I'm Kingfisher aka Thomas Denver Jonsson recently released a new music video. This time it's one of my favourite I'm Kingfisher-songs, Smile with your 1000 teeth. Enjoy! By the way, there are rumors going around that we might get the chance to see I'm Kingfisher in Stockholm this spring, but for those of you close to Malmö, there's a higly anticipated gig with Damien Jurado coming up in april!
Update: The gig in Stockholm is official, this too along with Damien Jurado. Me and Mårten got ourselves front row seats, hope to see you there!
Scott Bondy, also known as AA Bondy (born Auguste Arthur), is one of those typical folk singers that would fit so neatly into our beard-music theory if it wasn't for the fact that he has a very narrow shaven beard so to speak. His music is way dark, obviously to match the state of his sore mind. This makes me think about our formula for truly great music: A bit of a beard plus some hardship matched with a big portion of musical talent and great music will automatically follow? If we could only ask John Grant or maybe Justin Vernon about this one... Anyway, Scott Bondy has relased two really good albums of which the latest one "When the devil's loose" from 2009 probably is the best one. "I Can See the Pines are Dancing" is maybe the catchiest song on that record and a good start for digging into Bondy's music and mind.
"Killed Myself When I Was Young", just slightly darker... :P
One of our favourite albums last year was Damien Jurado's melancholic "Saint Bartlett". Now great news has come from his wife Sarah, who says in her blog that Damien and companion Richard Swift (another favourite) are working together on Damien's tenth album. She says "in the time it took Shealynn and I to run out and get burgers, he and Swift recorded 5 immaculate tracks of guitar & vocals. Two hours later, 4 more. Their pace is inspiring, as is the end product."
We're in the midst of the springflood of beard music here, and the next album to wash us over is The Low Anthem's "Smart Flesh", following their successful debute "Oh My God, Charlie Darwin". The new album is not yet released, but you can already hear it over at... well, yeah...NPR. Hear the album in it's entirety here!
On Conor Oberst's birthday, february 15th, less than a week from now, what seems to be Bright Eyes final album "The People's Key" will land. But you can already hear it over at NPR and on Youtube. The day after Bright Eyes will be performing in Stockholm and BMBM will off course be there, looking swell as we always do... Favourite track on the album: Ladder Song.
If you are located in Stockholm or nearby I strongly suggest you that you get your asses to Southside Pub to see El Madrigal play this friday at 20.00. A highly anticipated gig for yours truly, I've been longing to see El Madrigal live for quite some time, but missed out last time.