On January 1st, The Knux announced via twitter the release of a new 5 song EP. The Fuck You EP can’t strictly be called hip hop. It’s a blend of many genres and styles which is what gives The Knux they’re distinctive gritty, alternative electro-hop sound. ”Floozy” and “Fuck You” are classic Knux style skateboard [...] Read More…
Rah Al Millio is one half of The Knux. He started a blog under the alias Joey Lestrat which seems to be Al’s British, punk alter-ego. He recently posted a song called “Touch” and under the song he wrote, “Not on an album, not on a mixtape, no purpose but to spread the virus you [...] Read More…
A brand new track from The Knux‘ upcoming album was leaked a little over a week ago. I don’t think the album has been announced yet but this new track makes me very anxious to hear some more. Unfortunately, the debut album, Remind Me In 3 Days, didn’t really live up to all the hype for a [...] Read More…
First song is the new Franz Ferdinand track, “Ulysses”. I’m not a big Franz Ferdinand fan but I do like this song and a couple of other tracks of theirs. This song was produced by one of the guys from Hot Chip, Dan Carey. The new album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand is set to be released early next year. The band is [...] Read More…
First song is an old Neptunes remix of the classic Rolling Stones track, “Sympathy for the Devil” which can be heard in the trailer for Righteous Kill, the new Pacino/De Niro movie. I don’t think the Neptunes did anything more than adding a little percussion to the song but it’s just enough to give the song an updated, more contemporary feel… [...] Read More…
First song is “Hard Days Night” by a new hip hop crew called The Knuxwhose debut album, Remind Me In Three Days, comes out at the end of this month. The Knux are 2 brothers, Al Millio and Krispy, and they produce the music themselves and play all of the instrumentation. I first heard their most popular [...] Read More…