Were you consoling Britney Spears after Australians got all mad she lip synchs and puts on a less-than-stellar show? I know B, life’s tough sometimes. Here, dry your eyes with these millions of dollars you still have. Let’s talk about life. I know lip synching is your THING (hard to dance with snakes and sing… Continue reading In Case You Missed It: Week In Review
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Grizzly Bear makes the new creepiest video of 2009
Hey, remember that time Grizzly Bear creeped everybody out with the face-melting/exploding video for “Two Weeks?” Creepy stuff, for sure. But somehow they’ve out-creeped themselves with a claymation video for “Ready, Able.” It’s like a rainbow got drunk and vomited up horrible clay creatures who then tried in vain to figure out their awful place… Continue reading Grizzly Bear makes the new creepiest video of 2009
Weezer’s Raditude is just silly and bland
Who is Weezer’s audience anymore? Back when they released Weezer (The Blue Album) and Pinkerton, they attracted a sort of indie power pop crowd which slowly changed to the 15-year-old suburban white kid crowd which slowly changed into the random assortment of people crowd and now here we are. The band’s seventh studio album in… Continue reading Weezer’s Raditude is just silly and bland
In Case You Missed It: Week In Review
While you were trying to have as much fun on Halloween as these guys clearly did, Knox Road was busily writing about all the new music last week. We don’t get out much (that’s just a lie). But in case you are Mr. Top Hat, Blue Hair or Alien Guy and in case you happen… Continue reading In Case You Missed It: Week In Review
It’s Halloween, so let’s party like only Will Smith can!
It’s Halloween everybody! BOO! Haha, so scary!! So as you’re putting the final touches on your refrigerator costume or Balloon Boy outfit (or if you’re just sitting around eating candy), make sure to get down with Will Smith like it’s 1988. Also like you live on “Elm Street” and you’re in the middle of a… Continue reading It’s Halloween, so let’s party like only Will Smith can!
Death Cab, Sea Wolf, more playing Hot Topic for New Moon
Remember when I called the Twilight: New Moon Hot Topic tour “the worst plan of all things ever planned?” Well back then, the thought was these good bands (Death Cab, Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver, etc.) would tour Hot Topic stores in support of the new teen vampire movie they wrote songs for. Almost true! As… Continue reading Death Cab, Sea Wolf, more playing Hot Topic for New Moon
In Case You Missed It: Week In Review
If you’ve been spending your days and nights trying to catch up on all the good TV this fall (there’s so much!) you probably haven’t been reading Knox Road. But I mean, Tina Fey and Joel McHale vs. The guys of KR? Talk about hotties vs. notties! The best vs. the not so much the… Continue reading In Case You Missed It: Week In Review
The Flaming Lips make beautiful, confusing art with Embryonic
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
The Raveonettes’ In And Out Of Control is just darling
Few bands have evolved as beautifully as The Raveonettes. They have always had an admittedly apparent 50s pop influence, but the band started as something more rough and tumble. The first track on their first release, “Attack Of The Ghost Riders” from 2002’s Whip It On, is intensely dark and harder-edged. From there, they patiently… Continue reading The Raveonettes’ In And Out Of Control is just darling