Over at his MySpace, Joe Knight, aka San Francisco's Rangers, refers to his sound as "elevator psych." Clever, but not entirely accurate in this case. Rangers has a melancholic Twisted Village vibe to it, e.g. something more emotional than you'd expect in an elevator. (Think an updated, less jagged Luxurious Bags minus the star-shredding solos.) Knight's actual list of influences has a guitar-flavored Hall Of Fame look to it via Nile Rogers, Carlos Alomar, Johnny Marr, Mick Ronson, and Bernard B...
Stereogum — Over at his MySpace, Joe Knight, aka San Francisco's Rangers, refers to his sound as "elevator psych." Clever, but not entirely accurate in this case. Rangers has a melan... more info