Just over a year ago, Animal Collective released an album that I noted was “a great balance between art and pop,” a trend that continued thoughout 2009, the year that experimental indie bands began to embrace pop sentiments and make amazing albums. Without missing a beat, Yeasayer gives their own brilliant take on experimental and pop on what I&#…read more
So last year, I did a series called “12 Days of Christmas Music” and it was great! Very much a lot of fun! But this December was kind of hectic, very much a lot of busy. So I’m going to have to make you wait until next year for a comprehensive, 12-day tour de force of Christmas music. But you didn’t think I’d leave you empty-handed, did you? Coal in the…read more
Experimental pop band Animal Collective have released their new experimental film ODDSAC. The film is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year. The band had been working on the multimedia project “ODDSAC”. This is what the band said to the NME about the new… Click the link to read more 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
You can stream what is probably my favorite album of the year at Spinner . Tags: Album Stream , Yeasayer Yeasayer and Arcade Fire this Monday! (3) Yeasayer – Ambling Alp (Music Video) (NSFW) (9) Yeasayer – Ambling Alp (6) Yeasayer “O.N.E.” (XXXChange Remix) (13) read more
If 2008 was the year for lo-fi and 2009 was the year for thoughtful experimentation (not necessarily so, but), perhaps 2010 will be the year for thoughtful lo-fi experimentation. Perhaps. Or perhaps it will just be the year that U.S. Girls came onto the scene with a wonderfully lo-fi experimental album that fuses basic tribal elements with haunting synth…read more
Animal Collective has had a wonderful 2009 to say the very least. It’s already been published but they own both the top song and the top albums of the year on some website named Pitchfork. While it can as unsurprising, the fact they released an EP, Fall Be Kind this year definitely is a welcome surprise. I personally still have issues with Strawberry Jam but the fact the remains there’s something quite appreciable with Animal Collective…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
[Ed. Note: A lot of music comes out in a given year. I'm busy, ok? I don't have all the time in the world to hear everything released and tell you about it. So I've decided to go back and visit all the great music that was, clearly, just off my radar.] Haven’t you listened to those Brooklyn bands and thought: “GOSH. I wish they would embrace the surfing culture that is…read more
Ok, somebody please explain to me how this whole album releases in the U.S./UK thing works, because I’m LOST (no appropriately timed pun intended). Bristol band Malachai released their debut full-length, Ugly Side Of Love , last year in the UK, but it didn’t make it across the Atlantic until this week. What’s the deal?…read more
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