I’ve written about Color of Clouds aplenty here on Knox Road, so it’s with much excitement to provide you with this information. The Brooklyn trio who specialize in sweet, subdued electronic pop are set to digitally release their debut full-length, Satellite of Love, on April 6 along with a record release show at Pianos in… Continue reading Color of Clouds to release debut album, Satellite of Love, on April 6
Category: News
Band of Horses announce new album, tour dates
Pitchfork just released the latest awesome news of 2010, coming in the form of a new album announcement from Seattle fellas Band of Horses. The album will be titled Infinite Arms and will drop May 18, rather soon for such an announcement, no? Also, the band hasn’t provided us with any news about the label… Continue reading Band of Horses announce new album, tour dates
New Gorillaz album streaming at NPR because of excitement, I guess
The music world is in a flurry this morning because the new Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach is streaming in full over at NPR. Coolio! I haven’t listened to it yet because it’s 8:30 in the morning and I’m not some sort of SUPERHUMAN who gets this news at ALL HOURS OF THE DAY/NIGHT. So excuse… Continue reading New Gorillaz album streaming at NPR because of excitement, I guess
Marching Band to follow up spectacular debut album, Spark Large, with Pop Cycle
Best news of the week day past hour! Marching Band, those Swedish wunderkinds, are back! The duo is set to release a sophomore LP entitled Pop Cycle in May 2010 on U & L Records. Pop Cycle is said to be slightly darker than Spark Large, which has to be expected, considering Spark Large had… Continue reading Marching Band to follow up spectacular debut album, Spark Large, with Pop Cycle
The Hold Steady announce U.S. tour dates
Normally news about The Hold Steady would come from Lee or Jon, our resident Hold Steady experts, but due to schedule restraints you’ll hear it from me! Now, I shouldn’t get your hopes up too high. When I say “U.S.” it really means “the northeast” and when I say “tour dates” it means “12 shows… Continue reading The Hold Steady announce U.S. tour dates
Girls announce MORE tour dates
Look, Girls. We really love you and all, but you’re touring A LOT. Don’t get me wrong, I love it! I’m just concerned for your mental health. People have a tough time after touring so much, ya know? You still have a booked February to finish up, and now you’re playing a little over a… Continue reading Girls announce MORE tour dates
The Grammys: Why bother trying anymore?
Well that happened. Music’s biggest night nightmare of the year played out just like we all knew it would: unpredictably and hilariously miserable. Seriously, so many LOLs! Remember that time Dave Matthews Band was old and boring? And that other time Justin Bieber was too busy trying to be a “cool black guy” to speak… Continue reading The Grammys: Why bother trying anymore?
Inevitable: Monotonix singer breaks leg during show
Israeli rock trio Monotonix is known for their absurdly dangerous onstage antics that typically involves some combination of: A. Crowd surfing B. Throwing drums C. Crowd surfing on drums or D. Throwing drums and trash cans at people crowd surfing or hanging from the ceiling. They must have anticipated an injury along the way. About… Continue reading Inevitable: Monotonix singer breaks leg during show
The new New Pornographers album is going to be indiescribable
Indiescribable? Haha! Let me get my rimshot out of the way*. So apparently The New Pornographers will be releasing an album May 4 called Together, which I suppose is rather fitting because the personnel involved include A.C. Newman, Neko Case, Dan Bejar, Zach Condon (Beirut [not to be confused with Beirut]), Annie Clark (St. Vincent),… Continue reading The new New Pornographers album is going to be indiescribable
Jay Reatard dead at 29
Awesome indie rocker Jay Reatard is dead at the age of 29. He reportedly died in his sleep and was found at home at 3:30 this morning. The music world lost a great one, for sure.