Tobias Fröberg

A word from Sweden

admin — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:20:22 +0000

Hello all! Just wanted to say thank you to all people that came to mine and Peter Moréns US- and Europe-tour this spring, as well as mine and Ane Bruns UK-tour in the beginning of June. Thanks! It was great playing in front of you all, and it was - off course - very cool to be able to tour together with two such close friends as Peter and Ane. This summer I will be producing the swedish electronica/rock project Existensminimum´s new album. It sounds fucking great. It´s going to be a fantastic album. Watch out! Another artist I´m very proud have have been able to produce is my “sister from Gotland” Theresa Andersson. We did her new album “Hummingbird Go!” in New Orleans (where she lives) in January and February and in September it´s coming out in the US. I think you will be aware of her. She is already a Youtube hit. Back to the summer. Im going to my home island Gotland for some serious chilling. At the end of the summer I´m playing together with another of my good friends, Teitur, in London. It´s going to be awesome. Alright, hope you´ll have a great summer! All the best!
Tobias

Fantastic reviews on Turn Heads

admin — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:00:08 +0000

Tobias´ first album “For Elisabeth wherever she is” (2004) was nominated for a swedish indie grammy. The follow up “Somewhere in the city” (2006) made music magazine The Word (UK) write that “it might be one of the best records ever made” and now it is Turn Heads´ turn to get fantastic reviews. Spin magazine (US) lists “Just behind a brick wall” with Peter Morén as “a song you have to download right now”, Sonic magazine (Swedens biggest and most influencual music magazine) gives Turn heads 9 out of 10 and calls it one of the best swedish pop albums in 15 years and Dagens Nyheter (Swedens biggest daily morning paper) rates it as a 4 out of 5. And, if you live in Norway and have seen the new Toyota commercial, you have heard the song “Don´t worry bout a thing” from Tobias´debut album. If you don´t live in Norway, you can still watch the ad, click here!

Just Behind A Brick Wall feat. Peter Morén

admin — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:01:34 +0000

Watch the new video for Just behind a brick wall feat. Peter Morén

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:37:52 +0000

Right now on Pitchfork, you can watch the new video for Just behind a brick wall where Tobias is playing chess together with duet partner Peter Morén of Peter Bjorn and John. Video by Sandra. Watch it here.

A word from Montreal

admin — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:15:12 +0000

Hello world. Im in Montreal, Canada, for the moment and waiting for the soundcheck. Our soundchecks on this tour, with Peter Morén, are very quickly done. It´s not one of them looooong shitty soundchecks that sometimes happen with different acts. We have two small amps, one small drumkit, one computer and a usb-keyboard. Compact touring, that is. The tour is going really well. And, the video for “Just behind a brick wall” is coming out soon. It´s in black and white, it´s chess, it´s me and Peter, it´s goth. Ok, over and out for now. T

Words from the road

admin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:17:21 +0000

Hello world. I´m in Berlin, and in 50 minutes I´m going on stage. We, me and tourmanager Pete, just had a german pasta with cheese (which is käse in german). First, I´m going to play God´s Highway, then You are someone I can believe in (to drums I sampled from Michael Jackson´s Billie Jean… or is it Billy Jean… or Billi… no…fuck it), then She is becoming her mother again, then When the night turns cold, then Slipping under the radar and last Just behind a brickwall, together with Peter Morén. It´s going to be fun. And, what´s more fun is the fact that Im playing drums on stage, with Peter. Fucking great. And. If you are from Sweden, you will understand this TV-thing I did. It´s basically about my crib in Stockholm. Watch out! Go to (you have to cut and paste since I dont know how to make a link out of it): http://gptv.gp.se/player/play/35104

Buy TURN HEADS!

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:47:34 +0000

Finally! Turn Heads is for sale, so far only in Scandinavia and in the US. What are you waiting for? Buy it! Buy it!
Scandinavians: buy Turn Heads on KLICKTRACK
Americans: buy Turn Heads on:
ITUNES
eMUSIC
NAPSTER
AMAZON

RIGHT NOW on Myspace! Listen to Turn Heads + world premiere for Slipping the video

admin — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:16:00 +0000

Right now, you can listen to the new album, Turn Heads and watch the new video for the first single Slipping under the radar. Don´t miss! Don´t miss! And where does it all happen? On Tobias´ Myspace page, myspace.com/tobiasfroberg. Again, listen to the whole album! Wohaa!

Tobias – the story

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:20:27 +0000

Tobias Froberg was born in Sweden and brought up on the beautiful and dramatic island of Gotland, in the middle of the Baltic sea. For many years, Tobias was a writer for daily papers and magazines in Sweden but he always said that, by the time he had interviewed both movie director Ingmar Bergman and music legend Neil Young, he would stop working as a writer, and start making music.
In 2003 he got to do a couple of interviews with the iconic director, something that no one else had done since the late 1960´s. After the last interview session, it was on a spring day at the dramatic theatre in Stockholm – Bergman´s very last day there – Tobias went to a concert with Neil Young.
– That was the sign I guess I had been waiting for. I did´nt get to talk to Neil Young, but I saw them live on the same day. How much closer can you get? Tobias asks.
That became one of Ingmar Bergman´s very last interviews.
Tobias recorded his debut album in 2004, “For Elisabeth wherever she is”, and the album was nominated for a swedish indie grammy.
Two years later, the second album came out, “Somewhere in the city”. It was released in over 25 countries, and got amazing press all over the world. In the UK, the record label was Poptones, music legend Alan McGee´s own label after Creation Records. And UK press was certainly lovebombing the swedish artist. Music magazine The Word wrote for example “I´m honestly starting to think it might be one of the greatest records ever made. I am”. Uncut gave it four out of five. And so it went on.
In 2008, it´s time for the third album, Turn Heads. This time Tobias has produced it himself, earlier he had worked together with well known swedish producer and mixing engineer Linus Larsson. And this time the guests are Peter Morén (Peter Bjorn and John), Kathryn Williams, Ane Brun, Teitur, Theresa Andersson, Folke, Existensminimum and Mattias Blomdahl. Tobias´father, jazz musician Ante Froberg also plays on a couple of songs. Linus Larsson has mixed Turn Heads.

Beside Tobias´own career, he produces other artists. For example Peter Morén´s debut album The Last Tycoon. Tobias has also produced, recorded and/or worked with people like Existensminimum, Theresa Andersson, Ane Brun, Allen Toussaint, Lisa Ekdahl and Sofia Talvik to name a few.

This is my new home

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:49:17 +0000

Hello my dear fans, wherever you are in the world! This is my new homepage, hope you like it. Someone said my old site looked like horse shit, so I guess it was time for an update. Anyways, I´m looking forward to the release of my third album, Turn Heads. It will be out in Scandinavia and the US around the 8th or the 9th of April. Buy it! Or not. The album will also be out in the UK soon, so start saving your money. Or not. I´m also looking forward to start touring with my good friend Peter Morén, it will be great fun. Look out for dates in the live section. Ok, enough of all this. I wish you all the best, right now I´m in Stockholm, Sweden. Don´t forget to think enviromental! See you soon! Tobias