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
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
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
In addition to shooting a ton of performances in Austin last week, we subjected many of our favorite acts to Texas music trivia. You saw part one. In this follow-up, we test the smarts of Islands, My Brightest Diamond, Peter... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM'S TEXAS MUSIC TRIVIA - ROUND 2»
Posted on March 19, 2008 in (1 comments)
Tags: Born Ruffians | Colour Revolt | Islands | My Brightest Diamond | Pattern Is Movement | Peter Morén | Rogue Wave | SXSW | The Big Sleep | The Cribs | The Ringers | YACHT
As previously mentioned, Peter Morén brought a blissful, mellow close to the opening day of our Volume party. Tunes from his prematurely enjoyed Last Tycoon sounded great live, especially with the addition of local strings players. (Probably cheaper than bringing... CONTINUE READING SXSW: PETER MORéN PERFORMS AT PASTE/STEREOGUM PARTY»
Posted on March 16, 2008 in (10 comments)
Tags: Peter Morén | SXSW
Interested in filling a rock club to the rafters? Simple: Just have Nada Surf and Destroyer play back to back sometime. People were stuffed asses to elbows at Volume night club for the first day of the Stereogum/PASTE party, although... CONTINUE READING SXSW: THURSDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on March 15, 2008 in (1 comments)
Tags: Destroyer | Dr. Dog | Ezra Furman | Islands | Joseph Arthur | Lou Reed | Lykke Li | Mark Kozelek | Moby | Nada Surf | Oh No! Oh My! | Peter Morén | SXSW | Thurston Moore | Yo La Tengo
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
If you're a party hopper, today is your day. Well if you allow us to be biased for a minute ... you probably should head to Volume for our party (My Brightest Diamond, Nada Surf, Destroyer, Peter Morén, et al)... CONTINUE READING SXSW: THURSDAY PARTY PICKS»
Posted on March 13, 2008 in (10 comments)
Tags: Be Your Own Pet | My Brightest Diamond | Nada Surf | Peter Morén | Robyn | SXSW | The Duke Spirit
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
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)
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
