Iron Maiden's "Trooper" Beer Label Reworked to Sell in Sweden
If you had to guess what a “Systembolaget” was, you might expect it to be a hip chair in Ikea's living room section. And while you'd be right on the Swedish part, the word actually signifies a line of government-run Swedish liquor stores, ones who halted the sale of Iron Maiden’s “Trooper” beer this week. read more
Found in: Culture, NewsJens Lekman: Putting Love in Perspective
I’ve traveled almost a quarter of the way around the world to capture a sense of the Swedish songwriter in his hometown. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesBlur Added to Sweden's Way Out West Festival
Way Out West confirmed that the recently reunited Blur is set to play at the three-day festival, held in Gothenburg, Sweden. This comes after several big announcements for the brit-rockers, who just performed a new song and announced that they would perform at the closing ceremony for the 2012 Olympics. read more
Found in: Music, NewsFirst Aid Kit: Swedish Americana
For many, the introduction the Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg of First Aid Kit came via their YouTube cover of the Fleet Foxes’ “Tiger Mountain Peasant Song.” read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesCatching Up With I'm From Barcelona
With their impossibly sunny debut album _Let Me Introduce My Friends_ in 2006, Sweden's I'm From Barcelona burst onto the scene like an army of smiling, handholding purveyors of happiness on unicycles. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesDaniel Craig to Star in Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Sweden may be far ahead of the US in their filmmaking schedule, having already completed the second and third installments of the Millenium trilogy films, but they certainly don’t have James Bond in any of them. Daniel Craig, best known for his lead role in the last two Bond films, has just signed on to play investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist in the first film of the American version of the Millenium trilogy, the film adaptations of Steig Larsson’s crime novel series.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsThe Year's Greatest Musical Obscurity
We make no secret about our affection for the music of Sweden. And lately, one artist in particular has been making us giddy. The “band,” or whatever, is called JJ and we know almost nothing about him/it/them, though we prefer to imagine the act as a boy-girl duo like the Eurythmics. In any event, JJ’s 2009 album jj n° 2 (whatever that means!) is probably the year’s greatest obscurity. There are at least nine reasons to buy this album, because there are nine songs, none of them bad. So join us as we go track-by-track in an attempt to... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DaySunn O))): Real. Comfortable. Jeans. (And Drone Metal.)
Move over, Brett Favre; there's a new face, er, sound, in jean advertisements. Sunn O))) is being featured in an ad for Norwegian jean company Anti-Sweden. ... read more
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