Kings of Convenience Wrap Up New Album, Set Release for Late SeptemberExclaim!, CanadaIf you've been eagerly awaiting the long-overdue new album by Kings of Convenience, there's good news for you today. Via a mail-out to fans, the Norwegian folksters gave the heads-up that their upcoming long player is officially in the bag and due out
The Whitest Boy Alive - RulesDrowned In Sound, UKWhen he first popped onto the radar in 2001 as part of Kings of Convenience, Øye and musical partner Eirik Glambek Bøe anticipated the return of folk with a sound that saluted the chamber pop and folk stars of yesteryear. The duo even presciently named
The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules Album ReviewContactmusic.com, UKLead vocalist of The Whitest Boy Alive, Erland Oye, may be better known as half of Scandinavian folk-duo Kings of Convenience. But since the band have remained relatively quiet since 2004's Riot On An Empty Street, he has been free to concentrate more
Musik-TIPP: Quiet Is the New LoudErfassung und Verbreitung von Pressemitteilungen aus allen Branchen (Pressemitteilung), Germany“Es ist gut, Musik zu machen, die man hört, wenn man traurig ist”, sagen Eric Glambek Boe und Erland Oye von der norwegischen Band Kings Of Convenience getreu dem Titel der Platte: “Quiet Is The New Loud” heißt, dass auch in der Ruhe Intensität liegt,
Spandex Appears At By:Larm's Last NightChartAttack, CanadaThe Sentrum was body-crushingly packed for the dream pop of Kings Of Convenience member Erlend Oye's other band. Whitey have more pep than the wussness of Convenience, but they come by their name honestly. This was pretty much the most vanilla indie
Numbers Up At Scandinavian Conference by:LarmBillboard Business News, NY out venues were recent Universal Music Norway signing Harry's Gym, Icelandic outfit Hjaltalin, Norwegian-language group Casiokids and the Whitest Boy Alive, an electronic act featuring Erlend Øye of Norwegian indie-folk duo Kings Of Convenience.
Strikta regler skapar vitt svängDagens Nyheter, SwedenUttalandet kan uppfattas som paradoxalt då Øye är albumaktuell med den svala discofunkkvartetten Whitest Boy Alive och dessutom nämner att han och kollegan Eirik Glambek Bøe kommer att släppa en ny skiva med Kings of Convenience.
Oslo And Behold: New Music At ByLarm 2009 - The DiS ReportDrowned In Sound, UKErlend Oye’s Kings Of Convenience side-project has snowballed into something much more than the sum of its parts now. And even if he is a moody sod and looks just a bit stupid when he tries to throw rock shapes, he nonetheless delivers a rousing
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