iTunes Mixery

Grandmother Lois: top row, far left. Great aunt Gladys: top row, third from the left. My father: bottom row, far right. I’ll allow you the pleasure of figuring out the rest. (Note: This is Part II of what will eventually be a three-part, Summer 2010 Youth Series. Part I arrived at Knox Road yesterday .) Those of you who pay…read more

On this issue of Knox Road Radio, I was sadly left to my own devices when Jamie and Lee were unable to make the show. But it was OK! I got a pair of my non-blogger partners-in-crime (vandalism, mostly), Zach and Steven, to help me play some of this past week’s most awesome music. And it…read more

This list is mostly just self indulgent. In compiling it, I didn’t quite go the route of listing the songs with the highest play counts in iTunes, since the work I put in during the earlier part of this year was lost due to my well documented hard drive crash. It is also unlike a usual best-of list in that I’ve listed songs that I came to enjoy during 2009, regardless of which…read more

So many fun times this week at Knox Road Radio! Jamie and I held down the fort and played all sorts of great music, including a set consisting only of ridiculous songs from ridiculous albums set to come out this Tuesday. Don’t worry — we got you covered on reviews. Also, we determined that Josh Ritter is basically the…read more

So if you didn’t listen to Knox Road Radio this week, shame on you. Just kidding! It was our first week back in the station in about seven weeks, so we’ll forgive you this time. But next week we won’t go so easy on you. Seriously. Anyway, today we talked about Knox Road’s up and coming…read more

We here at Knox Road talk a lot about “weird,” “bizarre” or “crazy” music videos. I myself like to indulge in the modern art that music videos have now become in much the same way I would a Warhol or Dali painting. I like to observe it for what it is, and try not to overanalyze…read more

Photo by James B. Hale | Knox Road for Siren Music Festival Taking a page from last year’s pre-Siren coverage (for photos and reviews of every act last year, check  here ), here’s your 2010 preview in mp3s. I, unfortunately, won’t be there this year. Jamie, Jon, and helpful contributor Brittany will provide you with extensive…read more

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 NYC on April…read more

Back in December, my brother-in-law told me to go listen to a song called “XOXO” by the band Butterfly Bones. “Sure,” I told him as I carelessly typed it into my phone. Well months later, he reminded me of the song and after suffering the embarrassment of the “Who? What? Did I write that…read more