We've seen indie rockers reach out to hip-hop's most recognizable collective (or at least the most recognizable hip-hop collective to indie rockers). But lately, it's been Wu-Tang Clan making the moves. This week Judgment Night 2009 is in full force,... CONTINUE READING WU-TANG MEETS THE INDIE ROCK»
Posted on October 5, 2009 in , (7 comments)
Tags: Black Lips | Coachella | Ghostface Killah | GZA | King Khan | Mick Boogie | Mocky | Pattern Is Movement | Peter Bjorn And John | RZA | The Black Keys | The Decemberists | Vampire Weekend | Wu-Tang Clan
Pretty Good Dance Moves, the Chicago/Brooklyn duo of Aaron Allietta and Jimmy Giannopoulos, are set to release a self-titled full-length this year to follow up on their self-released EP of last. "Leave Me Alone" is its first single and wrangles... CONTINUE READING NEW PRETTY GOOD DANCE MOVES (FEAT. BJöRN YTTLING) - "LEAVE ME ALONE"»
Posted on September 23, 2009 in (3 comments)
Tags: Björn Yttling | Kristen Schaal | Peter Bjorn And John | Pretty Good Dance Moves
This is a special Depeche Mode photo set Andrew Youssef delivered: there are no photos of Dave Gahan with his shirt off! Increyable. The singer's recent illness forced the band to cancel a spate of dates, so chalk it up... CONTINUE READING DEPECHE MODE/PETER BJORN & JOHN @ SANTA BARBARA BOWL, SANTA BARBARA 8/20/09»
Posted on August 21, 2009 in , (5 comments)
Tags: Bjorn Yttling | Depeche Mode | Peter Bjorn And John | Peter Morén
Thanks to all who came to our little "secret show" with Peter Bjorn & John last night. The idea was just to have an intimate show for the band's family, friends, and the sort of fans that didn't mind cramming... CONTINUE READING PETER BJORN & JOHN @ CAKE SHOP, NYC 8/3/09»
Posted on August 4, 2009 in , (2 comments)
Tags: Peter Bjorn And John
This weekend, Swedish pop juggernaut Peter Bjorn & John come to our fair city for a pair of shows opening for Depeche Mode. Their electro-angled Living Thing was a left turn from the irresistible whistles that brought so many to... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM PRESENTS PETER BJORN & JOHN AFTER MIDNIGHT IN NYC THIS MONDAY»
Posted on July 31, 2009 (12 comments)
Tags: Boredoms | Peter Bjorn And John
In PB&J's most emo moment since "Young Folks," Mark Hoppus of the resurgent Blink-182 and Blink-182's engineer Chris Holmes darken and deepen the Swedes' "Nothing To Worry About" over at Absolute Punk.... CONTINUE READING MARK HOPPUS REMIXES PETER, BJORN & JOHN»
Posted on July 10, 2009 (3 comments)
Tags: Blink-182 | Lucero | Peter Bjorn And John
When the dust settles on Living Thing, if it hasn't been buried in memories already, PB&J's latest might be more fondly recalled for its loopy videos -- the rockasilly Asian greaser dance troupe of "Nothing To Worry About," the goofy... CONTINUE READING NEW PETER BJORN & JOHN VIDEO - "IT DON'T MOVE ME"»
Posted on May 26, 2009 in (1 comments)
Tags: Peter Bjorn And John
PB&J's experiment with keyboards, samples, and drum pads on Living Thing met mixed reception, although I found a lot to love about the record's stronger tracks. Underneath the electronic cloak they're still one of the savviest and most effortlessly pop-smart... CONTINUE READING PETER BJORN & JOHN GET INTERFACED»
Posted on April 8, 2009 in , , (6 comments)
Tags: Broadcast | CMJ | Peter Bjorn And John
The Swede poppers made headlines for the wrong reasons at SXSW, but the new album remains a charming departure from Writer's Block. Try the Graceland-nodding title track, dig on the rest at MySpace. ... CONTINUE READING STREAM PETER BJORN & JOHN'S LIVING THING»
Posted on March 23, 2009 (10 comments)
Tags: Bjorn Yttling | Flea | Peter Bjorn And John | Peter Morén
Peter, Bjorn & John's first US show in support of their highly anticipated Living Thing took place in a hotel ballroom last night, as part of W's WonderLust Live Concert Series. The band played the new album, a couple of... CONTINUE READING PETER, BJORN & JOHN @ W HOTEL, NYC 3/17/09»
Posted on March 18, 2009 in (6 comments)
Tags: Chromeo | Parker Posey | Peter Bjorn And John | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The older, darker Peter Bjorn & John curse like sailors, sport mustaches, adorn their walls with trophy kills, and repeatedly tells us we've got "Nothing To Worry About." The video for said single, ably directed by Andreas and Filip Nilsson,... CONTINUE READING NEW PETER, BJORN & JOHN VIDEO - "NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT" »
Posted on February 6, 2009 in , (10 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z | Peter Bjorn And John | Wavves
