Peter Bjorn and John (unofficially abbreviated as PB&J) are a Swedish indie rock band, formed in Stockholm in 1999 and named after the band’s members: Peter Morén (vocals, guitar and harmonica), Björn Yttling (bass guitar, keyboards and vocals) and John Eriksson (drums, percussion and vocals).
They are best known for the 2006 single “Young Folks” (video above), which featured Victoria Bergsman, formerly of The Concretes, and was a top 20 hit in the UK Singles Chart.
Find Peter Bjorn and John on MySpace and on their official website. By all means go out and buy their debut album at your favourite CD store or on 
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SARAH BLASKO – HOLD ON MY HEART (Indie/Pop – Australia) « umstrum || music
October 17, 2010 at 8:54 am (UTC 1)
[...] The Sea Will Have (2006) and As Day Follows Night (2009). The latter was produced by Bjorn Yttling (Peter Bjorn and John) and reached #5 in the Australian [...]
THE SHINS – AUSTRALIA (Indie/Pop – US)
January 18, 2011 at 2:40 am (UTC 1)
[...] In 2001, The Shins released their first album, Oh, Inverted World, to much critical acclaim. The album Chutes Too Narrow followed in 2003, creating a fair amount of buzz in indie music circles. It explored new genres and song structures. Finally, the band’s third album, Wincing the Night Away, was released in 2007 and went straight to number 2 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Listen to “Australia”, taken off this album and here remixed by Sweden’s own Peter, Bjorn & John. [...]
saturday nite with… LYKKE LI
February 19, 2011 at 6:18 pm (UTC 1)
[...] itself is pretty eclectic and features a rather wide range of beats. Produced by Björn Yttling (of Peter Bjorn and John) and Lasse Mårtén, Youth Novels draws on the more subtle aspects of indie pop and dance music to [...]
PETER BJORN & JOHN – GIMME SOME (Indie/Pop – Sweden)
March 29, 2011 at 6:02 pm (UTC 1)
[...] six albums under their belt, Peter Bjorn and John have managed to establish themselves as a mainstay of Sweden’s indie pop scene. Formed in [...]
SARAH BLASKO – HOLD ON MY HEART (Indie/Pop – Australia)
June 20, 2011 at 1:39 pm (UTC 1)
[...] The Sea Will Have (2006) and As Day Follows Night (2009). The latter was produced by Bjorn Yttling (Peter Bjorn and John) and reached #5 in the Australian [...]
LYKKE LI – WOUNDED RHYMES (Indie/Folk – Sweden)
April 10, 2012 at 10:28 pm (UTC 1)
[...] years it took her to come up with Wounded Rhymes, co-written and produced by Björn Yttling (of Peter Bjorn and John), but these years were well [...]