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 11/20/2008 10:20:34  ♥ written by vu ()

Pelle Carlberg - Nicknames (with Karolina Komstedt) Pelle Carlberg Tour Dates 26 Nov 2008 Landet Stockholm 01 Dec 2008 Blauer Engel KIEL 02 Dec 2008 Admiralspalast BERLIN 03 Dec 2008 Subway KÖLN 04 Dec 2008 Feinkost Lampe HANNOVER 05 Dec 2008 Unikeller OSNABRüCK 06 Dec 2008 Sparte 4 SAARBRüCKEN 08 Dec 2008 tbc KASSEL 09 Dec 2008 Asta Wohnzimmer LüNEBURG Discography [2005] Everything. Now! [2007] In A Nutshell [2008] The Lilac Time Read More Pelle Carlberg http://weheartmus... Searching the blogs for a fix of Belle & Sebastian, I found reference to Pelle Carlberg. I instan...

Pelle Carlberg released The Lilac Time last Tuesday with US distributor Darla Records, although the album's been out in Europe since August. We caught up with Pelle in October to talk to him in his homeland of Sweden and he explained a lot of things, so be sure to listen to our interview! I will have to add that some people are hard to interview since sometimes they don't understand when doing radio interviews that they are the person that needs to talk and tell interesting stories - with Pelle that was not a problem at all. My fifteen minute limit for calling internationally went over in no time because Pelle was just so engaging.

Pelle Carlberg - 1983 (Pelle and Sebastian)

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For instance, he went on to explain "1983" as if someone who's never heard it but leaving out the punchline. Of course, since I have already loved the song, I can tell you that despite his to-do-away with the Belle & Sebastian comparison, that the song sounds incredibly like a B&S song...

I was surprised to find out that all his songs are based on true events, which leads me to wonder about his taxi ride in "Tired of Being PC" or his car problems on "Metal to Metal" or his hatred for a certain airline on "Fly Me to the Moon" (you get the impression Pelle travels quite a bit).

My favorite fun song on this album is "51, 3", which tells the story about Pelle taking a facebook quiz that tells him his mental age is 51. Just the opening line is well worth hearing.

Fans of Club 8 should take note of Karolina Komstedt's appearance on "Nicknames." He was apparently touring with Club 8 and had asked her to sing on the song with him. The song is quite upbeat and punchy, about reminiscing in their teenage years - going out to see old friends and drinking.

If you like indiepop and don't already own The Lilac Time, you can get it via Darla Records or Labrador. I will have to mention that I have bought things from Darla, and with the more obscure indie bands they may list it but it doesn't mean they have it in stock. This was very annoying when several packages I have ordered in the past end up missing one or two items. To be fair, they did not charge me for the missing items, but still, don't list CDs that you do not have in stock! I haven't ordered from them recently, so they might have changed the way they display what you can or cannot buy. Also, I'm sure with recent products, such as The Lilac Time, they should have them in stock - not to discourage you from ordering, of course.

As a bonus, here are our previous Pelle Carlberg songs we've used in the past:

Clever Girls Like Clever Boys Much More Than Clever Boys Like Clever Girls 7 comments

Go to Hell, Miss Rydell 3 comments

Pelle Carlberg - Rocket Man

Links: pellecarlberg.se myspace.com/pellecarlberg darla.com labrador.se

Young Folks

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Peter, Bjorn & John are an indie band from Sweden.  Together since 1999, Writer's Block is their 3rd and most recent album.  I haven't heard much from them, although after hearing this song , featuring Victoria  Bergsman of The Concretes,  on one of those cell phone commercials on tv , I've had "Young Folks" stuck in my head.

From their official website peter,bjornandjohn.com: With the SONG – first single”Young Folks” they have created an indie-anthem for 2006. It starts off with surging, funky drums, addictive maraca shaking, crazy bongos and a pleasantly lo-fi bass-line; all this wrapped up in a whistling melody – the result sounds like a mix of a wild west B-movie and a schoolyard full of fuel-engine kids. The song, that features Peter in a duet with Viktoria Bergsman of The Concretes, deals with that first period in brand new relationship when you are nervous and dazed, when you’ve just met and only want to be with each other whilst at the same time worrying about how much you want to show your true self to the other person so as not to scare them.

”If I told you things I did before,
told you how I used to be,
would you go along with someone like me?”
- Young Folks

~kristine

PB&J AT FIRST AVE, Minneapolis ■ Bjorn vs Peter ■ Heather from Au Revoir Simone joins on stage for "Young Folks" ■ Setlist

Kristine have forced my hand on my PB&J concert review, which, of course, I have been too lazy to actually write about. I wanted to mention that they played here May 9th, and here are some photographs from Brody.

I just wanted to mention a few things about the show: "Young Folks" was the obvious favorite. Before the show even began, there was a pre-recorded sitar (an Indian instrument) version of "Young Folks" and everyone was going apes off that and the band haven't even gotten on stage!

Peter Bjorn And John - Teen Love

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NENA, OLLI & REMMLER - Ich kann nix dafür

The other thing I wanted to mention was that the last song on the encore is "Teen Love", which is a Concretes cover. What's interesting about the Concretes and how they're related to PB&J is that Victoria (I think), is the singer on the studio version of "Young Folks". The other amazing thing about this live rendition is that they incorporated "Teenage Kicks" into the song ("I wanna hold ya, wanna hold you tight, get teenage kicks all through the night, alright!"). Only the really old folks got the Undertones joke anyway :/

I asked Peter later on why they decided to put in the Teenage Kicks line and he said, "we just one day made it up and put it in to the song, because they sound similiar to 'Teen Love'."

PS, added the German version of Young Folks. Must be seen to be believed.

UPDATE: Hear three covers of "Young Folks" at cover lover.

Dawn Landes - Young Folks

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Nena Olli and Remmler - Lich Kann Nix Dafuer

Shogu Tokumaru - Young Folks

Peter Bjorn & John - Young Folks (Datashat remix)

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vu Links: www.peterbjornandjohn.com