When posting about the the Golden Filter's remix of "Lay It Down," I surmised that through that song's "shut the fuck up boy" and "Nothing To Worry About"'s warped take on Justice kids choruses, it felt like Peter Bjorn &... CONTINUE READING PETER BJORN & JOHN'S LIVING THING ALBUM ART»
Posted on January 22, 2009 in , (12 comments)
Tags: Peter Bjorn And John | Ted Leo
From "Lay It Down"'s "shut the fuck up boy" to "Nothing To Worry About"'s "boys to men" comment and warped take on Justice kids choruses, it's pretty clear Peter Bjorn & John want Living Thing to help them move beyond... CONTINUE READING NEW PETER BJORN & JOHN - "LAY IT DOWN (THE GOLDEN FILTER REMIX)"»
Posted on January 21, 2009 in (3 comments)
Tags: Mew | Peter Bjorn And John | The Golden Filter
Before the holidays, a Swedish website surprised us with the world premiere of "Lay It Down," a new Peter Bjorn & John song ostensibly from their upcoming album. We can't be sure because we don't understand Swedish. Tonight comes the... CONTINUE READING NEW PETER, BJORN & JOHN - "NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT"»
Posted on January 7, 2009 in (26 comments)
Tags: Kaiser Chiefs | Kanye West | Leeds | Peter Bjorn And John
PB&J are set to move past the largely instrumental Seaside Rock with their fifth album, the official real-deal followup to Writer's Block. In order to get you excited about it, the Swedes put together a strange West Side Story-sorta video.... CONTINUE READING NEW PETER, BJORN & JOHN VIDEO - "LAY IT DOWN"»
Posted on December 12, 2008 in (11 comments)
Tags: Green Man Festival | Peter Bjorn And John | Wooden Shjips
The Woodies happened, I was there, you didn't miss too much. This year's performance roster was interesting though, particularly for a couple of onstage collaborations. Vampire Weekend's "The Kids Don't Stand A Chance" with Chromeo was previously announced and a... CONTINUE READING WATCH THE WORTHWHILE MOMENTS OF THE WOODIES »
Posted on November 20, 2008 in (2 comments)
Tags: Asher Roth | Bjorn Yttling | Jarvis Cocker | Lykke Li | mtvU Woodie Awards | Peter Bjorn And John | Q-Tip | Santigold | The Cool Kids | Vampire Weekend
Over the past few years, mtvU's annual Woodie Awards have been unexpectedly bloggable. But last night we couldn't rely on Jordan Catalano picking fights since he was busy being king douche somewhere else, and Spank Rock seemed sober which meant... CONTINUE READING PHOTOS FROM THE 2008 MTVU WOODIE AWARDS»
Posted on November 13, 2008 in (12 comments)
Tags: A-Trak | Asher Roth | Bjorn Yttling | Black Lips | Chromeo | Kid Sister | Lykke Li | Mark Hoppus | mtvU Woodie Awards | Peter Bjorn And John | Santigold | Spank Rock | Trevor Andrew | Vampire Weekend
The dark and saxy "Inland Empire" was our intro to PB&J's forthcoming largely instrumental fourth album Seaside Rock, which arrives digitally and on vinyl 9/23. Now they've upped other Seaside tracks "School Of Kraut" (which sounds like the title suggests)... CONTINUE READING NEW PETER BJORN & JOHN »
Posted on September 9, 2008 (2 comments)
Tags: Peter Bjorn And John | Robyn | SXSW | Tricky
Since taking prime time television with that ubiquitously whistled Asian Riff, PB&J have found plenty of ways to stay busy, teaming up with cool-questing Kanye in Sweden, Peter offering a turn as downcast troubadour, and so many et ceteras. Still,... CONTINUE READING NEW PETER BJORN & JOHN - "INLAND EMPIRE"»
Posted on August 15, 2008 in (8 comments)
Tags: Buraka Som Sistema | Coachella | Peter Bjorn And John | Zooey Deschanel
What we have here is an intimate, sensitive, doe-eyed performance of "Le Petit Coeur" -- the French-peppered The Last Tycoon tune we first heard as a demo -- shot in Morén's apartment. Not entirely solo (sorry Bjorn and John), Peter's... CONTINUE READING NEW PETER MORéN (FEAT. TOBIAS FRöBERG) LIVE VIDEO - "LE PETIT COEUR"»
Posted on April 8, 2008 in , (2 comments)
Tags: Akron Family | Peter Bjorn And John | Peter Morén | SXSW | Tobias Fröberg
As we mentioned, when discussing the demos at Peter Morén's MySpace, he sounds a tad sad without Bjorn and John. He also sounds wordy. And like Wham!. And Robyn Hitchcock (especially Eye). Recorded over two years, Morén's first solo album... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: PETER MORéN - THE LAST TYCOON»
Posted on March 14, 2008 in (4 comments)
Tags: Peter Bjorn And John | Peter Morén
We'll be honest: When we booked Peter for our SXSW party, it was without regard to his solo stuff. We hadn't heard but a few old demos but that didn't matter -- we're Peter Bjorn & John fans. This last... CONTINUE READING NEW PETER MORéN - "SOCIAL COMPETENCE"»
Posted on March 10, 2008 in (3 comments)
Tags: Bruce Springsteen | Peter Bjorn And John | Peter Morén | Super Bowl
