who… Continue reading Andrew W.K. releases the song that got him a restraining order

Harlem’s Hippies is instantly classic bubblegum garage rock

Harlem’s sound isn’t anything new. We’ve heard such similar material recently from the likes of Black Lips, The King Khan and BBQ Show and Smith Westerns (to name a few). But there’s still something great about Harlem that makes them stand out like they’ve been here for years. They have a certain playful charm on… Continue reading Harlem’s Hippies is instantly classic bubblegum garage rock

matt pond PA’s The Dark Leaves is brooding, but it isn’t dark

matt pond PA have a well-established formula for making accessible indie pop, usually in chamber form with violin and cello accompanying acoustic guitar. Pond’s been making music with the PA crew since 1998, and despite various lineup changes, their sound has been fairly consistent — some albums teeter on the lush side of orchestral instrumentation… Continue reading matt pond PA’s The Dark Leaves is brooding, but it isn’t dark