Tag: Music

Peter Gabriel and Hot Chip Cover Vampire Weekend

Peter Gabriel just recorded a cover of Vampire Weekend’s “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” with Hot Chip. It’s funny because one of the lines of the chorus is “It feels so unnatural, Peter Gabriel too.” Ha! How does the Genesis front man handle singing his own name? Well, you’ll just have to listen and see! It’s also a… Continue reading Peter Gabriel and Hot Chip Cover Vampire Weekend

12 Days of Christmas Music: “Christmas on Mars”

The Flaming Lips have been known to be a lot of things. Weird, confusing and insane are just a few. However, they’re also genius and I love them. Lead singer Wayne Coyne first started the ambitious movie/album project “Christmas on Mars” a few years ago, and everybody went crazy with anticipation. After finally being released… Continue reading 12 Days of Christmas Music: “Christmas on Mars”

Concerts Tonight!

Anyone ready for some last second huff ‘n puff scrounging for tickets? Aimee Mann‘s 3rd Annual Christmas Show at Birchmere in Alexandria, VA. MP3: Aimee Mann – “Thirty One Today” Ra Ra Riot at Ottobar in Baltimore. MP3: Ra Ra Riot – “Suspended in Gaffa” Colbie Caillat at the 9:30 Club (really?) in D.C.  MP3:… Continue reading Concerts Tonight!

MGMT’s Andrew VanWyngarden wrote a song in college about supervolcanoes. AWESOME.

So the story goes that back at Wesleyan College in 2005, MGMT’s Andrew VanWyngarden wrote a song about supervolcanoes for a class called “Hazardous Earth.” The track was first unearthed by Wesleyan college blog Wesleying and is now all over the place everywhere. He wrote it with some guy who isn’t in MGMT (boring) and… Continue reading MGMT’s Andrew VanWyngarden wrote a song in college about supervolcanoes. AWESOME.

Wintertime

Sorry for my lack of posting these past couple days. Here are some songs to hold you over as the the nights get colder. Don’t let Seasonal Affective Disorder take over – Winter can be very comforting. Turin Brakes – “Dark On Fire” Wintersleep – “Weighty Ghost” Ra Ra Riot – “Winter ’05” Meredith Bragg… Continue reading Wintertime

12 Days of Christmas Music: “Merry Christmas From The Sonics, The Wailers and The Galaxies”

Way back in the 1960s, there was a growing music scene in the Pacific Northwest. They liked to call it “garage rock” and the bands played loud, hard and distorted way before the Ramones, the Sex Pistols or anybody else. So of course in 1966, three of the most influential bands, The Sonics, The Wailers… Continue reading 12 Days of Christmas Music: “Merry Christmas From The Sonics, The Wailers and The Galaxies”

In Case You Missed It: Week in Review

I KNOW you’ve been busy recreating famous album covers again (thanks grown-up Nirvana baby), so here’s what you missed this week on Knox Road (the blog your mother told you not to date). Monday: Exit Clov releases a new song Bob hates to love Kanye Tuesday: The dark, melodious world of Bell Orchestre Miniature Tigers! Clue to Kalo’s… Continue reading In Case You Missed It: Week in Review

The Spinto Band at Talking Head Club

Delaware’s own The Spinto Band is coming to The Talking Head Club in Baltimore Saturday, and it will be a show you won’t want to miss. Fresh off their September release, Moonwink, the band will be playing many of their magical melodic masterpieces (alliteration!). The new album is great, but it’s just the icing on… Continue reading The Spinto Band at Talking Head Club

Wavves

Wavves is the project of Cali’s own Nathan Williams, and you could say it’s, ah-hem, making waves (another ZINGER!!). His first album, Wavves, made rounds over the internet this summer and he’s now getting ready to release a follow-up, Wavvves (note the extra v), due out in February.  Williams’ lazy voice sits nicely against the crunching… Continue reading Wavves