The latest wonderful sound to grace our inbox comes from a new Seattle collective of several established musicians. The supergroup is called Hello, Broken Arrow and they just began the process of making music together (despite past individual experience). There’s a lot of vagueness and mystique surrounding Hello, Broken Arrow – kind of like their… Continue reading Hello, Broken Arrow (with mp3)
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Newsflash: St. Vincent to release new album, ‘Actor’, May 5
“On May 5, 4AD will release ‘Actor’ the anticipated new album by St. Vincent (nee Annie Clark), and the follow-up to her first album, ‘Marry Me,’ one of the most acclaimed debuts of 2007. ‘Actor’ was co-produced by Clark and John Congleton (Modest Mouse, Polyphonic Spree, etc…), and features eleven new songs, all written and… Continue reading Newsflash: St. Vincent to release new album, ‘Actor’, May 5
MP3s of some SXSW artists, part three
The third installment of my SXSW artists feature. If you’re new to the game, I list some of the acts I’m excited about, with mp3s and a brief note about each. So far, I’ve done A-E, F-J, and today I work the extensive K-O. More to come soon! (See the previous installments at the end… Continue reading MP3s of some SXSW artists, part three
MP3s and News: Angus & Julia Stone
It’s a Wednesday night: middle of the week, a calm time hopefully before Thursday night and the weekend. For some (me), it’s been a short week with Presidents Day and all , for others (Jamie, Bob), not so much. I know guys, New York City’s just not busy enough. I’m sorry. With that sentiment in… Continue reading MP3s and News: Angus & Julia Stone
Flashback: Tall Boys
Several years ago, I saw the Yeah Yeah Yeahs play a show in Philly. The show was great, but almost as good was the opening band, Tall Boys (aka Tallboys). Contrary to the name, the band was made up of three women and one, not particularly tall, boy. But with an absolutely crunching noise that… Continue reading Flashback: Tall Boys
New song from Ivana XL
Thanks to Matt from You Ain’t No Picasso, we received word of a brand-spanking new mp3 (featured below) from the lovely and haunting Brooklyn artist Ivana XL, who has also been a pleasant correspondent with us Knox Road fellas. You can see our previous write-up about her here, where we compared her to Regina Spektor (which Matt… Continue reading New song from Ivana XL
New Swan Lake: “A Hand At Dusk” mp3
Canadian super trio Swan Lake, which consists of Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes, Daniel Bejar of Destroyer and The New Pornographers, and Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, and Frog Eyes, released a listen to their upcoming album, Enemy Mine. “A Hand At Dusk” is a sweeping 6 minutes and 8 seconds that makes… Continue reading New Swan Lake: “A Hand At Dusk” mp3
New N.A.S.A. video: “The People Tree”
Collaboration sensation, N.A.S.A., who just dropped their debut, The Spirit of Apollo, released a video for one of the album’s tracks, “The People Tree” which features David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift of Gab and Z-Trip. The backbone of N.A.S.A. is producers Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon, but almost every track features several artists (M.I.A, Santogold,… Continue reading New N.A.S.A. video: “The People Tree”
Doves Tour Announcement (for UK… US to come soon, hopefully)
From Doves: “You might have seen some new dates announced online today. After a small handful of gigs in March, we’ll be touring properly in support of the new album, which is out on April 6th. Biggest tour we’ve done in… um… a long time…maybe longer even… anyways, the dates are: Cambridge Corn Exchange (April… Continue reading Doves Tour Announcement (for UK… US to come soon, hopefully)
Mp3s of some SXSW artists, part two
More performers (can’t include everyone) at SXSW I’m excited about. After A-E yesterday, today I work F-J. To be continued further this week. Enjoy! The Features – “The Drawing Board” [MP3] The Nashville, TN fellows will be releasing their sophomore full-length Some Kind of Salvation in May. Fives Times August – “Beautiful Girls” [MP3] I… Continue reading Mp3s of some SXSW artists, part two