every living being is a dancer

the first time i saw teitur in concert was in november of 2003, opening for glen phillips. i hadn't heard his music prior to the show, and i actually just found the first thing i ever wrote about him:


Posted: Sep 24 2003, 10:19 PM
they have been featuring this guy on mtv on those little "hear it first" or whatever they call it...anyways, the little 2 minute blurbs they do for mtv news at the end of the hour. he's this danish (i think? short term memory bad.) kid who does this acoustic songwriter thing. i liked what i heard, but that was something like one line from four songs. and gideon yago did his "i'm a big music snob, you all suck, i am the greatest geek gone cool EVER!" (sorry, issues.) and made a snide comment about teitur touring w/john mayer. that's all i know about this subject.

fast forward to 2006. after many issues with obtaining his american work visa, missing the first week of his u.s. tour, and much breath-holding by me, teitur finally made it to the u.s. he played last night here in chicago, in support of his new album, stay under the stars. i've had the album for several months now, having spent many overseas shipping dollars procuring it from a scandanavian source.

the concert was brilliant. he came on stage alone, with only his guitar, and opened with the eerie "thief about to break in." his band joined him after a few songs to play mostly songs from the new album. he also played some songs i hadn't heard before, like "south of france" and "guilt by association." he also played a hilarious little ditty he called "the visa song" about his tribulations with getting into the country to play his shows. i really hope a recording of this song shows up somewhere...

i think i spent the entire concert with a giant grin on my face, because his music just makes me smile. and seeing him playing is such an incredible experience. he was joined by tobias froberg for several songs, including a few from teitur's first album. the crowd got really excited for the old songs, which i understand as every song on that album is genius.

i didn't get home until 2 am. but i was still up at 7:30, with the music still dancing in my ears.

go see him if you get a chance. and pick up those albums. in fact, if you buy his first album and you don't like it - i will buy it back from you. that is how certain i am that you will love it. when do you ever get an offer like that?

upcoming dates:
Sep 23 2006 Blueberry Hill's Duck Room Saint Louis, MO
Sep 24 2006 Maintenace Shop Ames, IA
Sep 25 2006 Quest Club Minneapolis, MN
Sep 26 2006 The Bottleneck Lawrence, KS
Sep 28 2006 Walnut Room Denver, CO
Sep 29 2006 Trilogy Boulder, CO
Sep 30 2006 Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT
Oct 2 2006 The Independent San Francisco, CA
Oct 3 2006 The Largo Los Angeles, CA
Oct 4 2006 The Largo Los Angeles, CA
Oct 5 2006 Coach House San Juan Capistrano, CA
Oct 7 2006 Take Root Festival Assen
Oct 8 2006 Paradiso Amsterdam
Oct 21 2006 AB Club Bruxelles
Nov 1 2006 Studio One Hamburg
Nov 2 2006 Tower Bremen
Nov 3 2006 MTC Koln
Nov 5 2006 Atomic Cafe Munchen
Nov 8 2006 Muzikcentrum Nord Hannover
Nov 9 2006 Kalkscheune Berlin