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”
Category: New Albums
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
[MP3] My Education: “Oars”
Loyal Knox Road reader, see that picture above? Those guys look pretty chilled out, right? WRONG-O! They’re My Education, and they’re not chill; instead, they’re feedback and tremolo picking and slow, deliberate post-rock buildups. Sounds like a Jon band! And they’re releasing a new album, Sunrise, in April 2010. That’s a long time from now,… Continue reading [MP3] My Education: “Oars”
Jónsi is going to release the best solo album ever ever ever ever
So it’s not particularly new news that Jónsi (aka that guy with the high voice from Sigur Ros) will be releasing his first solo album, called Go, on March 22, 2010. What is new is the fact that when you hear it you’ll double over crying and your tears will be sticks of licorice which… Continue reading Jónsi is going to release the best solo album ever ever ever ever
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
[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”
Notable Album Release: Sally Seltmann – Heart That’s Pounding
Sally Seltmann, best known to me as her now-defunct moniker, New Buffalo, will be releasing a new full-length (and the first under her own name), Heart That’s Pounding, in Spring 2010. There are already quite a few buzzworthy 2010 albums to be excited about, but this one will be near the top of my list.… Continue reading Notable Album Release: Sally Seltmann – Heart That’s Pounding
[MP3] Shout Out Louds: “Walls”
Story time, you guys! So, over the summer, I was driving to work in the morning. It was a beautiful day, and I was playing Shout Out Louds‘ “Please Please Please,” one of my favorites from their album Howl Howl Gaff Gaff. Anyway, to make a long(ish) story short, I drifted off the road and… Continue reading [MP3] Shout Out Louds: “Walls”
[MP3] Citay: “Careful With That Hat”
Citay, the ever-revolving collective from San Francisco, have announced their newest LP, Dream Get Together (due January 26 via Dead Oceans), and are providing a free mp3 to preview the album. “Careful With That Hat” is much tighter and well-strung pop than previous Citay material, which progressed in a lazy manner and was more downtempo.… Continue reading [MP3] Citay: “Careful With That Hat”
[MP3] Andrew Belle: “Static Waves” (feat. Katie Herzig)
Andrew Belle’s newest LP, The Ladder, will be (self) released February 23, 2010, and we’ve got a brilliant little preview track for you in “Static Waves”. Perfectly suited for any primetime soap-opera (or, in today’s age, any show really), “Static Waves” mixes in Belle’s baritone folk tone with Katie Herzig’s delicate and airy harmony. The… Continue reading [MP3] Andrew Belle: “Static Waves” (feat. Katie Herzig)