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Cocoanut Groove

About Me

Dreaming as the days go by, dreaming as the summers die
ever drifting down the stream, lingering in the golden dream


Contact: [email protected]. Available for live shows, weddings, bar mitzvahs etc. worldwide!

"The End of the summer on Bookbinder Road"/"Shadow" 7" single. OUT NOW!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/1/2007
Band Website: cocoanutgroove.com
Band Members:
2009 lineup:

Olov Antonsson - guitars, vocals, percussion, piano etc.
Ivar Lantz - Bass, violin, flute,
Anton Runesson - Drums
Emma Johansson - Percussion
Calle Thoor - Drums, mixing desk genious

"Madeleine Street" and summer tour '08:

Olov Antonsson - guitars, vocals, bass, piano, harpsichord, percussion, etc.
Calle Thoor - Drums, bass, percussion
Frida Danielsson - Trumpet
Ivar Lantz - Violin, flute
Josef Ringqvist - Bass
Emma Johansson - guiro, wood block, tambourine, claves
Mattias Malm - Drums, percussion, piano, organ, mandolin, vocal harmonies,
Anton Runesson - Drums

Influences: Beach Boys, The Zombies, The Beatles, The Left Banke, Love, Tim Hardin, Simon & Garfunkel, The Clientele, Neil Young, The Pale Fountains, Aztec Camera, Dylan, the songs of Jimmy Webb, mysterious folk like Donovan, Duncan Browne, Nick Drake & Vashti Bunyan, sunshine pop acts like Roger Nichols, Sagittarius etc., Scott Walker, Leonard Cohen, the Byrds handling a Rickenbacker. "Cattle & cane" by the Go-Betweens. The Hit Parades "In Gunnersbury Park", "Journey's end" by The Montgolfier Brothers. Chet Bakers voice. "American tune" by Paul Simon & Bach (possibly the most beautiful song ever written!) Umeälven flowing gently to the sea.
Sounds Like:
Orange skies, carnivals and cotton candy

Madeleine Street LP
(Fridlyst Records)

OUT NOW!
120 SEK
Order it here:
myspace.com/fridlystmusic

People in Umeå can buy the album on Burmans Musik. Also avaliable on Norman Records (Leeds) and Fraction Discs.

Debut single "End of the summer on Bookbinder Road" 7"
(Phonic Kidnapping Records)

OUT NOW!
£ 4 for Europe. £ 4.5 for the rest of the world.
Order/pay via paypal:
[email protected] OR
Fraction discs
Record Label: Fridlyst (S), Phonic kidnapping records (UK)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Cocoanut ger sig ut på mini-miniturné i Sverige!

Hej!Imorgon onsdag 20/5 spelar vi på Landet vid Telefonplan i Stockholm. Dagen efter spelar vi på Insikten i Jönköping. Dessa två spelningar är en del av Fridlyst-turnén, och spelar gör även Outmen oc...
Posted by on Mon, 18 May 2009 23:01:00 GMT

Cocoanut Groove in Hamburg!

Guten abend friends!Hope you've had a nice easter. This is a message to all the Cocoanut Groove fans in Germany: We are playing at the P!articoloured O!ffbeat P!honology Weekender 2009 on Thursday! We...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:23:00 GMT

Scharinska på torsdag!

Kom dit! Vi kommer vara ett skoningslöst sexmannaband på scen. Glad påsk!
Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:20:00 GMT

The future's looking colourful

So, we're recording new stuff in various studios and other locations in Umeå, Västerbotten. Things are still in the very early stages, but I'm actually really confident in these new songs.These are th...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:58:00 GMT

Madeleine Street is now avaliable at the following record stores...

Cocoanut Grooves debut album Madeleine Street is now avaliable at the following record stores:Delicious Goldfish Records (Stockholm)Andra Långgatan Skivhandel (Göteborg)Burmans Musik (Umeå)Mingus Böck...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:42:00 GMT

Vi spelar på Pilgatan i Umeå på lördag

Missade ni spelningen på Schmäck i lördags? Misströsta inte, för vi kör ännu en matinéspelning i cafémiljö nu på lördag. Bokcafé Pilgatan på just Pilgatan, Öst på Stan är det som gäller. Vi tänkte spe...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:12:00 GMT

A nice review from Denver, Colorado

http://ronpowlusrolemodel.blogspot.com/2009/01/cocoanut-groo ve-madeleine-street.html "It's blushing and warm and charming and filled with enough angst to make the listener exquisitely uneasy and becom...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:03:00 GMT

Spelning i Umeå 31/1

Cocoanut Groove har omgrupperat sig i Umeå - var annars? - och spelar på Schmäck den 31/1. Ta med alla du känner och kom dit. Observera att det är på eftermiddagen, klockan 15.00. Vi ska spela flera n...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:55:00 GMT

Interview + reviews

Hi there! Just wanted to let you know that there is now a short interview with yours truly on a blog called All that ever mattered. And here are two recent Madeleine Street reviews that I've come acro...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:22:00 GMT

Madeleine Street får lovord i Sonic

Idag recenseras vår skiva Madeleine Street på tidningen Sonics hemsida. Martin Theander ger den betyget 8/10 och förutspår att Cocoanut Groove "kommer att slå världen med häpnad", och tillägger: "ett ...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:20:00 GMT