Kings of Convenience ‘Versus’ (Source, 2001)

byNeil Mason
February 10, 2022

‘Quiet Is The New Loud’, the debut album from Norway’s Kings Of Convenience – Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe – is the gentlest strum and pluck of a record, and the Bergen duo were cast very much from an old school folk tradition.

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Neil Mason

Cowboys International ‘The Original Sin ‘ (Virgin, 1979)

byJoe Silva

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In retrospect, the films we watched growing up as kids in Australia in the early 1990s were extremely weird

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The Scott 4 Free Rock Orchestra

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Johnny Conquest ‘Uptown For The Americas’ (Sirkus, 2001)

byPaul Clarke

"Despite never having quite the same cachet as your Warps or Ninja Tunes, the Sirkus label was a reliable stamp of quality at the turn of the 21st century..."

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Colourbox ‘Colourbox’ (4AD, 1985)

byBen Willmott

"Formed in 1982 by brothers Martyn and Steve Young and later adding vocalist Lorita Grahame, Colourbox started life as an indie band"

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The French ‘Local Information’ (Too Pure, 2003)

byMark Brend

Though Hefner survive in the collective consciousness as the exemplar of an indie guitar outfit, the band deployed vintage synths and drum machines on later recordings. Which means that this, The French’s ‘Local Information’, isn’t quite the without-precedent one-off it might first appear.

Kings of Convenience ‘Versus’ (Source, 2001)

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Neil Mason

Cowboys International ‘The Original Sin ‘ (Virgin, 1979)

Single Gun Theory ‘Millions, Like Stars In My Hands, Daggers In My Heart, Wage War’ (NETTWERK, 1991)

The Scott 4 Free Rock Orchestra

Johnny Conquest ‘Uptown For The Americas’ (Sirkus, 2001)

Colourbox ‘Colourbox’ (4AD, 1985)

The French ‘Local Information’ (Too Pure, 2003)

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Kings of Convenience ‘Versus’ (Source, 2001)

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