Interviews

When approaching the year-end list, my initial reaction was “Wait? Did I even listen to new music?” because I was certain the pandemic had driven me further down the road to nostalgia. I found myself reaching for music that was safe, the kind that I knew was predictable but satisfying. But the realization came that there were many amazing albums, …

The music world was gifted with a wonderful surprise in November when Bye Bye Bicycle returned to the scene after an eight year long hiatus. The band’s undeniable energy has endeared them to crowds all across Europe during their frequent tours after their debut album “Compass” in 2009. But after the second album “Nature” a few years later it all …

The best indie record labels have helped push the boundaries, drawing the mainstream into their world whether it’s local or global, and have changed the face of music in the process while breaking new bands to the world. Growing rapidly to become hugely influential in Sweden, Gothenburg-based imprint Luxury became the epitome for releasing young bands that unexpectedly emerged and …

Quality singer-songwriters are a rare breed, especially for someone like me who occasionally has pointed out that the singer-songwriter market is “super saturated”, and accordingly there are only three acts worth my hard-earned money: Feist, Tom McRae, and Gothenburg’s post-rock trippin’ Albert af Ekenstam. Ekenstam released his debut album “Ashes” in 2016 featuring ten songs of fully-formed and beautifully-presented craft …

In the age when rock and metal blasted off and reached the bigger scenes, Gothenburg became best known for churning out heavy metal in the form of ships, Volvos and bands such as In Flames, Dark Tranquility, Hammerfall and At the Gates. However, an exciting underground scene started to rise in the late 1990s, and ever since The Knife – …

Mad as it might seem, it’s been nearly ten years since Pale Honey first formed when Tuva Lodmark and Nelly Daltrey met at school. At the time, the band’s line-up consisted of Tuva and Nelly and different live bassists, but with the release of their debut EP “Fiction” their producer Anders Lagerfors became a permanent band member although not officially …