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Let’s start with a gig memory from university: I am in line to a sold-out concert, standing in front of Mario and Samus. Mario is represented by a short man, with sparkling eyes and a thick wide mustache, wearing a blue overall and a floppy red cap, while his female companion, Samus, wears a sleek blue suit and a large …

An early evening in Hamburg and the doors opened to a very special event. For most people lining up in front of Strandkorb Open Air this was for sure their first concert in a very long time and a somewhat unusual one. The audience at the Cruise Center Finkenwerder was allowed to sit in pairs in beach chairs, overviewing a …

There’s a vast pool of talent located outside the reaches of the mainstream label ecosystem, four-piece Alphabats is one of them. After the release of their debut EP Swoon Dive, Alphabats returned this year with double singles, ”Shut Down” and ”Backwoods”, two tracks that are a collectively smooth and consistent take on the vibey, danceable side of indie pop music. …

Gothenburg is internationally renowned for its metal scene and on home turf, in Sweden, it has been an outlet for some of the biggest Swedish indie rock and indie pop acts. In the shadow of these scenes, there’s a vibrant electronic music scene and bands like The Knife and Little Dragon gained fame and glory as household names, making a …

Being ahead of their time, too offbeat for mass consumption, some artists became wildly influential without becoming household names. For composers from Stockhausen to Brian Eno and Tangerine Dream, electronic music has provided an opportunity to explore the emotional interior of exterior sounds, and they have earned their reputation as pioneering acts in the scene.  The electronic music scene has …

Imagine your band just released their sophomore album, gained lots of media attention and had a bright future lying ahead – and a few months later you split up. That’s the story of Skuldpadda. In October last year, the band announced that their journey has reached an end, and the band’s members dispersed in different directions. Front vocalist Michaela Åberg …