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A Terrible Year Yielded Some Not Terrible Music
Jan 15, 2021
By Mark Redfern
So, 2020 was quite an uneventful year wasn’t it? Nothing much of note happened. It was pretty boring. But at least there were some decent records to liven things up. This is the intro to our Best Albums of 2020 list I wish I could be writing. More
“I think we’ll sadly see an increase in mental health issues as a palpable consequence in the aftermaths of these troubled times.”
Jun 03, 2020
By Mark Redfern
We are checking in with musicians during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to see how they are dealing with everything. What has their home quarantine experience been like so far and how is the crisis impacting both their career and art? Here we check in with Sweden’s I Break Horses (the project of Maria Lindén). More
Warnings Out Now via Bella Union
May 08, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Sweden’s I Break Horses (the project of Maria Lindén) has released a new album, Warnings, today via Bella Union. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. Also, today we posted our new interview with Lindén, yesterday we posted our rave 9/10 review of the album, and this week she’s shared two new live session videos for the album’s “Depression Tourist” and “Death Engine.” More
Plus Muzz, Ela Minus, Austra, Faye Webster, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Apr 17, 2020
By Christopher Roberts (with Lily Guthrie)
Welcome to the fifteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s another week under lockdown, with lots of debate on when things can get back to normal. Still not anytime soon it seems. More
Warnings Due Out May 8 via Bella Union
Apr 14, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Sweden’s I Break Horses (the project of Maria Lindén) is releasing a new album, Warnings, on May 8 via Bella Union. Now she has shared the album’s fourth single, “The Prophet.” More
Plus Margaret Glaspy, Shura, Moaning, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 20, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to the eleventh Songs of the Week of 2020. How’s everyone doing out there? It’s definitely scary times. We know we should stop watching the news, but we can’t stop watching the news. The COVID-19 coronavirus continues to spread and not everyone is taking it seriously enough. More
Warnings Due Out May 8 via Bella Union
Mar 18, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Sweden’s I Break Horses (the project of Maria Lindén) is releasing a new album, Warnings, on May 8 via Bella Union. Now she has shared the album’s third single, “Neon Lights,” via a colorful lyric video for the new song. More
Plus U.S. Girls, Moaning, Anna Burch, Alex Lahey, Caroline Rose, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 14, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to the sixth Songs of the Week of 2020. It was a solid week for new tracks, but we managed to keep it reined in to our regular 10 tracks as opposed to last week’s supersized 13-song edition. And in a rarity for Songs of the Week, the same artist is #1 two weeks in a row! More
Warnings Due Out May 8 via Bella Union
Feb 11, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Sweden’s I Break Horses (the project of Maria Lindén) is releasing a new album, Warnings, on May 8 via Bella Union. Previously she shared its first single, “Death Engine,” via a video it. It was our #1 Song of the Week last week. Now Lindén has shared another song from the album, “I’ll Be the Death of You,” also via a video. More
Plus Christine and the Queens, Jehnny Beth, Hamilton Leithauser, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 07, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to the fifth Songs of the Week of 2020. It was tough to narrow things down to a Top 10 this week, too many great tracks, so we’ve got a super-sized edition. More
Warnings Due Out May 8 via Bella Union
Feb 04, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Sweden’s I Break Horses (the project of Maria Lindén) have announced a new album, Warnings, and shared its first single, “Death Engine,” via a video for the new song. Warnings is the band’s first new album in six years. More
Supporting Sophomore Album Chiaroscuro
Jan 24, 2014
By Mike Hilleary
On the heels of releasing her new sophomore album Chiaroscuro, I Break Horses’ Maria Lindén has announced plans for her first headlining tour through North America. More
Chiaroscuro is out Jan. 21 via Bella Union
Jan 16, 2014
By Laura Studarus
“You Burn” the new video from I Break Horses is all about contrasts: a cat playing with a toy, a bomb exploding, dancers on stage. More
Jan 14, 2014
By Mike Hilleary
Next week on Jan. 21 Swedish musical artist Maria Lindén, a.k.a I Break Horses, will release her sophomore full-length Chiaroscuro. More
Due Out January 21, 2014 Via Bella Union
Nov 07, 2013
By Laura Studarus
We’ve known a bit about Chiaroscuro, the sophomore album from I Break Horses for a while. The band is finally ready to tell us more. More
Life is Just Better in Black And White
Oct 24, 2013
By Laura Studarus
I Break Horses’ forthcoming album Chiaroscuro sees the Stockholm, Sweden-based songstress headed in an all-together more electronic place than her shoegaze-leaning debut, Hearts. More
Full-Length Due Out Later This Year
Jul 22, 2013
By Laura Studarus
With a full-length due out sometime this year, Swedish dream pop duo I Break Horses have started slowly revealing new material. More
New Album Rumored for Release in October
Jul 08, 2013
By Cody Ray Shafer
Maria Linden of I Break Horses has released a new track as a glimpse of what is in the works for this Swedish shoegaze duo. “Denial” is a dreamy synth-pop tune that will be released on limited edition white vinyl with a remix by RxGibbs on July 13 in the U.K. You can stream to the A-side online now. More
