We know that Shortparis is Nikolai Komiagin (vocals), Danila Kholodkov (drums and percussion), Aleksandr Galianov (guitar, synths) Aleksandr Ionin (bass), Pavel Lesnikov (drums). But is Shortparis a ...

Nikolai Komyagin, the singer and keyboardist for Shortparis, has died aged 39. The musician and actor was best recognised as the frontman for the Russian experimental band, forming the group in 2012 ...

Hotly tipped Russian five-piece Shortparis are back on the road this summer in support of last year’s second long player and breakthrough record, Thus The Steel Was Tempered. Originally released ...

SHORTPARIS is a modern post-pop, pop-noir, avant-pop, experimental band that oppose the modern music scene and aim to find original musical and artistic solutions.

The cliché goes that Russian and Eastern European music is the fat kid at the back of the school cross-country race of rock’n’roll; slowly treading ground already covered by western rock and ...

Shortparis, widely regarded as Russia’s ‘premiere concert band,’ has been through trials and tribulations. Some of the founding members moved to Saint Petersburg from an industrial town in southwest ...

Shortparis are a force of nature. They are one of the most brilliant and exciting live bands this reviewer has seen in the last few years. But, however tempting it is to paint them as the latest ...