Top 10s for 2009: Nomethod Records

Top 10s for 2009: Thomas Denver Jonsson

Top 10s for 2009: Marit Bergman

Loney Dear - Like my

The Line of Best Fit uncovers a new Loney Dear track at YouTube: http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2009/10/new-loney-dear-song-listen-inside/

Loney Dear interview + live review

QRO interviews Emil Svanängen aka Loney Dear: http://www.qromag.com/interviews/interviews/loney_dear/
Also check out a recent live review from Under the Radar here: http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/loney_dear_at_the_troubadour_west_hollywood_ca_october_1st_2009/

Loney Dear/Those Dancing Days live in Brazil report

Portuguese photographer/blogger Ricardo Brandao reports on seeing Loney Dear and Those Dancing Days in Brazil: http://ricbrand.blogspot.com/2009/09/invasao-sueca-swedish-invasion-those.html

Loney Dear to Brazil

Loney Dear is going to Brazil in September:

09/18 - Orbita, Fortaleza
09/19 - No Ar Coquetel Molotov, Recife
09/23 - tba, Buenos Aires
09/25 - SESC Pompéia, Sao Paulo
09/26 - BECO, POA

Fanfarlo
Reservoir
self-released

I'm more than a little late to the Fanfarlo party. Only last week did I first hear about them from the Sigur Rós mailing list, months after the release of "Reservoir" and the subsequent chorus of praise from the likes of Rough Trade, NME, and Brooklyn Vegan -- praise that is well deserved. Centered around Swedish musician Simon Balthazar, the London-based songsmiths temper their Arcade Fire-like sound with Scandinavian influences, at times bringing to mind Pelle Carlberg, Loney Dear, and Burning Hearts, though their inclination towards the atmospheric and epic flesh out these influences in pleasantly unexpected ways. The only issue I run into with Fanfarlo is that they are far better on tracks like "Comets", a track that wouldn't have felt amiss on Carlberg's "In a nutshell", than on the overtly Arcade Fire-esque "Drowning men". This is not to say that "Drowning men" is a bad song, it's not (in fact it's quite good), it just taps so strongly into the "Neighborhood #1 (tunnels)" vein, without filtering the idea through Fanfarlo's obvious talents, that it feels somewhat out of place on "Reservoir". That said, "Resevoir" is a fantastic album (especially as you can download it for $1 until July 4), pushing its frenetic pop structures to their limits, driving them down adventitious avenues and back alleyways, and constantly unveiling new layers upon repeated listening.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson

Loney Dear to tour US with Asobi Seksu

Loney Dear is coming back to North America to tour with Asobi Seksu in late September:

09/30 - Casbah, San Diego, CA
10/01 - Troubador, Los Angeles, CA
10/02 - Slims, San Francisco, CA
10/03 - Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
10/04 - Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
10/06 - Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, BC
10/09 - 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN
10/10 - Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL
10/11 - Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH
10/12 - Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON
10/13 - Il Motore, Montreal, Quebec
10/14 - Great Scott, Boston, MA
10/15 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
10/16 - Maxwells, Hoboken, NJ
10/17 - Johnny Brendas, Philadelphia, PA

Loney Dear to spend spring on the road

New Loney Dear tourdates:

03/26 - Herrgårn, Linköping (SWE)
03/27 - Umeå Open, Umeå (SWE)
03/28 - Debaser Medis, Stockholm (SWE)
04/01 - Pustervik, Gothenburg (SWE)
04/02 - Parkteatret, Oslo (NOR)
04/03 - Hulen, Bergen (NOR)
04/04 - Debaser, Malmö (SWE)
04/05 - Lilla Vega, Copenhagen (DK)
04/06 - Voxhall, Århus (DK)
04/08 - U&G Turmzimmer, Hamburg (GER)
04/09 - Knaack, Berlin (GER)
04/11 - Motel Mozaique Festival, Rotterdam (NL)
04/12 - Doornroosje, Nijmegen (NL)
04/14 - The Scala, London (UK)
04/15 - Night and Day, Manchester (UK)
04/16 - Sugar Club, Dublin (UK)
04/17 - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (UK)
04/18 - Stereo, Glasgow (UK)
04/19 - Glee Club, Birmingham (UK)
04/20 - Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing (FRA)
04/21 - Botanqiue Rotonde, Brussels (BEL)
04/22 - Point Ephemere, Paris (FRA)
04/24 - Le Romandie, Lausanne (FRA)
04/25 - 59:1, Münich (GER)
05/04 - Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia, PA
05/05 - Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
05/06 - Great Scott, Boston, MA
05/07 - il Motore, Montreal, Quebec
05/08 - Rivoli, Toronto, Ontario
05/09 - Schuba's Tavern, Chicago, IL
05/10 - Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN
05/13 - Crocodile Café, Seattle, WA
05/14 - Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
05/15 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
05/16 - Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
05/17 - UCSD, San Diego, CA

Musik med Loney Dear

Live music with Loney Dear at PSL: http://blogg.svt.se/psl/2009/02/16/musik-med-loney-dear/

Two new David Åhlén songs now streaming

David Åhlén now has two new songs streaming at myspace, one of them featuring Emil Svanängen of Loney Dear: http://www.myspace.com/davidahlen
Very recommended.

PopMatters reviews Loney Dear, Barr

PopMatters on the new Loney Dear album "Dear John": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/69571-loney-dear-dear-john/
Also covered, Swedish psych/folk act Barr and their latest "Skogsbo is the place": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/69547-barr-skogsbo-is-the-place

Pitchfork on 'Dear John'

Pitchfork reviews Loney Dear's new album: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/148768-loney-dear-dear-john

Loney Dear on ABC News

Check out a feature on Loney Dear from ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6734912