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Some excuses to come to Sweden;
May27,28,29th Popaganda Festival
The University of Stockholm organises a FREE - Yes FREE 3 day festival every year called Popaganda. It gets around 15,000 people and is one of the nicest weekends of the year despite the fact that most years the vast majority of the bands are utter poo. However, this year both Art Brut and Death From Above 1979 are playing - for FREE!
If getting drunk and sitting around with cute hip swedes whilst listening to 'alternative' music is your thing then make a b-line for stockholm that weekend
www.popaganda.nu
June 16,17 and 18th it Hultsfred - Sweden's answer to Glastonbury and a varied line-up it is this year. It'll cost you (approx) £98 for a ticket including camping etc but for that you get to see the following:
MARILYN MANSON [US]
SNOOP DOGG [US]
SYSTEM OF A DOWN [US]
NINE INCH NAILS [US]
SLIPKNOT [US]
THE TEARS [UK]
THE HIVES [S]
SLAYER [US]
THE ARK [S]
TURBONEGRO [N]
THE MARS VOLTA [US]
THE BRAVERY [US]
TORI AMOS [US]
THE DONNAS [US]
MONEYBROTHER [S]
LOOPTROOP [S]
MILLENCOLIN [S]
MANDO DIAO [S]
LE TIGRE [US]
ANI DIFRANCO [US]
THE HIDDEN CAMERAS [CAN]
FLOGGING MOLLY [US]
RODNEY CROWELL [US]
BERGMAN ROCK [S]
ERIC PRYDZ [S]
M.I.A [UK]
DJ HYPER [UK]
KAISER CHIEFS [UK]
THE MAGIC NUMBERS [UK]
MY FAVORITE [US]
MASTODON [US]
BRENDAN BENSON [US]
EFTERKLANG [DK]
MEW [DK]
CULT OF LUNA [S]
SAYBIA [DK]
WEDNESDAY 13 [US]
SHINING [N]
+ lots of swedish bands that you've probably never heard of.
There's links to all the artists and other details on their web page
www.rockparty.com
And if you prefer your indie rock entertainment all crammed into one debauched night in the heart of the city then promoters Luger have their annual 'Accelerator - The Big One' which does 3 nights
July 5th in Malmö, July 6th in Gothenburg, July 7th in Stockholm.
Artists confirmed so far;
Bloc Party (not the malmö one tho)
Devendra Banhart
Maximo Park
Magnolia Electric Co
Cocorosie
Joanna Newsom
more tbc soon apparently - you can go here - http://www.luger.se/accelerator/index2.asp
and recommend bands for them to book.
I suggest you recommend British Sea Power and Kill Kenada cos I haven't seen either of them live yet and I wanna!
Thanks - This has been a public service announcement.
...but you can see what I'm doing here right? I mean, if DiS needs/wants a swedish correspondent to cover any of this or.......
May27,28,29th Popaganda Festival
The University of Stockholm organises a FREE - Yes FREE 3 day festival every year called Popaganda. It gets around 15,000 people and is one of the nicest weekends of the year despite the fact that most years the vast majority of the bands are utter poo. However, this year both Art Brut and Death From Above 1979 are playing - for FREE!
If getting drunk and sitting around with cute hip swedes whilst listening to 'alternative' music is your thing then make a b-line for stockholm that weekend
www.popaganda.nu
June 16,17 and 18th it Hultsfred - Sweden's answer to Glastonbury and a varied line-up it is this year. It'll cost you (approx) £98 for a ticket including camping etc but for that you get to see the following:
MARILYN MANSON [US]
SNOOP DOGG [US]
SYSTEM OF A DOWN [US]
NINE INCH NAILS [US]
SLIPKNOT [US]
THE TEARS [UK]
THE HIVES [S]
SLAYER [US]
THE ARK [S]
TURBONEGRO [N]
THE MARS VOLTA [US]
THE BRAVERY [US]
TORI AMOS [US]
THE DONNAS [US]
MONEYBROTHER [S]
LOOPTROOP [S]
MILLENCOLIN [S]
MANDO DIAO [S]
LE TIGRE [US]
ANI DIFRANCO [US]
THE HIDDEN CAMERAS [CAN]
FLOGGING MOLLY [US]
RODNEY CROWELL [US]
BERGMAN ROCK [S]
ERIC PRYDZ [S]
M.I.A [UK]
DJ HYPER [UK]
KAISER CHIEFS [UK]
THE MAGIC NUMBERS [UK]
MY FAVORITE [US]
MASTODON [US]
BRENDAN BENSON [US]
EFTERKLANG [DK]
MEW [DK]
CULT OF LUNA [S]
SAYBIA [DK]
WEDNESDAY 13 [US]
SHINING [N]
+ lots of swedish bands that you've probably never heard of.
There's links to all the artists and other details on their web page
www.rockparty.com
And if you prefer your indie rock entertainment all crammed into one debauched night in the heart of the city then promoters Luger have their annual 'Accelerator - The Big One' which does 3 nights
July 5th in Malmö, July 6th in Gothenburg, July 7th in Stockholm.
Artists confirmed so far;
Bloc Party (not the malmö one tho)
Devendra Banhart
Maximo Park
Magnolia Electric Co
Cocorosie
Joanna Newsom
more tbc soon apparently - you can go here - http://www.luger.se/accelerator/index2.asp
and recommend bands for them to book.
I suggest you recommend British Sea Power and Kill Kenada cos I haven't seen either of them live yet and I wanna!
Thanks - This has been a public service announcement.
...but you can see what I'm doing here right? I mean, if DiS needs/wants a swedish correspondent to cover any of this or.......