If you were lucky enough to be at SXSW this week, I don’t blame you for not reading Knox Road! SO much live music!! If you were like me and Bob and went to Chicago for the week, well I guess I DO blame you (myself)?? Here’s Lee’s solo week in review (thanks Lee)!! Monday:… Continue reading In Case You Missed It: Week in Review
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Video: Wavves acoustic session at They Shoot Music – Don’t They
The people at They Shoot Music – Don’t They shot an offstage acoustic session of “I’m So Bored” by Wavves and there’s video of it! Holla! Link is here: http://theyshootmusic.at/posts/Wavves
Old guy defends Rihanna’s honor – with the power of MUSIC!!
Middle-aged man Bert Griffin wrote this awesome country-rock (??) song called “Rhianna’s Song (Bitch Slapping Brown).” You have to wait for the chorus (at about 1:21), but it’s totally worth it to hear cries of “Bitch slappin’ Brown / Bitch slapped his baby down.” You WISH your dad (grandpa?) was this cool. I already know… Continue reading Old guy defends Rihanna’s honor – with the power of MUSIC!!
St. Vincent announces U.S. tour. NOT Canada.
Everybody’s favorite, St. Vincent, announced a spring/summer tour of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. That’s because she’s an American and that’s where music should be played. The Canada snub aside, this tour should be sweet. She’s coming to D.C. at the Black Cat and also making an appearance at my favorite venue ever the First… Continue reading St. Vincent announces U.S. tour. NOT Canada.
New Arbouretum: “False Spring”
Baltimore’s own Arbouretum just released “False Spring,” the lead track and first single off their new LP, Song of the Pearl. The track is nice and folky and runs long (nearly 6 minutes), just like it should! The album is out now on Thrill Jockey. Arbouretum – “False Spring” [MP3] Arbouretum on Myspace
My Bloody Valentine announces U.S. “Tour”
Excited that My Bloody Valentine is actually going to play some shows? Well don’t be unless you’re going to Coachella, or live in Austin, Dallas, Seattle or Denver. Because that’s it. The whole tour. Am I bitter they’re not coming to D.C.? No. I’m just refusing to call this a tour. You know what, have… Continue reading My Bloody Valentine announces U.S. “Tour”
Jack White’s new supergroup: The Dead Weather
Let me just give you the lineup: fronting the band is The Kills’ Allison Mosshart with Jack White on backup vox and drums (cool!). Guitar is the Queens Of The Stone Age’s Dean Fertita and on bass is Jack Lawrence from the Raconteurs. My jaw dropped. Really, it did (okay only a little but still). The… Continue reading Jack White’s new supergroup: The Dead Weather
Reality splinters: the After Last Season trailer
Videogum just posted a trailer to this new “movie” called After Last Season. But I don’t understand how this thing can be real, or will be shown in any kind of theaters anywhere ever. From the “MRI Scanner” to “Hi, I’m a new intern”” to the chair, THE CHAIR. WTF, seriously. There’s even “special effects.” Everything is… Continue reading Reality splinters: the After Last Season trailer
New Crystal Stilts: “Love Is A Wave”
A member of 2008’s “Crystal” bands family, Crystal Stilts, just released their first single since last year’s Alight of Night, “Love is A Wave.” The sound is pretty typical of Brooklyn’s own lo-fi moan children. The official single with all the B-sides and stuff you love is out March 31 on Slumberland. If you missed the debut… Continue reading New Crystal Stilts: “Love Is A Wave”
Action Painters
Because Jackson Pollock paints the shit out of boring artists like Leonardo Da Vinci. Action Painters come from Brooklyn and are the DEFINITION of solid. As if great stomping riffs and catchy melodies weren’t enough, the band brings a great connected energy that so many potentially great bands lack. Listening to their latest material sounds… Continue reading Action Painters