Minnesota Public Radio has an in-studio performance and interview from Peter Bjorn and John: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/09/24/peter_bjorn_john/

Here's the playlist for my radio show on Saturday:

01. Ted Gärdestad - Räcker jag till
02. TALK 1
03. The Setting Son - In a certain way
04. Beyond Dawn - TRNQL
05. Miss Li - Let her go
06. TALK 2
07. Jonna Lee - Dried out eyes
08. Death By Kite - Hiroshima
09. The Motorhomes - I wanna make you sing
10. TALK 3
11. Printer - Minds out
12. Alarma Man - Sweden, Sweden
13. Pistol Disco - Radiation
14. TALK 4
15. Knugen Faller - Lugna favoriter
16. Scraps of Tape - Since all the birds are moving, shouldn't we
17. Carpet People - If I lose my voice
18. TALK 5
19. Asha Ali - A promise broken
20. Ingenting - Punkdrommar
21. Holiday for Strings - I got two hands
22. TALK 6
23. NEI - City of gold
24. FAP - Sjömannen
25. Monoton - Hours
26. TALK 7
27. Deathbed - Everyday heroin
28. Dibaba - Go marching in
29. Johnossi - Execution song
30. Sista Sekunden - Se opp
31. TALK 8
32. Laakso - Worse case scenario
33. Tiger Lou - Sell out
34. Peter Bjorn and John - Matchmaker
35. TALK 9
36. Johndoe - Hardt som faen
37. Espen Jørgensen - Move ahead - quickly
38. Säkert! - Och jag grät mig till sömns efter alla dar
39. TALK 10
40. KVLR - Slow clapping
41. Anna Leong - 61
42. Final Exit - Bent out of shape
43. TALK 11
44. The Bear Quartet - Lights out, sound off

Peter Bjorn and John will be doing the myspace secret show thing with a free concert at the First Unitarian Church in Philly on September 4. Line up at noon for wristband to gain admittance - it will be dealt with on a first-come/first-served basis.

Festival report: Way Out West

Check out the Peter Bjorn and John webgame: http://www.v2music.se/pbj

Nashville Scene talks to Björn Yttling from Peter Bjorn and John: http://www.nashvillescene.com/Stories/Arts/Music/2007/08/02/Sweetness_and_Light/
Note that it's called a spring reverb, not string. Nice fact-checking dudes.

It's hasn't even been a full year yet, but the ubiquitous Peter Bjorn and John single "Young folks" is already getting the reissue treatment. Wichita Recordings will unleash yet another triple-threat version on September 17 and here are all the various formats and tracklists:

7":
A. Young folks
B. Ancient curse

12":
A1. Young folks (Beyond The Wizards Sleeve re-animation)
AA1. Young folks (Phones Problem Child mix)
AA2 . Young folks (Diplo remix)

CDS:
01. Young folks
02. Young folks (OrtzRoka remix)
03. Young folks (Beyond The Wizards Sleeve re-animation)

PB&J will also be backing Kanye West at the Way Out West Festival in Göteborg next month. See you there?

Peter Morén of Peter Bjorn and John has a new myspace profile to show off some of his solo material: http://www.myspace.com/petermorn

Luger has added Peter Bjorn and John to the lineup of Way Out West. Now if only they'll get Kristofer Åström, Laakso and/or Aerial and they'll have pretty much every decent-sized Swedish act I want to see in one event.

Swedish singer/songwriter Tobias Fröberg is working on a new self-produced record to be called "Turn heads". Guest stars include Peter and John from Peter Bjorn and John as well as Ane Brun, Existensminimum, Linus Larsson, Torbjörn Zetterberg and Kathryn Williams.

Festival report: Accelerator

Festival preview: Accelerator

More updated Peter Bjorn and John tourdates in the US and UK:

07/31 - Henry Fonda Theater, Los Angeles, CA
08/01 - House of Blues, San Diego, CA
08/02 - Gallivan Center, Salt Lake City, UT
08/03 - TBA (Lollapalooza aftershow), Chicago, IL
08/04 - Pimlico Race Course (Virgin Festival), Baltimore, MD
08/05 - Union Park (Lollapalooza), Chicago, IL
08/16 - La Route du Rock Festival, Saint-Malo, France
08/19 - C/O Pop Festival, Cologne, Germany
08/24 - Leeds Festival, Leeds, England
08/25 - Concorde 2, Brighton, England
08/26 - Reading Festival, Reading, England
08/26 - Get Loaded in the Park Festival, London, England
09/06 - Roseland, New York, NY
09/07 - The Roxy, Boston, MA
09/08 - Osheaga Festival, Montreal, Quebec
09/09 - Virgin Festival, Toronto, Ontario
09/11 - Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC
09/12 - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
09/14 - Austin City Limits, Austin, TX
09/18 - The Warfield, San Francisco, CA
09/19 - Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR
09/20 - Showbox, Seattle, WA
09/21 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, British Columbia
09/24 - First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN

My radio show this week is all about good-time summer jams:

01. TALK 1
02. Junior Senior - Move your feet
03. Tigerbombs - 1000 sparks
04. Säkert! - Vi kommer att dö samtidigt
05. TALK 2
06. Maia Hirasawa - And I found this boy
07. Margaret Berger - Samantha
08. The Knife - Heartbeats
09. The Ark - The worrying kind
10. TALK 3
11. Bamse - Kapten Busters sång
12. Marit Bergman - Adios amigos
13. Last Days of April - Playerin
14. Nic & the Family - Hej Monika
15. TALK 4
16. Basshunter - Boten Anna
17. The Alpine - No I in team
18. Aqua - Barbie girl
19. TALK 5
20. I'm From Barcelona - Treehouse
21. Bertine Zetlitz - 500
22. Eric Prydz vs Floyd - Proper education
23. TALK 6
24. Children of Bodom - Oops, I did it again!
25. Whale - Hobo humpin' slobo babe
26. Kurt Nilsen - She's so high
27. Desert Planet - Return of the ninja droids
28. TALK 7
29. Laakso - Italy vs Helsinki
30. Peter Bjorn and John - Young folks
31. September - Cry for you
32. TALK 8
33. Randy - Summer of bros
34. Ace of Base - All that she wants
35. Sir Eric Beyond and the Avant-Garde - Democracy
36. TALK 9
37. Håkan Hellström - Kann ingen sorg för mig Göteborg
38. Seven Feet Four - Last days of summer
39. Tiger Lou - The war between us (Rupesh Cartel remix)
40. Madrugada - The kids are on high street
41. TALK 10
42. Europe - The final countdown

Download the companion "Summer jam '07" podcast mix right here.

Some new US dates for Peter Bjorn and John:

07/31 - Henry Fonda Theater, Los Angeles, CA
08/01 - House of Blues, San Diego, CA
08/02 - Gallivan Center, Salt Lake City, UT
08/03 - tba (Lollapalooza aftershow), Chicago, IL
08/04 - Pimlico Race Course (Virgin Festival), Baltimore, MD
08/05 - Grant Park (Lollapalooza), Chicago, IL