Two new movies signed R. Alverson, Jagjaguwar

Sometimes when I need input musically, I go to the record labels that I like, maybe they've singned a new artist or they've got someone in their stall that I've missed.
This morning i checked out JAGJAGUWAR which I love for artists like Bon Iver, Lightning Dust and Okkervil River just to metion a few. But this time, what I found was the director R. Alverson.
Alverson recently directed 2 movies under JAGJAGUWAR, The Builder, starring Colm O'Leary and New Jerusalem starring Colm O'Leary and Will Oldham (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy).


Synopsis: Following an Irish immigrant carpenter from coastal Queens to the Catskills and beyond, THE BUILDER is an american existential portrait that explores the gulf between the idea of a thing and the thing itself. Having set off to the New York countryside to construct a reproduction of the earliest of american cape houses, the protagonist (Colm O’Leary) finds himself overcome by an inexplicable fatigue. Debts and expectations mount alongside the crudest and most naive of deceptions, that of both self and of family. As the chasm grows the Builder finds himself confronted by the unnerving ambivalence of the world around him.


Synopsis: A meditation on friendship, human needs and frailty, New Jerusalem explores the allure and limitations of modern utopean belief. Sean (Colm O’leary), an irish immigrant to America, returning from a non-combat tour of duty in Afghanistan, finds his heart and mind in disarray. He befriends Ike (Will Oldham a.k.a Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy), a strong willed evangelical, who endeavord to ensure his salvation. Inundated by a relentless fragility, Sean is confronted by a choice between the temptation of certainty and tha chaos of the world around him.

This love is over

Ok, so today I got my act together and listened to Ray LaMontages new album Good Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise, which is accompanied by the Pariah Dogs.
It's a pretty decent album but im sorry to say that it won't turn into a favourite. Though, there are some really nice tracks on it. Right now, this is my favourite.

Good Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise at Spotify

Phosphorescent @ Debaser Slussen

Last night Phosphorescent did an awesome gig at Debaser Slussen in Stockholm. I missed when he played in Gothenburg for like one or two years ago so I've really been waiting for him to come to Sweden again.
Anyways, I even had a chance to talk to Matthew after the show. As usual I made a fool out of myself. During our chat, the following conversation took place.

- So, how do you like Sweden so far? (Me)
- Well, it's good. We had to take all our clothes of to get through customs though... (Matthew)
- Good for you! One should take all the chances one gets to get naked.

Below a video I recorded with my cellphone, suprisingly good sound:

The times are a-changin'

Ok, so I'm switching to english. Why? Well, to be honest it all started yesterday when I went to see Phosphorescent at Debaser Slussen, wonderful show, but thats another blogpost. Anyhow, I talked to Matthew Houck afterwards and mentioned the blog and he kinda promised to read it. But the next morning when my blood alcohol level had lowered I realized that he probably wouldn't be able to read it, since it's in Swedish.
But you know, it would be so pussy-ish of me to change language just so that the man of my fucking dreams would be able to read it so I've been trying to find a couple of other reasons to write in english, none of them I can account for right now though.

Fuck it, english it is.

Ray LaMontagne

Ray LaMontagne har gått varm den senaste tiden hemma hos mig. Ironiskt nog var det Idol som påminde mig om honom, där Emil Karlsson sjöng fantastiska You are the best thing.
Rays karriär startade när han hörde en låten Treetop FLyer med Stephen Stills och helt sonika bestämde sig för att säga upp sig från sitt jobb på skofabriken i Lewiston, Maine där han arbetade 65 h/vecka för att istället satsa på musiken.

Den 6 september släpptes Ray LaMontagnes nya album, som jag ännu inte lyssnat på.






Ray LaMontagnes hemsida
Ray LaMontagne på Spotify

Den man som fixar Band of Horses till mitt bröllop säger jag ja till no matter what.

The Band

Jag börjar morgonen med låten The Weight med The Band. Det kommer bli en bra dag. Och The Weight är nog en av mina bästa låtar. Och The Band hade de bästa skäggen och mustascherna typ.

The Band - The Weight på Spotify