Chicago-based composer/songwriter Daniel Knox has confirmed the release of his self-titled third album, out Monday January 19, via Carrot Top Records.

The album features the powerful and unique baritone of Knox, along with backing vocals from The Handsome Family's Brett Sparks and vibraphone by Thor Harris. It is comprised of ten original songs inspired by the shadowy memories of Knox's childhood hometown of Springfield, IL, as well as two recent collaborative performances with noted photographer John Atwood.

“Everything that came out of that," says Knox about his work with Atwood, "and the work that followed, seems rooted thematically in the past, but the structures and arrangements felt like something new that had been there all along–like finding a hidden room in the house you grew up in."

Knox is also set for a UK tour early next year, dates to be confirmed.

Track listing:
1. Blue Car
2. Don't Touch Me
3. By The Venture
4. Lawrence & MacArthur
5. Incident At White Hen
6. High Pointe Drive
7. White Oaks Mall
8. David Charmichael
9. Car Blue
10. 14 15 111

Big Noble, an ongoing collaboration between Interpol’s Daniel Kessler and sound designer Joseph Fraioli, will release their début album First Light on Monday February 2 via Kobalt Label Services.

This digital-only release shows of a combination of improvisational guitar, field recordings, and manipulations using modular synthesizers and boutique effects units. A fine example can be found in the lead track of the album, 'Peg' and its accompanying video. You can watch the video now via YouTube.

The project came about in New York City back in 1999 where Kessler met Fraioli via the same label, Caipirinha. Fraioli describes the intentions of Big Noble as “immersive and perspective-changing...sonically a lot of the arrangements feel technically vast, but there’s an intimacy that I hope listeners will find addictive to escape within." 
 
First Light tracklisting
Ocean Picture
Stay Gold
Autumn
Atlantic Din
Affiliates
Pedal
Weatherman Accountable
Peg
Traveler
Vikings