Peter sounds a little sad on the three spare, folky demos he's posted at MySpace. They're early guitar/vocal sketches for the new album ... let's call it young folk. He says he added 'em because, "it felt a bit empty here without any music." Guessing it also feels a bit empty without Bjorn, John, and Kanye. Judging from the photo to the right, he's also missing his neck. (via P4K)
Posted on February 21, 2008 (0 comments)
Busy night on the concert circuit on Hallow's eve's eve, with Artist To Watch Lykke Li playing her second NYC date (free show at Knitting Factory the night before) and the Forms CD release show at Cake Shop (with... CONTINUE READING LYKKE LI @ MERCURY LOUNGE, NYC 10/30/07»
Posted on October 31, 2007 in , (1 comments)
Tags: Lykke Li | Peter Bjorn And John
PB&J get around. And honestly, it's pretty cool to see the band diversify and keep busy in light of what must be some sweet royalty checks from the ongoing "Young Folks" effect. John's an in demand session player, missing tours... CONTINUE READING HEAR SOME PETER TUNES, WITHOUT THE BJORN & JOHN»
Posted on October 29, 2007 (1 comments)
Tags: Peter Bjorn And John | Peter Morén
"We're really happy to be playing Other Music, especially since this is the first store in the world to sell our music," Ezra said a song into Vampire Weekend's 11AM set at Other Music yesterday. "Online," he added with... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM DOES CMJ: VAMPIRE WEEKEND @ OTHER MUSIC, NYC 10/18/07»
Posted on October 19, 2007 in , (4 comments)
Tags: CMJ | Peter Bjorn And John | Vampire Weekend
Summer was fun etc., but we've been riding unreasonable levels of excitement for the fall TV season; us high culture junkies are in need of a fix. And this fall more than any other -- riding the well documented successes... CONTINUE READING THE WEEK IN SHOW TUNES»
Posted on September 28, 2007 in (25 comments)
Tags: Chuck | Gossip Girl | Grey's Anatomy | How I Met Your Mother | Peter Bjorn And John | The Hills | The Office | Weeds
Man, we wind up blogging about Swedish acts nearly as much as Canadians these days. Must be in the Baltic water, or maybe in those blessed recessive genes ... and yet, it's proving difficult to turn this thing into a... CONTINUE READING NEW ROBYN - "HANDLE ME (BJORN REMIX)" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on September 26, 2007 in (4 comments)
Tags: Peter Bjorn And John | Robyn
Welcome to Austin City Limits 2007, where the weather's hot, the tacos are tasty, and the toilets are very, very flammable. Folks all over town are still buzzing about the lineup's loss of the exceedingly anxious White Stripes, but... CONTINUE READING AUSTIN CITY LIMITS '07: FRIDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on September 15, 2007 in (9 comments)
Tags: Austin City Limits | Blonde Redhead | Crowded House | Heartless Bastards | LCD Soundsystem | M.I.A. | Pete Yorn | Peter Bjorn And John | Queens Of The Stone Age
It all started innocently enough, Kanye lifting "Young Folks" for his mixtape and plastering a bunch of "uh uh" and "uh-uh-uhhh"s overtop the tune's ubiquitous whistle. Then Kanye broke the fourth wall and invited PB&J to perform the tune with... CONTINUE READING KANYE WEST AND PETER BJORN & JOHN @ WAY OUT WEST FESTIVAL: IT HAPPENED»
Posted on August 14, 2007 in (11 comments)
Tags: Kanye West | Peter Bjorn And John
Sometimes you have great intentions of diligence and punctuality, and sometimes your airline decides to be late, sloppy, and in love with sitting on the runway. The terra blue chips and (congratulations!) 36 channels of DirectTV didn't quite make... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA '07: SUNDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on August 7, 2007 in (20 comments)
Tags: Amy Winehouse | Chk Chk Chk | Juliette Lewis | Kings Of Leon | Lollapalooza | Modest Mouse | Perry Farrell | Peter Bjorn And John | Rodrigo Y Gabriela | Smoosh | The Cribs | TV On The Radio | VHS Or Beta
It's all true: Kanye West has invited Peter Bjorn & John for a live collab at the Way Out West fest in Gothenburg, Sweden this August, and now we have word that PB&J say "yay!" Peter Moren corroborated his acceptance... CONTINUE READING PBJ & 'YE SET TO ROCK SWEDEN»
Posted on August 2, 2007 (1 comments)
Tags: Kanye West | Peter Bjorn And John
Find the ubiquity of "Young Folks" a mild-to-severe irritant? Just think of poor Pete Yorn! The pervasive powers of the "Asian riff" may mean you end up in an all-day whistling fit every time you take a trip to the... CONTINUE READING PETER YORN & JOHN»
Posted on July 31, 2007 in (10 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Chris Taylor | Grizzly Bear | Heidi Montag | Pete Yorn | Peter Bjorn And John | Spencer Pratt
Any time we mull a Hold Steady post, we know one thing for sure: you guys will definitely give your bashing/loving comments. More so than with most bands. And maybe it's fair -- 'cause the Hold Steady take every opportunity... CONTINUE READING BATTLES, THE HOLD STEADY, PB&J, THE NARRATOR TALK UP THEIR FAVORITE UNCOOL RECORDS»
