Linus Akesson (lft) | en

Ever since the early Sixties and the arrival of a youngster called Brian Wilson, California has been the global powerhouse of melodic sunshine. Pop made here is officially sunnier, brighter, lighter and Smile-ier than anywhere else on Earth, so if you're going to use this as your creative base, you've got a lot to live up to. Linus of Hollywood loved LA's musical legacy so much, he not only named himself after its glitziest quarter, he gave his heart and soul to the place too. Those smitten by Linus' recorded output thus far - all three albums of it -...

Björn Åkesson was born in 1986, in a town called Lund (southern Sweden). He first noticed electronic music in the middle of the 90es when he heard music from a videogame called Wipeout 2097. With artists such as Future Sound of London, The Prodigy and Orbital the interest grew. A few years later a friend from school introduced Björn to trance/club music. This sounded a lot better and much more interesting than the techno he heard before. The first step into the scene was with the creation of the track Flashmode under the alias Level B, which was played on...

The LP4 has been carrying the Texas Psych torch since the Mid-90's. Following in the footsteps of the Mike Gunn and Dry Nod this seven member "quartet" has been praised in the pages of Ptolemaic Terrascope (UK), Rockerrilla (Italy), Magnet (USA), Broken Face (Sweden), et al. History, Discography, News, Downloads, and much more can be found at The Linus Pauling Quartet's Website: http://www.worshipguitars.org/LP4/ Partial Discography: 1995 - Immortal Chinese Classics (USA CD) 1997 - (untitled) "Alien LP" (Germany LP) 1998 - Killing You With Rock (Germany CD) 2000 - Ashes in the Bong of God (Germany 2XLP USA CD) 2003...

Co-owner of Breastfed Recordings with Mylo and Kevin McKay. Linus Loves is a collaboration between Duncan Reid and Kevin McKay. .

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Linus is an indie band with a riot grrl background from Britain, in existence from 1992 to 2005. Members of the band included Andy Roberts, Tammy Denitto, Deb Van Der Geugten, Andy Withey, and Jennifer Denitto. They released a couple of EPs and three albums: "Yougli", "Good Listener" and "The Course of True Linus Never Did Run Smooth", a farewell compilation of unreleased tracks and out of print EPs. The band disbanded after the death of lead guitarist and vocalist Andy Roberts in 2005. Linus website. 2) Linus is a...