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Ivan & Alyosha

About Me

Ivan & Alyosha got together in 2007, playing their first show at Chop Suey in Seattle on July 2nd of 07. Taking roughly a year to write & record their debut EP, The Verse, The Chorus the boys got to spend a few weeks in Los Angeles tracking with Producer Eli Thomson (Richard Swift, Delta Spirit, Sylvie Lewis) & drummer Frank Lenz (Starflyer 59, The Headphones, Richard Swift) in October of 2007. Spending 6 more months on the record, mixing at Avast! 2 in Seattle, then mastering by T.W. Walsh in Boston. The EP will be released two weeks from yesterday on February 24th via Cheap Lullaby Records."Ivan & Alyosha have flown a bit under the radar in the Seattle music scene, quietly unveiling The Verse, The Chorus, a brilliant seven-song EP recorded and self-released by the duo earlier this summer. The band hits a sweet spot of anglophilic pop (swaggering tracks that skate between T Rex and Travis—imagine “Driftwood” with less drama and more handclaps. Pure! Pop! Gold!) Jangling guitars and brief spots of falsetto are here throughout. “Easy to Love,” though, is the unlikely hit, slowly appearing with a muted stomp and a simple acoustic guitar strum, radiating a simple beauty as the line “You’re really easy to love” is repeated over and over again. Then the song disappears just as seemlessly. Along with the Tacoma’s always purple-lit Mono in VCF, who headlined Ivan & Alyosha’s EP release, there seems to be a new Northwest Anglo-pop invasion comin’ on." -Mark Baumgarten, Seattle Sound Magazine

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/7/2007
Band Website: http://www.ivanandalyosha.com/
Band Members: Tim Wilson, Ryan Carbary
Influences: E.L.O, The Beatles, Rufus Wainwright, John Lennon, Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Pedro The Lion, Sigur Rós, Helio Sequence, Izabelle, Dynamik, Richard Swift, Wilco, Pickwick, The Procession, Last American Buffalo, Queen, George Michael, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, ABBA, The Delays, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, U2, Bing Crosby, The Flaming Lips, Jackson 5, Johnny Cash,
Sounds Like: Pop music
Record Label: Cheap Lullaby Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Nice little Rolling Stone.com blog

check it out, have a lovely evening...http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/20 09/03/12/hype-monitor-reykjavik-mazes-ivan-alyosha/
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:37:00 GMT

i-tunes, conor byrne

Hello people.  Happy march to you all.  Just a quick note to let you all know that our record, "The Verse, The Chorus" is now available on i-tunes!  Please, by all means, if you don't have it, go buy ...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:44:00 GMT

Shows, Three Imaginary Girls, KEXP In-Studio

A couple of things my friends. -November 21st, Acoustic show @ Greenwood Sip & Ship.  7pm, 8560 Greenwood Ave.  Non-perishable food item gets you in.  -November 30th, Dynamik CD Re...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:22:00 GMT

Seattle Times says Ivan & Alyosha is "Seattle’s next little thing".

"There are no more next big things, but the next little thing to come from Seattle is the Dostoyevskyian-named Ivan & Alyosha, a jangle-pop duo that's recently been getting play on the Mountain (N...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:44:00 GMT

Ivan & Alyosha on 103.7 The Mountain! Also, another review from Seattle Sound Magazine!

Hello friends.  What a lovely summer it has beeeeeeeeeeen.  I hope You feel the same.  If You think of it, call up your local radio station, 103.7 The Mountain to be exact, and request ...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:11:00 GMT

Tangier show - Wednesday August 6 @8:45pm

Hey all,We're playing our last show in L.A. this Wednesday, August 6th, at Tangier. We've got a couple new songs not on the album so be there at 8:45pm SHARP. Thanks for listening,Tim/Ryan/Ivan&Alyosh...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:18:00 GMT

Seattle Sound Magazine Review.

Lovely review from Seattle Sound Magazine,Check it out here!i love you, tim/ryan/ivan&alyosha
Posted by on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:23:00 GMT