Posted on July 27, 2007 (43 comments)
Tags: Art Brut | Battles | Matthew Dear | Peter Bjorn And John | Stone Temple Pilots | The Hold Steady | The Narrator
After the ubiquity of "Young Folks," a comprehensive sweep of NYC shows, and the indefatigable insistence of the Asian Riff, we sorta figured we'd had our fill of PB&J. But yesterday's set at the Mojave tent was simply irresistible, the... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: PETER BJORN & JOHN ROCKED THE MOJAVE TENT, MAKE FUNNY FACES»
Posted on April 29, 2007 in (15 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Peter Bjorn And John
Diamond Dave style! So cute it hurts to watch. Hope Alanis doesn't get any ideas, though. Thanks for sending, Magnus! UPDATE: Performed by Dawn Landes and the We Sorta Tried Band. Never heard before ... but we like her!... CONTINUE READING SOME YOUNG FOLKS COVER "YOUNG FOLKS"»
Posted on April 9, 2007 (15 comments)
Tags: Dawn Landes | Peter Bjorn And John
After months of buzz, an inescapable video, and 37 shows over four days at SXSW, do you still have the whistling bit to "Young Folks" looping in your cranium? So does Wired Blog -- only instead of cursing that irresistibly... CONTINUE READING YUNG FOLKS»
Posted on March 28, 2007 in (19 comments)
Tags: Peter Bjorn And John
Despite the excellent lineups all over town, our daylight hours on Friday had been spoken for well before we made the trek to SouthBy (and particularly after spending Thursday systematically missing a bunch of the acts we'd hoped to... CONTINUE READING SXSW: FRIDAY IN AUSTIN»
Posted on March 19, 2007 in , (5 comments)
Tags: Amy Millan | Amy Winehouse | Annuals | Apostle Of Hustle | Buffalo Tom | Deerhunter | Do Make Say Think | Earthless | Fucked Up | Gruff Rhys | Kings Of Leon | Lisa Jen | Menomena | Nuno Bettencourt | Perry Farrell | Peter Bjorn And John | Peter Buck | RJD2 | Robyn Hitchcock | Sean Nelson | Simian Mobile Disco | SXSW | The Dears | The Walkmen | Thurston Moore
Peter's falling! And yet he still sounds nasally cool. The third vid from Writer's Block sets the still-hot Swedish pop trio in a magical space of grays and whites, with B&J mellowing on a staircase and Peter touching his gigantic... CONTINUE READING NEW PETER BJORN & JOHN VIDEO - "OBJECTS OF MY AFFECTION"»
Posted on February 23, 2007 in (12 comments)
Tags: Peter Bjorn And John
While out in Cali soaking up the Hollywood love, P and B (no Jelly, he was busy being fancy in Scotland, recording with Steve Reich) visited Nic Harcourt to tape a session for his Morning Becomes Eclectic show, performing "Let's... CONTINUE READING PETER & BJORN COVER PAUL SIMON»
Posted on February 15, 2007 (7 comments)
Tags: Paul Simon | Peter Bjorn And John
Lily Allen's music reminds us of last summer, so braving the cold to 30 Rock was a no brainer. YES, we just returned from the dress rehearsal for Saturday Night Live, which should be around 50% funny once they cut... SNL Behind The Scenes)'">CONTINUE READING NEW LILY ALLEN VIDEO - "ALFIE" (AND SNL BEHIND THE SCENES)»
Posted on February 3, 2007 in (18 comments)
Tags: Drew Barrymore | Lily Allen | Loney Dear | Peter Bjorn And John | Saturday Night Live
Sorry about the gremlins that attacked the site today, guys. As frustrating as those error messages are, it's more frustrating on this side of the computer screen -- trust us. Anyone looking for a tech job? The afternoon of anxiety... CONTINUE READING PETER BJORN & JOHN @ MERCURY LOUNGE, NYC 1/29/07»
Posted on January 30, 2007 in (6 comments)
Tags: Peter Bjorn And John
If you need a concert scene refresher, here's your crash course: The hot NYC ticket this month is Peter Bjorn & John. Today's early evening performance on Conan marks the "official" commencement of the totally-delicious PB&J's American infiltration, followed by... CONTINUE READING PETER BJORN & JOHN @ UNION HALL, BROOKLYN 1/28/07»
Posted on January 29, 2007 in (8 comments)
Tags: Peter Bjorn And John
Do albums matter as much as singles anymore? We like to think so. But 2006 was a great year for indie acts representing with a hot track. We wanted to figure a way to celebrate the year in music with... CONTINUE READING MYSPLICE.06 - THE YEAR IN MASH-UPS»
Posted on December 13, 2006 in (36 comments)
Tags: Clipse | Cold War Kids | CSS | Diana Ross | Gnarls Barkley | Green Day | Hot Chip | Junior Boys | Lily Allen | Lupe Fiasco | Midlake | Peter Bjorn And John | Spank Rock | team9 | The Beatles | The Cure | The Flaming Lips | The Knife | Thom Yorke | U2 | Wolfmother | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
If you've got some time, you'll wanna head over to DoCopenhagen and thank 'em for assembling this list of their favorite 50 videos from 2006. The Danes' got taste! They've embedded the YouTube for each clip, so maybe add a... CONTINUE READING THE YEAR'S BEST VIDEOS»
Posted on December 7, 2006 in (36 comments)
Tags: Peter Bjorn And John
