Quite possibly one of the best Explosions In The Sky/This Will Destroy You cover band. Ever. It took me about 10 album play-throughs and one very pensive car ride to figure out what was going on here. On one hand, I was thinking, these guys are incredible; they have such a great sound. On the other hand, I kept asking myself, Where have I heard this before? And then genius struck: those lonely, well-defined guitar melody in front of the simple, yet intense, drum beat could be taken from your [...]
Oct 1, 2010, 11:21am
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Kid Ikarus setzen endlich zum grossen Höhenflug an. Das Zürcher Quartett kommt mit seinem Debütalbum der Sonne gefährlich nahe, ohne sich daran zu verbrennen. Lassen wir das P-Wort mal aussen vor und behaupten: Kid Ikarus sind die mitreissendste Instrumental-Rockband der Schweiz. Manche halten sie für die Mono des Westens, andere sehen in ihnen gar die Erben Mogwais. Egal welchen Namen man zum Vergleich heranzieht, die schiere Wucht dieser Musik spricht für sich. Majestätisch breiten die Songs ihre Flügel aus und ziehen über Wälder und [...]
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Vor fünf Jahren hat Ikarus Records fliegen gelernt. Mittlerweile kommt das DIY-Kollektiv aus Zürich der Sonne gefährlich nahe. Ikarus Records hat in den letzten fünf Jahren für frischen Wind in der Zürcher Rockszene gesorgt. Jenseits der gängigen Rockismen zeigten die verschiedenen Formationen um die Mutterband Kid Ikarus, was mit Gitarren, Bass und Drums alles möglich ist. [...]
Tomt Recordings is counting down to the release of the new Björn Kleinhenz album "Quietly happy and deep inside" by posting covers and remixes every Wednesday up until the record's release date on October 29. Up first, Kid Ikarus and Unikorus aka Susanna Brandin / Winter Took His Life . Check it: http://www.tomtrecordings.se/t helight
We put Bjorn Kleinhenz in our "emerging" category a while ago due to his catchy "I'm-so-Swedish-and-cutesy" songwriting skills. We just got word today that October 29 sees the release of Kleinhenz 's Quietly Happy and Deep Inside LP via You Are Awesome! . We couldn't be happier for this kid (okay, he's our age, whatever) and neither could the label and to celebrate, Kleinhenz asked a number of his friends to submit cover versions of the songs that will appear on the new record. They'll be releasing two new covers each Wednesdy [...]
I have lots of small little bits of news clogging my email inbox. I'm going to try to free things up a little bit this morning. And as a byproduct share some pretty great Swedish pop with you. 1) Björn Kleinhenz has a new record coming out on Tomt Recordings . In lieu of releasing the album for free like many others are doing Bjorn and his label are releasing two cover versions of his new songs each week. So, while the band Kid Icarius is from Germany, here they are covering one of [...]
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