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Monday, March 12 2007

Complex Music for Everyone: An Interview With Loney, Dear

Emil Svanägen, the Swedish pop auteur otherwise known as Loney, Dear, has no patience at all for minimalism or primitivism or any of the -isms that make music less baroquely abundant than it naturally is. "For me I want to make complex music that everyone can like."


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Friday, February 20 2009

Loney, Dear + Dennis Crommett + Aric Bieganek

Loney, Dear’s Emil Svanängen has long since made the transition from secluded laptop folk artist to full-fledged pop bandleader.


Friday, February 6 2009

Loney, Dear: Dear John

Swedish singer-songwriter Emil Svanangen returns as Loney, Dear with his fifth album.


Wednesday, November 14 2007

Loney, Dear: Sologne

Loney, Dear's fourth album gets a U.S. release off the popularity of Loney, Noir, and rewards us in the same hushed cadences.


Wednesday, March 21 2007

Loney, Dear: Loney, Noir

Originally released in 2005, Loney, Noir is an elegant album of earnest indie pop.


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