Out of Minneapolis, The Farewell Circuit create warm indie pop to go with astonishingly lush, electronic backgrounds. The bells and keys give the sound a bout of melancholy as well as its momentous drive, and the tenor vocals rarely overpower the floating instrumentation. Easily accessible, yet not without a darker merit, The Farewell Circuit will… Continue reading [MP3] The Farewell Circuit: “The Inexorable March of Time”
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In Case You Missed It: Week In Review
In case you were crying over Glee‘s departure until April and couldn’t see the computer screen (much less your friends) through your tears, here’s what went down this week on Knox Road. Monday: Notable Album Release: The Go Find – Everybody Knows It’s Gonna Happen, Only Not Tonight Knox Road’s Top Albums of 2009 Tuesday:… Continue reading In Case You Missed It: Week In Review
Lay Low’s ‘Farewell Good Night’s Sleep’ to finally make U.S. debut
The Icelandic treasure that is Lay Low (singer/songwriter Lovisa Elisabet Sigrunardottir) will be releasing her 2008 album, Farewell Good Night’s Sleep in the States March 9, 2010. “Why has it taken so long”, you ask? With all my awesomely extensive music knowledge up at the plate, I can answer with a big, hearty, “I don’t… Continue reading Lay Low’s ‘Farewell Good Night’s Sleep’ to finally make U.S. debut
[MP3] Fredrik: “Vinterbarn”
Fredrik offered up a new mp3 today along with an accompanying video over at Stereogum, and they’re both awesome. The video is all sorts of eerie, as was said previously about Fredrik’s “Locked in the Basement” track, so their forthcoming album, Trilogi, appears to be getting darker by the day. I’ve said plenty about Fredrik… Continue reading [MP3] Fredrik: “Vinterbarn”
Notable Album Release: One For The Team – Ghosts
KR friend Ian Anderson (over at MFR) and his band One For The Team are set to release their third full-length, titled Ghosts, March 16, 2010. Quickly becoming experts in the jubilant pop scene, One For The Team has been a steady riser, especially following the success of their previous album, Build It Up. There… Continue reading Notable Album Release: One For The Team – Ghosts
Notable Album Release: The Go Find – Everybody Knows It’s Gonna Happen, Only Not Tonight
Yeahhhhhh! SO MUCH exciting music from 2010. Sorry 2009, and well, the rest of the decade, but we like to look ahead just as much as we like to look back. That being said, The Go Find (nee Dieter Sermeus), a premier electronic pop artist (erm, suck it, Owl City…apologies to Sermeus for featuring the… Continue reading Notable Album Release: The Go Find – Everybody Knows It’s Gonna Happen, Only Not Tonight
In Case You Missed It: Week In Review
Don’t worry guys, our week in review is not just a review of today! Because then it’d be a week in review of Week In Review. And that’s just weird. Point being, we missed the boat yesterday working on our albums of the year list (to be published shortly). For your patience, enjoy the Muppets… Continue reading In Case You Missed It: Week In Review
iTunes Mixery
HA, getting ya at all sorts of random times! You just have to stay tuned if you want a piece of mixery. For those who don’t know, this is iTunes Mixery part ocho. Here’s how it goes: I play iTunes on shuffle -> tell you which song comes up -> provide the mp3 and a… Continue reading iTunes Mixery
B For Butterfly
Very little is known about B for Butterfly, except that they’re a male/female duo from the UK. Two songs are available to stream on their MySpace, and they sent us both, but “Photograph” is the one that my ears have taken to and displays a fair amount of potential. The harmonies are obviously B For… Continue reading B For Butterfly
[MP3] Shearwater: “Castaways”
File in the “awesome” category: Shearwater just provided us with a new mp3 off their forthcoming sixth full-length, The Golden Archipelago. Created as a side project of Okkervil River members Will Sheff and Jonathan Meiburg, Shearwater is a heavier, folksier version of Okkervil River. Imagine that. Meiburg’s vocals are a standout on Shearwater’s stunningly evocative… Continue reading [MP3] Shearwater: “Castaways”