Jónsi & Alex released Debut Album, New Website, Interview & In the spotlight @ IMX
Jónsi Birgisson & Alex Somers Album " Riceboy Sleeps " is out now. www.youtube.com/v/2DkUlm9OY0c&hl&fmt=18 More information @ Jónsi & Alex In the spotlight @ IMX : Sleeping Giants Known primarily for his haunting falsetto and other-worldly presence as the singer in Sigur Rós , Jón Þór (Jónsi) Birgisson has - together with his partner Alex Somers - been exhibiting artwork and staging exhibitions under the name Riceboy Sleeps for two or three years now. A couple of months back the early fruits of the musical side of this collaboration surfaced in physical form for the first time, with the track " Happiness ", on the exemplary ‘Dark Was The Night’ Red Hot compilation.
We are excited to share with you a new track from Sigur Ros' vocalist Jónsi Birgisson's upcoming solo album, Go. The track, "Boy Lilikoi," is clearly of the caliber that ...
Published by Indie Rock Cafe
5:13 p.m. Sunday 3rd January 2010 EST
“Riceboy Sleeps” is an album that has reportedly been in development for five years by Sigur Ros’ main songwriter, Jon Birgisson and his boyfriend Alex Somers. “Riceboy Sleeps” features frequent ...
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11:25 a.m. Sunday 2nd August 2009 EST
Just in time to cool down for the summer, Sigur Ros vocalist/guitarist Jon Thor Birgisson and his partner Alex Somers, aka Jónsi & Alex, who have been collaborating on visual ...
Published by KEXP Blog
1:32 a.m. Wednesday 22nd July 2009 EST
Riceboy Sleeps The collaboration of Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi Birgisson and his boyfriend Alex Somers (of Icelandic band Parachutes), Riceboy Sleeps is an instrumental work written to accompany the duo's ...
Published by Amie Street Blog
1:31 a.m. Wednesday 22nd July 2009 EST
Pitchfork reviews the new album "Riceboy sleeps" from Icelandic duo Jónsi & Alex: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13328-riceboy-sleeps/ Don't forget to check out our interview with the group right here.
Como Axel les había comentado, el vocalista de Sigur Ros, Jónsi, va a lanzar el próximo 20 de julio un álbum al lado de Alex Somers que llevará por título ...
Published by Cuchara Sonica
1:30 a.m. Wednesday 8th July 2009 EST
When I first heard the Dark Was The Night compilation, I was really taken with the track by Riceboy Sleeps, but unlike most of the other artists on the record, ...
Published by Bumpershine.com
1:15 a.m. Tuesday 7th July 2009 EST
Quick recap: Riceboy Sleeps is the upcoming ambient album from Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi Birgisson and his boyfriend, Alex Somers. The record isn't out until July 20 (July 21 in ...
Published by Pitchfork
1:48 a.m. Saturday 4th July 2009 EST
It's a trap! Interview Words by Vasilis Panagiotopoulos Sigur Rós ARTIST: Sigur Rós (ICE) LINK: http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/ LINK: http://www.myspace.com/sigurros ADD TO WATCHLIST → SEARCH for more on Sigur Rós → frontman ...
Sigur Rós frontman Jón (Jónsi) Þór Birgisson and partner Alex Somers, from Reykjavík band Parachutes, started their artistic collaboration in 2003. Three years later they released a picture book under ...
Here's a part of an interview with indie-rock producer Peter Katis . Conclusion : Jónsi is very busy: solo album (with the help of Nico Muhly of Bedroom Community ) ...
Photo by Eva Vermandel For a while, Sigur Rós were totally and completely reliable-- they'd release a brain-busting album, spend three years consulting with their mystic muses (or whatever) and ...
Published by Pitchfork
7:34 a.m. Tuesday 26th May 2009 EST
Photo by Eirik Lande According to an interview with producer Peter Katis (Interpol, the National) on music blog the Calcutta , Sigur Rós frontman Jon Þor "Jónsi" Birgisson is due ...
Published by Pitchfork
6:37 a.m. Tuesday 19th May 2009 EST
Depeche Mode have been cranking out dark, heady synthpop for upwards of 25 years now, so they've been remixed a lot . Everyone from Shep Pettibone to Paul van Dyk, ...
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4:13 a.m. Saturday 16th May 2009 EST
The unfinished Debut Album of Riceboy sleeps ( Jónsi Þór Birgisson of Sigur Rós fame & Alex Somers ) leaks on the Internet 2 months before the release date, 20. ...
riceboy sleeps jón þór birgisson & alex somers - riceboy sleeps album released july 20th 2009 - parlophone records known primarily for his haunting falsetto and other-worldly presence as the ...
Sigur Rós frontman Jón Þór Birgisson (known to fans as Jónsi) has been involved in side dealings—mostly of the artistic persuasion—with his partner Alex Somers for some time now, and ...
Published by Prefix Magazine
10:56 a.m. Thursday 9th April 2009 EST
-- These are tough times for record companies, but Matador at least has a smart approach to the art of the sell: giving away tons of free stuff to actual ...
Jónsi has been keeping busy these past weeks making an album with his boyfriend Alex . The boys are currently isolated in a jungle hut in Hawaii completing their first ...
Sigur Rós: Why we're mesmerised by the hypnotic Icelandic band The Independent 30. January 2009 Sigur Rós's glacial soundscapes are all over British television and tomorrow The Independent is giving ...