With The Most Serene Republic set to drop their newest effort, …And The Ever Expanding Universe, tomorrow, we thought it would be of interest to hear what lead man Adrian Jewett thinks about his musicianship, The Most Serene Republic in general, the new sound, and beyond. Good luck deciphering! Check out this previous post about [...]
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Interview with Adrian Jewett of The Most Serene Republic
Get your boxing gloves on – it’s Typefighter time!
Ah saiddd, you ain’t punchin’ those keys hard enough feller!D.C.’s Typefighter comes to Knox Road through a recommendation from good pal Aaron Leeder, of D.C. and NYC (and swiftly growing) favorites, Exit Clov. He has been incredibly supportive of this here blog, and we thank him (and the rest of Exit Clov for that matter) [...]
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The Swell Season to release CD
On September 29th, The Swell Season (Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova) will be releasing a CD entitled Strict Joy. It’ll mark the duo/band’s first release since its wildly popular Once movie and soundtrack. Yep, everyone, they’re back, bringing with them some emotional tunes of the emotional-est order.Well, this is cool. I don’t have much more [...]
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The Worst Things: Evian’s roller skating babies commercial
Dear ad executive,I know you think CGI babies doing adult-like things is the best, but um no. It’s definitely the worst. Especially this ad that somehow sells water (drink it and you’ll be able to skate like only an infant can??) and is set to the tune of “Rapper’s Delight.” Here’s a hint: “Rapper’s Delight” [...]
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Knowing the Orphan spoiler is more fun than seeing the actual movie
I guess movie studios really like horror movie twists? Like maybe they saw The Sixth Sense and were all “That’s the ONLY way to do it now.” So now we have Orphan and the tagline is basically “This movie has a CRAZY twist.” But the twist happens to be SO crazy that people online are [...]
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Siren Festival set times for all you hungry readers
Yum, yum, yum. The lovely concert that all of your esteemed Knox Road writers will be attending, the Siren Music Festival in Coney Island, NY, has just announced its official schedule. Salivation: commence.Main Stage7:30 – Built to Spill6:00 – The Raveonettes5:00 – Grand Duchy4:00 – Frightened Rabbit3:00 – Japandroids2:00 – Micachu & the Shapes1:00 – [...]
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Englishman comes from the heart of… Kentucky
Confused? As was I upon seeing the artist name (Englishman) and location (Lexington, Kentucky). But then I read a bit and realized these guys are playing a clever little word game with us – the lead singer’s name is Andrew English. English. Get it? His last name is English. Ok, neverMIND, everyone’s obviously too shallow [...]
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Wow.
Death Cab. Fireworks. L.A. Philharmonic. This is nothing short of celestial.[Big ups to Heather at Fuel/Friends]While You're Here:Abbie Gardner / Anthony da CostaWeezer remixes "Pork and Beans" video and YouTube implodesKaraoke music videos are SO 2009Finish your night with music.Barack Obama Basketball MixtapeNew Lonely Island: "Boombox (ft. Julian Casablancas)"Just Watch.Share this:
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The Dead Weather to premiere short film; music fans to shrug indifferently
If you didn’t know already, The Dead Weather has a “short film” coming out for their song “Treat Me Like Your Mother.” According to the email we received, it will be “groundbreaking,” “uncensored,” and “on Cinemax.” Frankly, I’m surprised that Cinemax would stoop so low as to possibly show nudity. Tsk tsk.Anyway, they’ve released a [...]
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Frightened Rabbit to tour America with fellow Scots The Twilight Sad and We Were Promised Jetpacks
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Coolest tour news ever?? Scotland’s Frightened Rabbit, quite possibly one of my favorite bands of the past year or so, are teaming up with fellow countrymen The Twilight Sad, as well as We Were Promised Jetpacks, for a huge North American tour. Expect a lot of wonderfully sad, epic shows, filled with the atmospheric noise [...]
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Discovery’s LP is your hip summer jam
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Discovery’s LP came at just the right time. Because we needed something to play driving to the beach and riding the train home. AND it might have the single best opening of any album this year. Seriously, it’s that good. Starting off with the wandering electro-pop single “Orange Shirt,” and following it with the tremendously [...]
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The Rural Alberta Advantage album, Hometowns, streaming in full
The Rural Alberta Advantage's album, which has been received with much hype and fanfare is now streaming live from Paste's website. It's awesome. Basically alt-folk with a kick-in-the-ass. Oh yeah, there's also some twee. I know, kind of antithetical. But listen, you'll hear what I'm talking about. This re-release of the album is officially due out [...]
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Muse reveal The Resistance tracklist, prepare to duel with gods
So recently Muse gave us the ol’ list of tracks for their newest, The Resistance, which comes out on September 14th of this year…and it’s the most hyperbolic, epic, seraph-mangling, monster-truck-rallying, Avada Kadavra-casting group of words ever put to paper. See for yourself:1. Uprising2. Resistance3. Undisclosed Desires4. United States of Eurasia ( + Collateral Damage)5. [...]
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Fourth of July means fireworks made out of peeps
Yes, this IS a music blog. Why? Can’t I digress? I just wanted to share my patriotism with this simple gem from the great stop motion director PES. You know, that guy who filmed furniture having sex on a roof? Yeah, that’s the guy. Happy 4th from KR, the blog that doesn’t take holidays off, [...]
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The requisite 4th of July mix. Have a good one!
From Knox Road to all of you, Happy Fourth of July. For our non-US readers, thanks for stopping by regardless, and we hope you’re feeling some country lovin’ as well. *With this pause in regular action, we’d love to hear your feedback on how we’re doing. Anything at all is helpful, whether it’s in the [...]
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I’m From Barcelona builds treehouses and gets very excited about it
I figured I’d talk about I’m From Barcelona because they have a song called “Andy,” and Andy Roddick somehow just forced his way into the Wimbeldon final. Oh, and the music’s good. I’m tangential like that.The band is a 20+ member hivemind from (surprise) Sweden in the vein of The Polyphonic Spree. One notable thing [...]
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Bagheera is a winner. Plain and simple.
To be honest, something about the email we got from Bagheera’s press team threw me off, and I began listening to their music with a bit of respite. Thankfully, that feeling wore off quickly, as listening to the hazy, devious sound from the Liverpool, UK boys put me in the right mood on this rainy-turned-less [...]
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[Not really news] Amy Millan releases details for sophomore effort, Masters Of The Burial
I know, I’m about six days late on this one. SORRY. I’m actually kicking myself for it, so I can handle your virtual slap in the face.With July 4 and a slew of American spirit and independence coming our way, what better time to continue spotlighting Canadian label, Arts & Crafts? (By the way, we’ve [...]
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[MP3] The Boy Least Likely To B-side: “When I Grow Up I Want To Be A Boy Again”
From The Boy Least Likely To’s new B-Sides collection, The Best B-Sides Ever, is “When I Grow Up I Want To Be A Boy Again.” Sure, it’s another song about growing up and it’s abundantly clear the duo experienced a very happy and innocent childhood only to be jarred by the horrors of adulthood, but [...]
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Cool Things: The “Asteroids” movie
Oops, did I say “cool things?” I meant to say “the worst things.” It’s true, Universal is making a movie, a real movie, based on the old arcade game Asteroids. You know, that game where a little pixely triangle shoots little pixely dots at bigger pixely shapes? I guess they figured Q-Bert would have offered too [...]
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