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Posted in music | pictures on May 7, 2009
Loney Dear @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, NYC - pics
words & photos by Dominick Mastrangelo
It's a confident musician who can go an entire concert and not play his/her most popular song. Emil Svanängen, aka Loney, Dear, managed to do just this at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Tuesday. As his set wore on and Svanängen played more material from his new record, Dear John (Polyvinyl), it seemed "I Am John", the ebullient single from 2007's Loney, Noir (Sub Pop), was a lock for the encore. But it never arrived. Perhaps it was disappointing that he didn't break down and play it, but its omission certainly didn't detract from a set that was, haunting without being heavy, and enjoyable without being campy. Svanängen entered the room to the sounds of fellow Swede El Perro Del Mar's "Inner Island" blasting from the PA, and he began in hushed tones with "I Was Only Going Out" from Dear John - his fragile, high-pitched voice straining through the verses before his backing band sprung to life with keyboards and drums and whistles. Audience members shouted requests and at one point someone shouted "Carrying A Stone" (from Loney, Noir.) A bit later, between songs, as the requests continued, Svanängen demurely quipped, "Someone requested 'Carrying A Stone' earlier... I didn't have the heart to tell her we already played it."
More pictures from Tuesday night's show below...
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Posted on May 7, 2009 3:26 PM
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Comments (6)
Aww, the openers don't even get a mention? Granted I wasn't really feeling the 2nd band, but the first band wasn't bad at all (Silent League). Great show overall.
Posted by lars | May 7, 2009 4:08 PM
Sounds like the same set from Southpaw with the omission of "I am John".
Posted by Anonymous | May 7, 2009 4:23 PM
"Lonely Boy" - Andrew Gold, 1977
Posted by Anonymous | May 7, 2009 4:50 PM
not bad at all? i thought the silent league (a band i thought i didn't like) was a fucking revelation. everything else was a comedown after that. i like loney's new direction but i wonder how it will play with the following he's built...it *feels* really different, slick, i dunno.
Posted by todd | May 7, 2009 6:15 PM
He kinda looks like Perez Hilton in that first photo. Just sayin.
Posted by Anonymous | May 7, 2009 11:14 PM
He kinda looks like that tased Wizard in that first photo. Just sayin.
Posted by Anonymous | May 8, 2009 3:59 PM