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Thomas Denver Jonsson is heading out on an extensive tour next week so he's posted a couple tracks for free download to get people excited: "You were the holiday" / "Only for beginners"
Dates and details: http://www.thomasdenver.com/
Thomas comments: It'll be nice to do this, I haven't been on such a long tour since 2003. The situation in UK is only getting better and better. Netherlands on the other hand is only getting worse and worse. This'll be my 5th tour there and for every tour I'm playing at slightly worse venues and getting slightly less paid. Still, some dates seems really promising even there.
A Perfect Friend, the duo of Thomas Denver Jonsson and C-J Larsgården, has a new track up at myspace called "The artificial lung": http://www.myspace.com/aperfectfiend
The group also reports that they've completed almost two albums worth of material and are currently seeking out labels to work with. Oh, and speaking of C-J Larsgården, he's got a bunch of new releases on the way from various sideprojects such as Ondo and Tuguska: http://www.pactasuntservanda.se/
Thomas Denver Jonsson is back in the UK in September:
09/17 - St Bonaventure, Bristol (UK) w/Sam Baker
09/18 - Catweazle Club, Oxford (UK)
09/19 - Vortex Jazz Club, London (UK)
09/20 - The Electric Dustbowl: Americana UK live!, The Musician, Leicester (UK) w/Peter Bruntnell, more
09/21 - The Golden Fleece, Nottingham (UK)
09/22 - Vox @ The Vale, Glasgow (UK)
09/25 - NxNY, York, York (UK)
Coming up on Saturday at Debaser Malmö: It's a Trap! Clubnight featuring Thomas Denver Jonsson and Anna Leong! Of those two fine acts, Umeå's Anna Leong is far more underrated so I'm posting a track for you today off their latest album "Terrorarium". The band usually excels in northern melancholy pop mixed with a touch of twang, but "Frightened eyes" shows their range by mixing in a bit of blue-eyed R&B ala The Faces. Jonas Bergsten doesn't have the gravel tone of Rod Stewart, but he does have a nice falsetto and he employs it well, especially on the chorus. And dig that bassline! That's what makes the song more than anything. So see you on Saturday, right? Actually, I'll be in Phoenix, Arizona experiencing 105°F/40°C weather, so live it up for me in my absence.
Buy "Terrorarium": [click here]
Anna Leong - Frightened eyes
Details are now posted for next month's IAT! Clubnight at Debaser Malmö featuring Thomas Denver Jonsson and Anna Leong. It should be awesome and it all goes down on August 9. Be there!
Thomas Denver Jonsson is ooing to the UK in September:
09/18 - Catweazle Club, Oxford
09/20 - The Electric Dustbowl: Americana UK live!, The Musician, Leicester
09/21 - The Golden Fleece, Nottingham
09/22 - Vox @ The Vale, Glasgow
Apparently he's also playing the It's a Trap! Clubnight at Debaser Malmö on August 9, but I'm waiting for official confirmation before I post anything. Jonas?
Here's this week's radio show playlist:
01. Siena Root - Waiting for the sun
02. TALK 1
03. Cult of Luna - Eternal kingdom
04. Svartbag - Black Capricorn
05. Kite - Ways to dance
06. TALK 2
07. Eero Johannes - Finnrexin
08. Looptroop Rockers - The building
09. Holiday for Strings - Touch the tiger
10. TALK 3
11. Silverbullit - Magnetic city
12. Thomas Denver Jonsson - My wardrobe
13. Samtidigt Som - Constant in motion
14. Wolfbrigade - Feelings you don't want to feel
15. TALK 4
16. Johndoe - Piggtråd og piss
17. Sol Andersson - All is full of love
18. King of All the Animals - The snowflake song (I Was A Teenage Satan Worshipper remix)
19. TALK 5
20. Last Days of April - You don't believe me (Monster & Maskiner remix)
21. Pacta Sunt Servanda - To claim your prize
22. The Goner - Spirit round-up
23. TALK 6
24. Tape - Altamira
25. Letum - Tallriksis
26. Zeigeist - Black milk
27. TALK 7
28. Knife and Ape - Semiotic dysfunction
29. Terveet Kädet - Message
30. Giant Boar - Chronic date
31. The Lionheart Brothers - Time river floaty
32. TALK 8
33. Echo Is Your Love - Lion tamer vs tigers
34. Agent Side Grinder - Lashes of flashes
35. Skitsystem - Solidaritetens sista utpost
36. TALK 9
37. Final Exit - Punk enough
Reminder: my show on Sirius Blog Radio runs Saturdays at 12 noon and midnight ET on channel 26 (Left of Center). My show is being preempted this coming weekend (05/24) for a special Memorial Day Block Party special, but I'll be back in full effect on June 7.
