Kings of Convenience‘s Erlend Øye has just released a new solo EP, Winter Companion. The cover art proudly notes it was “Recorded in Mexico City, January 2023” which is pretty quick for an artist who, ...

Erlend Øye of Kings of Convenience and The Whitest Boy Alive lives in Sicily these days, and started playing music with local musicians, which turned into his band La Comativa. Their self-titled debut ...

To call Erlend Øye a cult hero would be something of an understatement. For those unaware of his decade-spanning, genre-hopping, ever-growing body of work, we shall endeavor to enlighten you, perhaps ...

In 2021, the Norwegian folk duo Kings Of Convenience returned with Peace Or Love, then their first new album in over a decade. The band toured in support of it in Europe, South America, and Asia, but ...

In 2012 Erlend Øye moved from Norway to Italy. It didn’t take him long to discover the goldmine of Italian music of the 60s and 70s and start taking inspiration from its arrangements and style of ...

Norwegian musician Erlend Øye is known for his work with the bands Kings of Convenience and the Whitest Boy Alive, but he also records solo, and last year released the Italian-language single "La ...

Norway’s Kings Of Convenience pleased indie fans and post-club party people alike on the way to notching up 130,000 sales of the Quiet Is The New Loud album. The hushed vocal duets and intricate ...

Upfront presents Erlend ye And The Rainbows.ye (hes the one in the middle row, with glasses and no beard), will be performing in KL with his band The Rainbows for one night only. – Photo courtesy of ...

Formerly the Whitest Boy Alive and one of two Kings of Convenience, Norwegian pop performer Erlend Øye has been many things. He'll once aga... Earlier this year, one half of Kings of Convenience and ...

The de rigueur hipster beards and black rim specs are present and correct, but there’s a more eclectic bunch than usual gathered in Islington to welcome Norwegian kook-master Erlend Øye: lagered up 20 ...

José González, Vashti Bunyan and Erlend Øye discuss what draws them to create quiet music, how they approach playing it live, and its universal and trans-genre appeal. Show more José González, Vashti ...