Jose Gonzalez's NYC vacation | Conan O'Brian video | Th' Faith Healers
In less than six months, Sweden’s Jose Gonzalez went from playing his first NYC show at the Living Room to appearing on the Conan O’Brien show (video). It’s a testament to the importance of marketing & exposure; Veneer first came out in Sweden sometime in 2003. This Tuesday (April 4, 2006) it finally gets a U.S. release thanks to MUTE records.
After a crazy week in Texas followed by a show in Los Angeles (attended by Kirsten Dunst and Andy Samberg), Jose came to the East coast for a week of playing and seeing shows (and drinking some margueritas in between). I’ve listed some highlights from his trip below.
JOSE GONZALEZ @ JOE’S PUB (from danfun)
03/22 – played back-to-back sold-out shows at Joe’s Pub. Though most reports are good, Jose admitted to having a little too much to drink by the time the late show started (“the drinks here are strong”). He messed up a few notes and apologized to the crowd. Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson were in the crowd for that. There’s a video of “Love Will Tear Us Apart” on YouTube and Freshbread has a video of “Heartbeats”.
03/23 – played the Boston Museum Of Fine Arts with the Books.
03/24 – opened for the Books at Bowery Ballroom in NYC. Later that night he watched fellow Swedes Love is All from the balcony at Knitting Factory.
03/25 – visited Philadelphia to play with the Books one more time.
03/26 – day off
03/27 – played a free Instore at Other Music. IDD was standing in the back. Later that night he caught Th’ Faith Healers at Northsix in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.
03/28 – played a third sold-out show at Joe’s Pub (Dawn Landes opened). David Byrne was in attendance. Bushwick is Beautiful said he played at least one new song.
03/29 – day off
03/30 – performed on Conan O’Brien. Then went to see Th’ Faith Healers again – this time at Mercury Lounge. I wonder if he got out of there in time to see himself on TV. Prefix has the video.
Know anything else about his time here? Add it to the comments.
JOSE GONZALEZ ON CONAN O’BRIEN
By now he’s probably back in Sweden resting. His European tour dates don’t start for a few more weeks.
What’s next? He’s already done the OC and a Sony commercial. He’s played a Pitchfork party – next up it’s one for VICE. He may even remain cool when mom starts listening to him. Which venue should he play next? Would you rather see him at Bowery Ballroom or Town Hall (or nowhere)? Is Summerstage going to be a loud-crowd-disaster?
