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1. González's 'Heartbeats' was featured in a Sony commercial with 250,000 bouncing balls.
2. His acclaimed 'Veneer' album recently hit the States, but has been out since 2003 in Sweden.
3. Once played a show in a tree and another with the Dalai Lama.
4. His favorite show of all time was Sick of It All, live in Sweden.
5. He played bass in a punk band in the vein of Black Flag or the Misfits.

• Learn more about José González
• Watch Jose Gonzalez 2007 Interface Performance

José González performed four songs.

• Listen to 'Crosses'
• Listen to 'Deadweight on Velveteen'
• Listen to 'Lovestain'
• Listen to 'Heartbeats'

Podcast includes the full acoustic performance of all three songs, plus the full interview. Find more podcasts on our podcast guide. Sign up to be alerted to new Interface podcasts.

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Hear the interview piece by piece, or click here to listen to the full interview and performance on-demand.

• How 'Veneer' made it to the U.S.
• Covers are cool, but writing your own is cooler
• Zero 7, hype and the Dalai Lama
• His skate-punk, Swedish roots
• How bio-chemistry lead to music

What is the blogosphere saying about Jose González?

• "González treks along through this album with a keen guitar stroke and makes us feel as if we are listening to him in a long, half-lit room by ourselves."
• "Jose's nimble guitar style and softly sung lyrics have already elevated him to the stature of Nick Drake, Elliott Smith and other acoustic prodigies."
• "González combines hooky Scandinavian pop melodies with warm Latin influences like flamenco, bossanova and Brazilian tropicalia."