23 Nov 2024
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Melodifestivalen 2020 – Get ready for Heat 3!

The music extravaganza that is Melodifestivalen has been keeping people glued to their TV sets on Saturday evenings. We are already in week three, so we are going to take a look at what to expect and the acts currently up north in Luleå on the touring musical circus.  Last week we saw two amazing […]

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Melodifestivalen 2020 – Get ready for Heat 2!

The music extravaganza that has three million Swedes benched in front of their TVs every Saturday for the foreseeable future kicked off last week with a strong first heat. The Swedes take their Eurovision qualification extremely seriously, so you better hang along for the ride.   The first heat saw the audience voting the first […]

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Melodifestivalen 2020 – Get ready for Heat 1

It’s that time of the year again… Can you believe we are already at the start of the Mello season? The music extravaganza is attracting something like three million Swedes every Saturday for the next six weeks, benched in front of their TVs with the whole family, or putting on fun schlager parties with their […]

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In Pictures: Charli XCX in Stockholm

Charli XCX brought the party to Berns in Stockholm as she made the Stockholm stop on her tour. Even though she was alone on stage, Charli’s explosive energy got the crowd going from the very beginning to the end of the show. She was constantly moving and still showing that punk rock energy we have […]

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Album Review- Yngwie Malmsteen's Blue Lightning
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Album Review: Yngwie Malmsteen’s Blue Lightning

Yngwie Malmsteen is mostly known as a shredder by nature who is notorious for putting together pieces that seem like they were composed for the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Think Apocalyptica but with Malmsteen alone on his humble electric guitar instead of a cello quartet. Ever the virtuoso, it seems Malmsteen has decided to diversify his […]

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Benjamin Ingrosso at Rockbjörnen with fans
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In Pictures: Rockbjörnen 2019

The Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet has been arranging the Rockbjörnen award show for 40 years(!) now. The awards put an emphasis on best live acts, beside picking songs of the year as well as most devoted fans… The prizes are voted on by the fans tehmselves, so they are a good indicator of what really is […]

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SOMA brings pop promise

Stockholm-based artist SOMA caught our ear with her Don’t Believe Them and we had to dig deeper into her sound and visuals. SOMA has Kurdish roots, was raised in Helsinki, Finland, and has called Stockholm home for the past five years. She says life basically led her to Stockholm.  Making pop in English in Finland […]

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Get ready for Melodifestivalen Heat 4!

Last week we saw Jon Henrik Fjällgren advance to the final as expected, and he was joined by Lina Hedlund, a less obvious choice, but one we are very happy with. This week it’s time for the last seven songs to be presented to the public in Lidköping. We have once again plenty of variety […]

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Fresh Swedish Sounds – Handpicked for You

We have once again listened to dozens and dozens of Swedish releases to bring you our picks of songs worth listening to. Take a look and have a listen right here… Beatrice Jaksch, or just Jaksch by her artist name, is a Stockholm-based independent artist, songwriter and producer, who feels she has now found her sound, […]

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Billie Eilish takes Stockholm by storm

Billie Eilish is the hottest artist around right now, at least if you ask just about any teenager. So of course she created a fair amount of chaos when she played in Stockholm. Billie Eilish‘s success has pretty much exploded recently, so much so that the Stockholm concert had to be moved to a bigger […]

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