Loney, Dear @ Rudyard's

Swedish folksters Loney, Dear made their way through Houston, where they entertained a mostly seated crowd of about 50 upstairs at Rudyard's. Mixing well-penned lyrics with crafty musicianship, this fivesome proved to be quite entertaining both musically and comedically from start to finish. Frontman Emil Svanängen, for whom the name Loney, Dear serves as a pseudonym, was very talkative over the hour-plus of music he and his bandmates treated us to. Between each song, Svanängen provided the audience with social commentary about subjects ranging from Reality Bites, Warren G's "Regulate," opening cans of whoop ass and most importantly (to them at least) Stockholm football. The short set was chock full of acoustic guitar-laden folk music, enhanced by each member's quality musicianship on auxiliary instrumentation. "Ignorant Boy," "Violent" and especially the semi-solo version of "I Am John" stood out from the rest of their incredibly solid catalog that was on display that particular Tuesday evening. I hope to catch Loney, Dear again in a few weeks at SXSW, especially since Cereal is kicking herself for missing this show.

I took some pictures and videos from the evening, which you can view after the jump.

Loney, Dear's Official Website
Loney, Dear on MySpace

-Eggs