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22 December 2005
Erlend will do a DJ set in Malmö, Sweden at Crush @ Deep Nightclub December 30th. 19 December 2005 First known date of the Asian tour: Singapore, Mosaic Music Festival, March 16th (thanks Nao for the tip!). 17 December 2005 KoC will participate to the Concerto dell'Epifania with other artists January 4th in Naples at the Sala Newton of Città della Scienza. The concert will be broadcasted on Italian TV Rai Uno January 6th at 9.35 a.m. 7 December 2005 A Pitchforkmedia article about KoC protest against Clear Channel with an announcement of a Southeastern Asia tour early next year (no details yet). 6 December 2005 For New Year's Eve Erlend will be at Indierave @ Street in Stockholm. 1 December 2005 Komfort.Musik has just released the new Korsakow EP 'Ears' featuring a remix of 'I've Been Waiting So Long' with Erlend's vocals (under the moniker Orlando Occhio). You can listen to a sample here. 1 November 2005 From MTV Brazil, a video of the 'Misread' performance in Rio de Janeiro. 26 October 2005 Some more pics of the Garotos de Ipanema here (thanks Regina!). 25 October 2005 Gratulerer med dagen, Eirik! :D Here and here are some pics and an article about Eirik's birthday celebration at Ipanema beach. Snippets of the Rio gig here and a video of the 'I'd Rather Dance With You' performance here with an incredibly enthousiastic Brazilian audience knowing every single word of the song. 24 October 2005 Here's a little review of yesterday's gig in Rio de Janeiro where the guys played a successful set featuring also a cover of Antonio Carlos Jobim's 'Corcovado' and here's an interview with Erlend where he says he could make a Brazilian tour in January (articles only in Portuguese). KoC will celebrate Eirik's birthday tomorrow with a mini-concert at 4 p.m. before Caesar Park. 17 October 2005 Feist feat. Eirik? This could happen, according to this recent interview: " Feist described her new songs as a continuation of her fascination with melody, surrounded by simple arrangements. So far the only guest she has in mind is Eirik Glambek Boe, the singer-guitarist of the Norwegian duo The Kings Of Convenience, whose 2004 album, Riot On An Empty Street, features her on two songs, Know How and the duet The Build Up. "At this point, I just want to hide away somewhere by myself and see what starts to hatch and then I'll know who to ask to come and be involved," she said." 16 October 2005 KoC are going to Brazil and here's a mini-interview with Eirik for the lusophone people. 24 September 2005 Erlend will be in Fundão, Portugal, October the 1st at the Imago Film Fest. He'll play an acoustic set at midnight at Casino Fundanense and a DJ set at 2 a.m. at the English Club. If you want to talk about KoC in Italian, there's a forum created by Ric, go chatting here. 20 August 2005 Erlend's solo album, 'Unrest,' is now available for digital download at iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster and other digital service providers. If you're in Hamburg tonight don't miss his gig at KdW as The Whitest Boy Alive. 11 August 2005 After collaborating with Erlend on Unrest and in the DJ Kicks album, Minizza release their first album, 'Music for Girls' which also features their cover of 'Winning a Battle, Losing the War'. Listen to it and/or buy it here. 9 August 2005 Watch video of 'Inflation' and explore Berlin with The Whitest Boy Alive. 3 August 2005 'Sunlight's On The Other Side', the collaboration between Safety Scissors and Erlend will be released as a 7 inch August 19th. All the details about it here. 1 August 2005 Erlend has published the poems of Eirik's brother Are (who also cowrote 'Live Long'). Erlend, together with Jarle Steinsvik Pedersen started a publishing house called Øyeblikk Forlag whose goal is to provide good books for people, so far with no intention to make a profit. Are Glambek Bøe's poetry collection (in Norwegian) is titled 'Antilopeliv' (which means Antilope's life) and you can buy it here (tusen takk Kuhn for your help!).  23 July 2005 For those wondering if the official forum has disappeared after the mysterious come back to the past of the official site, don't worry, it's still there. 22 July 2005 New collaboration for Erlend: he sings in 'Sunlight's on the Other Side' from Safety Scissors album 'Tainted Lunch' to be released in September by German label ~scape. The song will be also released as a 7 inch with an acoustic version in mid August. 9 July 2005 There's a German book of interviews with artists like KoC, The Cardigans, Røyksopp, The White Stripes, Múm and many more translated in comic strips. It's called 'Inter View Popcomics' by Helge Arnold and Cristopher Tauber, published by Ventil-Verlag (available only in German). Here's some of the KoC comics thanks to Jenny. 