I Break Horses To Tour with M83
Feb 29, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Swedish synth shoegazer Maria Lindén, otherwise known as I Break Horses, has premiered her first new track since the release of her standout debut Hearts last year. More
Featuring Jack White, Bon Iver, St. Vincent, and More
Feb 03, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
The 11th annual Sasquatch Music Festival has announced its official lineup of artists, including Jack White, Bon Iver, Tenacious D, The Shins, St. Vincent, Feist, The Roots, Beirut, and Beck. More
Plus: Florence and the Machine, Beirut, PJ Harvey, Anna Calvi, SBTRKT, R.E.M., and more
Dec 23, 2011
By Mark Redfern and Laura Studarus
Under the Radar‘s Best of 2011 Issue has shipped out to subscribers and will be hitting newsstands soon. The issue features three unique covers, each featuring an artist behind one of our Top 5 albums of the year: M83, The Horrors, and Bon Iver. The issue also takes a look back at other artists who have made a splash in 2011, including Beirut, Anna Calvi, EMA, Florence and the Machine, Gang Gang Dance, Neon Indian, PJ Harvey, R.E.M., SBTRKT, Slow Club, St. Vincent, Summer Camp, tUnE-yArDs, and Yuck. More
Dec 07, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Swedish shoegaze act I Break Horses is heading stateside for their first ever tour in support of superb debut, Hearts. We have the dates. More
Aug 09, 2011
By Margot Cooper Gruen
Swedish duo I Break Horses (currently featured in Under the Radar’s Summer Issue) has released a video for “Winter Beats” off of forthcoming Hearts, due out August 23 via I Kill Love/ Bella Union. More
Issue Also Features Stephen Malkmus vs. Gus Van Sant, M83, The Horrors, Washed Out, Bon Iver vs. Fugazi, WU LYF, Dum Dum Girls, and much more
Jul 28, 2011
By Mark Redfern and Laura Studarus
Under the Radar’s Summer 2011 Issue has just hit stands. It features St. Vincent on the cover and includes articles on M83, Bon Iver vs. Fugazi, The Horrors, Washed Out, Stephen Malkmus vs. Gus Van Sant, WU LYF, Dum Dum Girls, Friendly Fires, Memory Tapes, John Maus, Niki & The Dove, Purity Ring, Youth Lagoon, and many others; as well as over 115 reviews. The digital version of the magazine also includes 50 extra pages of bonus content, including articles on My Morning Jacket, The Rapture, Eleanor Friedberger, Handsome Furs, Moonface, Stephin Merritt, Laurel Halo, and more. More
Jun 17, 2011
By Lauren Barbato
Swedish shoegaze act I Break Horses don’t break but ride horses in their latest video, a remix of title track “Hearts.” We have the vid, plus a MP3 download of the track. More
Interviews
“I think we’ll sadly see an increase in mental health issues as a palpable consequence in the aftermaths of these troubled times.”
Jun 03, 2020
By Mark Redfern
We are checking in with musicians during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to see how they are dealing with everything. What has their home quarantine experience been like so far and how is the crisis impacting both their career and art? Here we check in with Sweden’s I Break Horses (the project of Maria Lindén). More
May 08, 2020
By Dom Gourlay
Maria Lindén has been making cinematic electronic shoegaze music under the moniker I Break Horses for over a decade. A self-confessed perfectionist when it comes to making music, Lindén’s output so far has resulted in two critically acclaimed long players: 2011’s debut Hearts and the follow-up three years later, Chiaroscuro. More
Apr 16, 2014
By Austin Trunick
Sweden’s I Break Horses broke out in 2011 when their debut, Hearts, was met with critical acclaim across Europe and North America. Within a year, singer Maria Lindén and collaborator Fredrik Balck were invited to support M83 on a tour across the United States. More
Enter the Light and Dark Side
Oct 17, 2013
By Laura Studarus
Singer/songwriter Maria Lindén describes herself as melancholy. But, casually lounging on a desk chair in her Stockholm apartment, one would be hard pressed to guess that the I Break Horses frontwoman has a dark side. More
Maria Lindén Reflects on the Last Year
Jan 14, 2013
By Under the Radar Staff
For Under the Radar‘s 10th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2012. Pick up the Best of 2012 issue to read many of the responses. We are also posting additional web-exclusive artist survey interviews to the website. Here are responses from Maria Lindén of I Break Horses. More
Reviews
May 04, 2014
By Laura Studarus
Earlier this year, Maria Lindén spoke candidly to Under the Radar about her experiences with stage fright, admitting that it’s something she’s been struggling to overcome since she was a kid. As proved last night in Los Angeles, the final stop on the I Break Horses’ North America tour, it’s a battle that she’s winning. More
Jan 23, 2014
By Paul Bridgewater
The follow-up to Swedish duo I Break Horses’ 2012 debut Hearts finds chief songwriter and vocalist Maria Lindén deeply entrenched in expansive synthetics and, as the fits-like-a-glove title suggests, plays heavily with the idea of contrasts. More
May 25, 2012
By Laura Studarus
A sold-out house greeted Maria Lindén and Fredrik Balck at their first ever Los Angeles show on Wednesday night. The Swedish duo—who perform as I Break Horses—were rolling through town in support of last year’s excellent debut Hearts. More
Aug 15, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Swedish duo I Break Horses (Maria Lindén and Fredrik Balck) take their cues from shoegaze greats, at times sounding like the younger siblings of Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, and Ride. But far from a promising, yet diminutive relative—simply aping their older family members’ accomplishments—the band owns their influences on every track of their impressive debut album. More
