MTV.com News — Swedish trio are leaving the whistle behind: 'We had to ban it from the new album,' Peter Móren says.By James Montgomery, with reporting by Tim Kash Peter Móren of Peter Bjorn and John Photo: MTV News Based on the strength of a whistled ... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) PB&J entered 2009 primed for superstardom. They then promptly dropped the ball. Welcome, ladies and gents, to yet another unfortunate example of the inability of modern-day bands whose star is on the ascent to spin early promise into ... more info

Radio Exile — At the end of the day, all we really want from pop music is a crafted feeling. When “Young Folks”, Peter Bjorn & John’s catchy summer piece of pop perfection slowly crept along every surface of western culture distribution (radio, ... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — It's hard to figure out Peter Bjorn and John. more info

Rolling Stone — From the minute Gossip Girl premiered in 2007, music on the show proved to be as important as the headbands and heartbreak. As the carefree whistle of Peter Bjorn and John’s “Young Folks” opened the premiere episode, the scene was set for the s... more info

Idolator — Our look at the closing lines of the week's biggest new-music reviews continues with a roundup of reactions to Living Thing, the fifth album by Swedish pop troupe Peter Bjorn & John: • "...the band are, perhaps unwittingly, engaged in an endless at... more info

Allmusic Blog — Since “Young Folks” was such an inescapable smash for them in 2007, it would have been easy for Peter Bjorn and John to try to follow in its bubblegummy footsteps and become a happy, shiny pop band with a strong line in novelty songs. Instead, th... more info

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Brooklyn Vegan — Peter Bjorn & John, W Hotel crowd (more by Tim Griffin) Ben Harper & Relentless7 are playing Webser Hall on May 5th, and Music Hall of Williamsburg three days after that. Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for both shows.... more info

The Newsroom — Sweden's Peter Bjorn and John are back with a new album this week. Living Things is the follow up to the critically acclaimed Writer's Block. Here's the video NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. more info