Best New Bands » Sweden http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Album Review: Junip http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-junip/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-junip/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 22:50:49 +0000   When it comes to music José Gonzalez, the folk singer from Gothenburg, Sweden, seems to do little, if anything wrong. In the early Aughts, the singer was part of a trio with Elias Araya (drums) and Tobias Winterkorn (synth/keys) bringing forth the transformative nova folk spectrum known as Junip. To date, the trio has

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-junip/feed/ 0 An Interview with Daniel Tjäder of Korallreven http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/an-interview-with-daniel-tj%c3%a4der-of-korallreven/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/an-interview-with-daniel-tj%c3%a4der-of-korallreven/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:11:42 +0000 Although Korallreven is a recently formed band, making music is nothing new to Daniel Tjäder. Since 2001, the musician has played keys with Swedish dream-pop heroes, The Radio Dept. Nearly a decade later, fellow Swedish music maker, Marcus Joons, had an epiphany during a trip to Samoa, and when he returned home, Korallreven was born.

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/an-interview-with-daniel-tj%c3%a4der-of-korallreven/feed/ 0 Fredrik Delivers One Of The Most Experimental Albums Of The Year http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/fredrik-delivers-one-of-the-most-experimental-albums-of-the-year/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/fredrik-delivers-one-of-the-most-experimental-albums-of-the-year/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:00:00 +0000 Over the past several years, European indie pop outfits have become popular in the U.S. With their third full-length album, Swedish electro-folk trio Fredrik plan on making the transition to become one of the latest in this line of successful import acts. FLORA is a step forward for Fredrik. Firstly, the duo of Fredrik Hultin

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