Sweden

Sweden emphasizes courts' independence as Trump says, "give A$AP Rocky his FREEDOM"

Donald Trump offered to “personally vouch for” bail to get A$AP Rocky out of jail in Sweden, but the country doesn’t have a bail system.

Sweden's The Hellacopters playing a NYC boat show after Psycho Las Vegas

This is The Hellacopters’ first NYC show in 12 years and only East Coast date in 2018.

watch "Christmas in Sweden with Teddybears"

Christmas traditions vary around the world. For example, in Sweden the whole country basically shuts down to watch a 1958 Donald Duck holiday special…

This is Head released self-titled third album (watch the new video for "Pieces")

Malmö, Sweden’s This is Head just released their self titled third album via Adrian Recordings. The band’s sound that pulls from a lot of different places — sometimes dark postpunk, sometimes anthemic rock, some solid grooves in there too — but it’s all melted together into something that is uniquely their own (and very Swedish)…

The Tarantula Waltz released 'Tinder Stick Neck,' shares new video, making new EP with The Tallest Man on Earth

Swedish singer-songwriter Markus Svensson has been making music as The Tarantula Waltz for five years or so with an earnest, folky sound that’s more Minneapolis than Malmö…

Robyn, First Aid Kit, Max Martin and other musicians soon featured on Swedish postage stamps

Sweden is paying tribute to some of their current crop of musicians via a new series of “musikundret” (music miracle) postage stamps. Among the faces soon to be affixed to credit card bills and greeting cards are Robyn, First Aid Kit, and Backstreet Boys/Britney Spears/N’Sync producer Max Martin…

'Sweden Makes Music' happening again at Baby's All Right (featuring NYC debut of Sincerely Yours artist Merely)

You may remember almost exactly a year ago a bunch of Swedish bands played Baby’s All Right for an event called Sweden Makes Music. The Consulate General of Sweden in New York are doing it again at Baby’s All Right on November 11 featuring more Scandinavian dance/pop artists, including Merely, Baba Stiltz, and Beatrice Eli (all making their NYC debut), as well as Mr…

Motown songwriter Deke Richards, RIP

Deke Richards, a producer and songwriter who was part of the team responsible for Motown hits like “I Want You Back” and “Maybe Tomorrow,” died Sunday at age 68, according to a press release from Universal Music…

members of Miike Snow, Dungen and other Swedish bands form supergroup Amason (stream a track)

DOWNLOAD: Amason – Margins (MP3) What do you do when you’re friends and your various bands are in states of downtime? Form a supergroup, or supergruppen in the case of Swedish band Amason which features the talents of Pontus Winnberg of Miike Snow, Gustaf Ejstes of Dungen, Nils Törnqvist and Petter Winnberg of Little Majorette and Amanda Holling…

What's going on Wednesday?

Other Lives @ Rock Werchter 2012 (more by Tim Griffin) Sky Ferreira @ BVCMJ 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) today in NYC * Build @ The Stone * Big Terrific @ Cameo * Eyehategod @ Saint Vitus * Camp Lo @ Knitting Factory * Dear Comrade, Hints @ Cameo * Aaron Neville @ Brooklyn Bowl * Mount Eerie @ Le Poisson Rouge * Cypress Hill @ Best Buy Theatre * Curtis MacDonald Group @ Barbes * Other Lives, Indians @ Bowery Ballroom * Justin Bieber @ Madison Square Garden * Jack Ingram & Radney Foster @ Joe’s Pub * Harry Fraud, DJ Getlive @ Public Assembly * Sky Ferreira, Acrylics, Rumors @ Glasslands * Future Shuttle, Holy God, Long Vera @ Zebulon * Pegasus Warning, Vernous @ The Bowery Electric * The Moog, Oh Halo, EUSH, Madison Cano @ Pianos * American Darlings, Robin Electric, Giftshop @ Cake Shop * Cannibal Corpse, Misery Index @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise * Youth Group, Nick Zinner (DJ), MNDR (DJ), Musa (DJ) @ Le Bain * Benzos, Happy People, Dinowalrus, Inky Jack @ Mercury Lounge * The Gaslight Anthem, Matthew Ryan, Laura Stevenson & The Cans @ Terminal 5 * School of Seven Bells, Twin Sister, Moon King @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * Big Ups, Youth & The Drug Explosion, The Black Black, Fuck 666, Stryk9 @ Party XPO * Ancient Ocean, Afterlife, Long Distance Poison, Hex Breaker Quartet @ Death By Audio * EMEFE, Swift Technique, Mokaad, The Bailen Brothers Band, Jake Pinto & the Yeahtones @ Paper Box Neil Young, who played MSG last night, is on the Daily Show tonight. Follow @Broo…
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