The Migrant

The Euros 2012

Bjarke — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:11:27 +0000

We’ve somehow been picked to represent Denmark at the Euros (for unsigned bands) this summer. But as you might know we’re in a tough group with Holland, Germany and Portugal.
Kickoff is the 8th of June… You can read more here.

Bjarke — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:36:56 +0000

Thanks for an absolutely great South by, y’all!!

SXSW in Austin, TX yaaoou!!

Bjarke — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:06:50 +0000

Had two good DK shows last week with my Danish brothers and sister. Thank you awesome big band and thank you everyone who came out and enjoyed.
Soon I’m off to Austin, Texas to see a bunch of crazy people, located near the Wild Child bunker near the Eye in the Sky bunker… (check out both, interesting things are happening)

Very excited about the coming gigs in Austin:

Tue, Mar 13, 12:30 pm – Cheer Up Charlie’s – ALL TAMARA’S PARTIES
Thu, Mar 15, 11:00 pm – Dominican Joe – daydreams & nightfares
Fri, Mar 16, 6:00 pm – Shiner’s Saloon – Eye in the Sky showcase
Sat, Mar 17, 2:00 pm – The Shendauers’ – Always More to Hear Presents: The Okie Heights Hootenanny
Sat, Mar 17, 4:00 pm – Fricanos – New Media Records showcase
Sun, Mar 18, 4:00 pm – Dominican Joe – “off-the-beaten path mixup”

A wild, childish backing band will be backing me up most of the places.
Hope some good folks come out and join the partaehs!

Gigs in CPH & Århus this week

Bjarke — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:37:43 +0000

First, thanks to everyone who came out to the shows in Germany! GREAT playing for you.
We got gigs at Stengade in Copenhagen this Thursday and at Studenterhuset in Århus this Saturday, the whole 7-piece band on the road. Wuhuu!

Gigs in Germany this week!

Bjarke — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:41:51 +0000

We’re about to get on the road for 5 days in Germany! These are the gigs:
Wed, Feb 15 – Soupanova, Berlin
Thu, Feb 16 – St. Gaudy, Berlin
Fri, Feb 17 – Verve, Bielefeld
Sat, Feb 18 – Hasenschaukel, Hamburg
Sun, Feb 19 – Prinz Willy, Kiel

Apparently the new album Amerika is getting a lot of good reviews and airplay in Germany (thank you Divine Records who’s handling the promo for us down there). Hope to see some people at the clubs!

Amerika out in the UK, London gig on Feb 11

Bjarke — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:25:10 +0000

Amerika is released in the UK today and got a great review in the Sunday times!

So, we’re just back from a fun London weekend. Thank you everyone who came to our show at Wilmington Arms Saturday and just in general everyone who’s been great this weekend. Looking forward to come back in February! Got another gig at the Wilmington Arms on Feb 11.

Happy New Year folks!

Bjarke — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:17:01 +0000

Looking forward to it! We’re excited to play some more in London next year when Amerika is promoted in the UK (officially released there on Jan 16). Got two gigs at Wilmington Arms coming up on January 14 and February 11.

And Amerika is out in Germany on February 3! Divine Records is handling it and they booked us 5 gigs, starting in Berlin on Feb 15, thank you!

Meanwhile the 3rd album is starting to come together. I started recording it last spring with James Talambas and Mads Hartmann in James’ home studio in Fort Worth, TX. Been working on it on/off since summer with Mads in his new studio (we built it! supervised by Hartmann senior) in Copenhagen. James finishing his parts in Texas. Think we’ll be done recording and mixing in a few weeks. More about that later!

Happy New Year!!

Thank you awesome people of Amerika

Bjarke — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:19:06 +0000

Thanks so much to everyone who’s helped out along the way on this North American tour – just got back to gloomy winter Copenhagen two days ago. Especially thanks to the awesome people who hosted house shows and/or tired migrants after gigging. Invaluable! And of course thanks to everyone who’s listening to the music, keeps spreading the word, coming to the shows, watching our videos. Album no. 3 is on it’s way!

You’re all welcome to connect with The Migrant on Facebook and you can still get the 2 albums on bandcamp and at the other online music stores. (and in your local music store if you order it!)

Enjoy your winter!
I’ll be back in the States for SXSW in Austin in March. See you there??

If you need some music and visuals for your winter day this is the latest video from Copenhagen:

West coast coming up!

Bjarke — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:39:16 +0000

Thank you all ye good people at Frank in Austin last night! And thanks to everyone seeing us on this Texas-N’orleans tour! It’s been great. Will be back in Austin for SXSW.

The coming week I’ll be playing some solo shows on the west coast:

Sun, Nov 20 – Herbert’s (house Show), Los Angeles
Wed, Nov 23 – Hotel Utah Saloon, San Francisco
Fri, Nov 25 – Ella Street Social Club, Portland, OR
Sun, Nov 27 – The Can Can, Seattle, WA

Thanks! Texas & NOLA coming up!

Bjarke — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:28:31 +0000

Thanks to everyone who saw us the last days! Toronto and Buffalo house shows rock! Next round of the tour starts this Wednesday in Austin, TX feat. some wild children. Here’s the schedule:

Wed, Nov 9 – Skinny’s Ballroom, Austin, TX (duo gig)
Thu, Nov 10 – Circle Bar, New Orleans
Fri, Nov 11 – Fitzgerald’s, Houston, TX
Sat, Nov 12 – Rock the Republic Festival, Bryan, TX
Tue, Nov 15 – Amsterdam Bar, Dallas, TX
Wed, Nov 16 – Dan’s Silverleaf, Denton, TX
Thu, Nov 17 – Lola’s, Fort Worth, TX
Fri, Nov 18 – Frank, Austin, TX