New Albums « Knox Road

[MP3] Stars: "Wasted Daylight" + "We Don't Want Your Body"

Stars just released TWO new songs (in addition to “Fixed”) from their forthcoming The Five Ghosts, which we’ve been hyping like whoa here on KR. Electro synth has been rockin’ the songs we’ve heard so far from the album, and I’m a-okay with that. It’s exciting; it’s fun; it’s different. Torquil finally gets his turn […]

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Suckers show promise but lack focus on Wild Smile

The much-anticipated debut full-length from Suckers is finally here, and man, I don’t know what I was expecting of the album after hearing a bit of their previous work. But that was my problem: I shouldn’t have been considering expectations – Wild Smile is all over the place, sticking to no one genre; […]

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[MP3] Jesca Hoop: "Feast of the Heart"

Jesca Hoop’s sophomore album, Hunting My Dress, will be released July 27 in The U.S., and she’s made “Feast of the Heart” available to the public for free download. The record comes to the U.S. after her recent move to London from California, but she’s still making excellent, quirky pop music. The two […]

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Blitzen Trapper comforts us with Destroyer of the Void

Familiarity breeds comfort. The past breeds familiarity. Even if we have trouble living in the moment, forgetting to appreciate the minutiae of what’s before our eyes, we look back fondly on what “used to be”. It may have even been the most tumultuous time of our life, but we yearn for something we […]

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Coltrane Motion releases new album Hello Ambition!

Coltrane Motion, an indie-rock duo from Chicago, recently released their newest album, Hello Ambition!, which combines electro synth with hazy guitar. Michael Bond, the vocalist, has become a friend of ours through music blogging forums and the like, and recently let us know about Hello Ambition!. I knew he used to write a […]

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The Farewell Circuit records new song for Think Out Loud charity

Our rising friends from Minnesota, The Farewell Circuit, recently recorded and released a new song for Think Out Loud – a charity dedicated to helping the homeless in Minnesota through music. I don’t want to muck up their mission at all, so here’s what we know:

Think Out Loud is bringing together Minnesota […]

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[Notable Album Release] William Brittelle - Television Landscape

Totally obsessed; wholly impressed. NYC composer William Brittelle is releasing his sophomore effort, Television Landscape, on July 27 via New Amsterdam Records. Mixing autotune vocals with classical, jazz, and modern pop instrumentation, Brittelle is truly one-of-a-kind. Don’t try limiting his music or having any expectations of Television Landscape, because they’ll be trashed immediately. He thrives off […]

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Spring Summer

I’ve had this one sitting around for a little while, but now that we’ve received 100 degree weather and cooling thunderstorms on back-to-back days I figured it was a good time to post about an artist named “Spring Summer”…don’t you agree? What can I say, I’m a man with a plan!

Spring Summer, […]

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[MP3] Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin: “Sink/Let It Sway”

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, from Springfield, Missouri, and a favorite of mine for several years now, released the first single, “Sink/Let It Sway”, off their forthcoming album, Let It Sway. Let It Sway, the band’s third full length, is due August 17 via Polyvinyl (pre-order), and if the title track is […]

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The Gentle Guest

It’s been a while since I’ve given you guys some rocking alt-folk/americana, hasn’t it? Well let’s change that with The Gentle Guest, five (sometimes as many as ten) talented fellas out of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Frontman Eric Rykal brings his raspy vocals to a burst of horns and stampeding percussion (among other conspicuous […]