Mike D from the Beastie Boys came to the studio in Stockholm on the first day we were in there. We were recording the album with Pelle Gunnerfeldt, who’s our usual producer and mentor. He’s been ...
The Swedish rock quintet The Hives returned to London this weekend, headlining their largest UK show to date at Alexandra Palace. Supported by the post-punk sharpness of Spiritual Cramp and Leeds’ ...
Though the Hives would be the first to tell you they’re no shoo-in for an event rooted in psychedelia (as vocalist “Howlin’” Pelle Almqvist declared onstage, “We’re quite possibly the least ...
The Hives were "embarrassed" not to have new music to play for fans for over a decade. The 'Hate To Say I Told You So' hitmakers feared they were "over" as they struggled with writers' block and the ...
Hives’ singer Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist paused a few songs into the Swedish garage rockers set to acknowledge the time-traveling aspect of Just Like Heaven Fest in Pasadena on Saturday. “Welcome to the ...
When The Hives burst into the public consciousness around the turn of the millennium, their defiant, raucous rock and roll helped rouse the staid music scene of the time out of its complacency. Well, ...
When the hives are onstage, they aim to look like a gang of Swedish pimps working the world’s most elegant street corner. All five band members wear identical black dress shirts and trousers, set off ...
The Hives have planned a tour that will bring them to New York, Sydney, and São Paulo, among other cities, next month — all without leaving Sweden. Rather than plan a universal livestream that people ...
"You stopped applauding," Hives singer Howlin' Pelle Almqvist told the crowd at the Henry Fonda Theater. "Did I tell you to stop applauding? How can I tell that Los Angeles loves the Hives?" That's ...
Swedish garage rockers the Hives play revivalist rock, inspired by such American chord-minimum punk acts as Iggy Pop & the Stooges, Minor Threat, and the MC5, with so much confidence and enthusiasm ...
If brevity is the soul of wit, then the Hives are bursting with guffaws. Though the band’s third disc clocks in at a speedy 30 minutes, the wing-tip-sporting Swedes pack enough herky-jerky bravado and ...