2 July 2005 The gig in Rome is available to download here. 26 June 2005 Culprit One has sampled Erlend vocals in 'Sheltered Life' for his single 'No Need to Ask'. You can watch the video here. 6 June 2005 KEXP radio session to download here (thanks Daniela!). 5 June 2005 An interview with Canadian singer Feist where she talks about her collaboration with KoC. Update about the Ada track: it's not credited to The Whitest Boy Alive but to Erlend Øye and band. Listen to a sample here. 1 June 2005 Some news from The Whitest Boy Alive, Erlend's side-project: Areal Records will release June 13th Ada's new 12 inch 'Blondix 2' for which The Whitest Boy Alive did a remix-but-in-fact-a-cover version of Ada's 'Cool My Fire' . 25 May 2005 KCRW session to download here (thanks to Stefan!). 22 May 2005 Confirmed gig in Istanbul at Ses Theater on July 6th for the Istanbul Jazz Festival. 13 May 2005 Fourth gig in Italy: June 27th at Teatro Romano di Ostia Antica in Rome (thanks Daniela for the tip!). 11 May 2005 Three confirmed gigs in Italy, check the gigography for the details. 7 May 2005 The 'I'd Rather Dance With You' video is shown in a German exhibition about youth culture, Coolhunters. Read more about it here. 21 April 2005 KoC will play at Benicàssim Festival in Spain in August, exact date tba. Erlend will also do a DJ set. 19 April 2005 KoC will play at Øya Festivalen in Oslo on August 11th. 17 April 2005 According to Italian newspaper Il Secolo XIX KoC will be in Genoa for the Goa Boa Festival on June 24th. Update: confirmed. 15 April 2005 Erlend sings in DJ P.nice's song 'Rap Game'. You can download it from his site. 8 April 2005 Eirik talks about the story behind the 'Cayman Islands' video on the official forum. You can watch the Alfie video that he cites here. 2 April 2005 Erlend appears as vocal guest for 'I've Been Waiting So Long' in Korsakow's first album 'Ears' out for Komfort.Musik label (again with the moniker Orlando Occhio). Listen to it here. 1 April 2005 The rumours that were circulating since some time are sadly confirmed: according to an interview with Eirik from today's Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, KoC are splitting up. :( All the details in the interview kindly translated by Arne Bjarnebakken for his blog. Update: which day is today? ;) Thanks to Dan and Stefan aka Arne Bjarnebakken for creating the blog and inventing this story. 11 March 2005 KoC will be live (listenable also online) on American radio KEXP March 13th at 4 p.m. PST (GMT - 8 hours). The guys did a fashion shoot for the February issue of Italian magazine L'Uomo Vogue, here are the scans. 10 March 2005 There's a new KoC video, it's for Cayman Islands and you can watch it here and/or download it here (thanks Daniela!). Second gig in Los Angeles confirmed. March 23rd at Spaceland, tickets on sale tomorrow at noon here. 27 February 2005 Erlend did the vocals for Marco Passarani's track 'Criticize' using the moniker Orlando Occhio. The song is out as a limited 12 inch and will be in Passarani's album 'Sullen Look' released on March 21st for Peacefrog label. You can listen to a sample here. 19 February 2005 New single Know-How will be released February 21st only in 7 inch format with a version of Cayman Islands featuring Feist and a radio mix of Know-How, all the details in the discography and a sample here. 18 February 2005 You can download here KoC performance of 'I'd Rather Dance With You' at NBC show Last Call with Carson Daly (thanks Matt Rankin for sharing!) and listen to Kaos' 'Lessons in Love' feat. Erlend here. 10 February 2005 'Friends And Lovers - Songs of Bread', the compilation that features Erlend's cover of the titletrack, will be available in the Badman Recording site mid February and in the stores April 12th. Two new interviews with the guys here and here (thanks Jenny for the tip!). 30 January 2005 Norwegian radio NRK P3 did a contest to win a KoC gig at your home. The winner made them play for his collective in Oslo. Here's the video of this performance. Setlist: Love is No Big Truth Gold for the Price of Silver Manhattan Skyline (A-ha cover) Misread    29 January 2005 Check the gigography for three new dates in Portland, Vancouver and Seattle. KoC will also be at American TV show Last Call with Carson Daly on February 7th. Ask for tickets here. 21 January 2005 Read a new interview to Eirik from It's a trap!, a great site about Scandinavian music. 17 January 2005 The Hamburg gig at Fabrik of last December 1st is now available to download here (thanks to Uwe Bartels!) 11 January 2005 The Berlin gig at Passionskirche of last 12 August is now available to download here (thanks to Marco for recording!). 2004 news archive 2003 news archive 2002 news archive |