Tag: Interviews
Aftonbladet reports that Annika Norlin (Hello Saferide/Säkert!) is walking away from the music business: https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article7516271.ab
Too much, too soon, too much pressure; totally understandable: "Det jag gillar med att plugga är att musiken blir en hobby. Då får man in mer lust i det. Man gör saker av rätt anledningar." Her final Säkert! album "Facit" comes out September 15 and a new Hello Saferide album (recorded at the same time) will follow in spring.
Check out this article in the New York Times on the Leipzig, Germany music scene which features a quote from esteemed Swedish artist Björn Kleinhenz: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/travel/04Next.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
The Quietus has posted an extensive interview with Shining guitarist/sax player Jørgen Munkeby: https://thequietus.com/articles/04547-shining-black-jazz-j-rgen-munkeby-interview-metal
The Austrian blog GLW/DRK talks to Danish instrumental act Obstacles about their music and their ideology: https://glwdrk.blogspot.com/2010/06/its-not-just-about-chords-and-beats.html
Pitchfork has a brand new feature-length interview with Robyn: https://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/7817-robyn/
Issue #17 of Swede Beat is now online and its focus is on the hip Stockholm neighborhood of Södermalm: https://www.theswedebeat.com/magazine/17-sodermalm/
Kinda OT, but whatever: VBS' latest episode of their "Skate Europe" series visits Sweden: https://www.vbs.tv/watch/skate-europe-season-2--2/skate-sweden-part-1-of-5
Pitchfork talks to Eric Berglund (The Tough Alliance) about his new solo project CEO, among other topics: https://pitchfork.com/news/39189-meet-ceo-inside-the-mind-of-eric-berglund-of-the-tough-alliance/
Norwegian artist diskJokke does the "Listed" thing for Dusted: https://dustedmagazine.com/features/911
There will be a 4CD Motorpsycho boxset released in August to coincide with the band's special performance of "Timothy's monster" at Øyafestivalen: https://www.ballade.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2010061512350674097962 (in Norwegian)
PopMatters sits down to do 20 questions with Norwegian indie/pop act Casiokids: https://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/126344-20-questions-casiokids