Name: José González
Genre: Rock
Day: Sunday

Wikipedia sez José González is a Swedish indie/folk singer-songwriter. His trademark sound is solo classical guitar with soft melody. His work, although mostly original, does include acoustic covers of such hits as Heartbeats by his fellow Swedes The Knife, Love Will Tear Us Apart” by Joy Division, “Born in the U.S.A. and The Ghost of Tom Joad by Bruce Springsteen, Hand On Your Heart by Kylie Minogue, “Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat and Teardrop by Massive Attack.”

I remember first hearing a José González on a Sony ad which made me wonder - since when have Sony made cool television commercials!? The man makes brilliant acoustic rock and his covers are amongst some of the best I’ve ever heard (his version of Love Will Tear Us Apart is even better then the original in my option). It is wonderful listening to his guitar work in instrumental pieces like Suggestions and his original work is fantastic too, with tracks such as Down the Hillside and Crosses being instant classics. This is one artist that I wish I got onto when he was just breaking out, because I have no doubts that I will be alone in seeing him.

Likelyhood of Seeing at Coachella: A must see.

Read on to view José González live videos…

José González -? Crosses (Live on Top of the Pops)

José González - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Live from Konserthuset, Gothenburg, Sweden)