Here's this week's radio show playlist:
01. Desert Planet - Riot sector 68
02. TALK 1
03. Grande - We did it all
04. Sara Berg - Crawl back from under
05. Dialog Cet - Buckfighter
06. TALK 2
07. Doktor Kosmos - Doktor Kosmos släpper en skiva
08. Halph - Weight
09. Bright Oak - The undertow
10. TALK 3
11. Juvelen - They don't love you
12. Frivolvol - Take it from the beginning
13. Little Jimmy Reeves - Sidetracked
14. TALK 4
15. Keith Canisius - Omorose
16. The Kid - Mayhem troopers
17. Lognhalsmottagningen - Bodybuilder
18. Markus Krunegård - Rocken spelar ingen roll längre
19. TALK 5
20. Firefox AK - Techno tears
21. Biker Boy - April song (Mr Bananas remix)
22. Thomas Denver Jonsson - Saved by the bell
23. TALK 6
24. Nina Kinert - Pets & friends
25. Familjen - Hög luft
26. Brainbombs - Down in the gutter
27. TALK 7
28. Anders Persson och Carl Smith - Morgonsol i April
29. Abduktio - Uutisia rintamalta
30. Nordvargr - Rektal B
31. Karin Holmberg + hab - Who we are
32. TALK 8
33. Lapko - Killer whales
34. Madrugada - Lift me
35. Kristofer Åström & Hidden Truck - What I came here for
36. TALK 9
37. Sambassadeur - Subtle changes
38. Dreamboy - What have I done
39. The Tough Alliance - Lucky
40. TALK 10
41. Logh - Saturday nightmares
A Perfect Friend, the duo of Thomas Denver Jonsson and C-J Larsgården (see this week's mp3 posts), are looking for a new label to release their next album "Timber and modern ways": http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=73184671&blogID=381265370
So, continuing off of yesrerday's post, let's talk about Thomas Denver Jonsson. I've been eagerly waiting to hear his latest record "The lake acts like an ocean" as his last album, 2005's "Barely touching it", was quite good. Thomas had also been telling me that a copy was on the way for a few months now, but due to various issues, he wasn't able to get me one until last week (also to coincide with the wider European release). Anyhow, the music here couldn't be more different than Ondo- Thomas plays country-rock in a slightly melancholy, shambolic way, not too far from Will Oldham, Songs:Ohia and the like. He's definitely got a bit of Oldham's warble; an odd mix of resignation and resolve, something that's especially apparent on tracks like "Like friends falling in love". Most of the material on the album features full-band instrumentation, but I'm drawn to this number because of its charming simplicity and sweet sentiment. It's the pure essence of TDJ. Not only that, it helps to express his oft-professed love for his friends. Whether it's singing ballads to them, working in collaborations (there's more than a few duets on the record, besides the aforementioned A Perfect Friend project w/Ondo) or interviewing them on the interweb, Thomas is a people person. He makes connection. I appreciate that.
Thomas Denver Jonsson - Like friends falling in love
In a feat of synchronicity, I received news albums from both Thomas Denver Jonsson and Ondo on the same day last week. The two are world's apart on the surface, but I know better as Ondo is the ambient/doom alias of C-J Larsgården from Pacta/Pacta Sunt Servanda and together with Jonsson, they perform as the duo A Perfect Friend. Considering how different their individual music is, it's amazing that they are able to find common ground, but certainly not unfathomable as I certainly enjoy both artists on their own. Ondo is easily the more difficult of the pair as his subterranean doom music lacks any sort of pop hooks. Instead, you get brooding darkness and evil; a beat-less, black cloud of ambiance. We've had some beautiful weather out here on the West Coast, especially here in SF where I'm situated this week, but Ondo sucks the light out of even the brightest day. To me, that's a high compliment. To conjure that level of heaviness with pure atmosphere is an intense achievement.
Ondo - Sleep
You should be reading Thomas Denver Jonsson's "friend" blog without me needing to remind you, regardless- here's a new interview he did with IAT.MP3 artist/good friend/all-around good guy Björn Kleinhenz: http://vanbloggen.blogspot.com/2008/04/original-topeka-twin-bjrn-kleinhenz-on.html
In semi-related news, the itinerary for TDJ's upcoming UK tour in May has been confirmed: http://www.thomasdenver.com/e-gig.htm
If you haven't added Thomas Denver Jonsson's new blog to your regular reading list, you really should: http://vanbloggen.blogspot.com/
Swedish alt-country artist Thomas Denver Jonsson will be heading to the UK in May. So far, he's only got one gig booked at What's Cooking in London on May 7, but more dates should be confirmed shortly.
A Perfect Friend, the dronepop duo of Thomas Denver Jonsson and CJ Larsgården (Pacta, Ondo), is putting out a new outtakes EP called "Graduation day" to tide people over until the eventual release of their sophomore album "Timber and modern ways". Tracklist and other details here: http://www.thomasdenver.com/e-record.htm#graduation