March 29, 2010
Jónsi on NPR's "All Songs Considered"
One of my very favourite people, Jónsi, was featured on this week's edition of "All Songs Considered" on NPR. This show contains a wonderful forty-five minute interview and a collection of songs chosen by Jónsi. From January's WNYC interview, we already know Jónsi grew up listening to a lot of Iron Maiden, but now he also reveals some other musical interests and influences, including Billie Holiday (who he enjoys singing along with), Alessandro Moreschi (whose music is sort of a background soundtrack in his life), and Django Reinhardt (a famous castrato singer). I wouldn't expect anything more eccentric. Host Bob Boilen also plays two songs ("Animal Arithmetic" and "Tornado") from Jónsi's upcoming solo album, Go. We get to hear Jónsi talk a bit about his early introductions to music, his process of recording, his thoughts on his own music, and many other interesting things. It's quite worth its entire 45 minutes, so go listen!
You can also now stream "Go" in its entirety on the NPR website right here (until the album's release, April 6th).
[12 days till I see Jónsi live <3. Tomorrow I'm seeing a screening of Animal Collective's new visual album/movie ODDSAC. Should be fun.]
[currently listening to: Sinking Friendships - Jónsi]