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It could be one of those tragic stories on a band being dragged down a spiral of drugs, mental illness and prostitution, but after a revelation at the top of a mountain in Spain, they sold their crackhouse, put the band on hold for an extended period of rehab and returned on the other side being rejuvenated and having a …

South-east Sweden shares some attributes with the American South: population density is low, pastoral communities are plenty, god is greater than the prime minister, and it is the birthplace to many great Swedish musicians because there’s not much else to do than playing music (or dedicate your life to motocross if you ask our Vaggeryd-born co-editor DJ Pappaledig). Growing up …

Once I was a subscriber to National Geographic just because I love to travel around the world, and in a special issue NG covers Gothenburg, labelling it as “the city built on rock ‘n’ roll”. Although Gothenburg has a far more nuanced music scene than just being an outlet for rock and roll bands, the city takes great pride in …

“In 1978 I released the first record which described itself as Ambient Music, a name I invented to describe an emerging musical style”, one of the fathers of ambient music, Brian Eno, writes in “Brian Eno’s Ambient 1: Music For Airports”, named after his seminal album that same year. The album was the introduction to a new music genre and …

Singer-songwriter Albert af Ekenstam with band perform at Kungsbacka Teater. Live video [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKmj_NFS-OI[/embedyt] Setlist:  01) 1996 (intro) 02) Ashes 03) Angel Liz 04) Burden Eyes 05) Black Rain Falls 06) Falling Albert af Ekenstam pages Band photo: ©Krichan Wihlborg

Gothenburg indie rock six-piece Skuldpadda perform a 20-minute set at Kungsbacka Teater. Live video [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4LzW3eigs0[/embedyt] Setlist: 01) End of Fun 02) Wild Card 03) Shiny 04) Sugar 05) Let It Go SKULDPADDA pages Band photo: ©Krichan Wihlborg