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Stockholm

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Dicks' Picks: Detective Agency Keeps It Very Discreet, Very Professional.

    The situation On a recent Tuesday evening, I'm at the Ballard Smoke Shop drinking beer with one of my favorite new discoveries, the local garage-pop quartet Detective Agency: drummer Ulrika Larsson, guitarist/vocalist Nate Kruz, bassist Gwen Stubbs, and guitarist/vocalist Amy Tisdale. They all have ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 18, 2012

    The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

    The situation On a recent Tuesday evening, I'm at the Ballard Smoke Shop drinking beer with one of my favorite new discoveries, the local garage-pop quartet Detective Agency: drummer Ulrika Larsson, guitarist/vocalist Nate Kruz, bassist Gwen Stubbs, and guitarist/vocalist Amy Tisdale. They all have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2012

    Tell Me About That Song: New York Pop-Singer/Songwriter Rachel Platten

    A lot went into writing your favorite song, but how much do you really know about it? This week New York pop-singer/songwriter Rachel Platten delves into Sweden, bong shops and the joys of traveling. Song: "53 steps" Album: Be Here Release Date: April 26th, 2011 When it was written: Oct. 2010 Whe ... More >>

  • Film

    October 12, 2011

    The Black Power Mix Tape 1967-1975: Tales From the Revolution

    A lot went into writing your favorite song, but how much do you really know about it? This week New York pop-singer/songwriter Rachel Platten delves into Sweden, bong shops and the joys of traveling. Song: "53 steps" Album: Be Here Release Date: April 26th, 2011 When it was written: Oct. 2010 Whe ... More >>

  • Arts

    May 18, 2011

    The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

    A lot went into writing your favorite song, but how much do you really know about it? This week New York pop-singer/songwriter Rachel Platten delves into Sweden, bong shops and the joys of traveling. Song: "53 steps" Album: Be Here Release Date: April 26th, 2011 When it was written: Oct. 2010 Whe ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 11, 2011

    Jean Ploteau and Johanna Ringertz

    A lot went into writing your favorite song, but how much do you really know about it? This week New York pop-singer/songwriter Rachel Platten delves into Sweden, bong shops and the joys of traveling. Song: "53 steps" Album: Be Here Release Date: April 26th, 2011 When it was written: Oct. 2010 Whe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Sub Pop's Latest Signee, Niki and the Dove, Continues Sweden's Tradition of Pop Geniuses

    ​Sub Pop's investing in the electro-pop game--the label's recent signing is Niki and the Dove, a collaboration between Swedish musicians Malin Dahlström and Gustaf Karlöf that formed just a year ago. Dahlström and Karlöf both hail from Stockholm--a good place for a pop musician to be from, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Listen to Mogwai's New "Rano Pano," Off Next Year's Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

    ​On February, 15, Sub Pop will release Scottish post-rockers Mogwai's seventh studio album, optimistically entitled Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. It will be the band's first release since leaving Matador Records for Sub Pop in September of this year. As a preview, Sub Pop will release ... More >>

  • Film

    October 27, 2010

    The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest: Part III Can't End Soon Enough

    ​On February, 15, Sub Pop will release Scottish post-rockers Mogwai's seventh studio album, optimistically entitled Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. It will be the band's first release since leaving Matador Records for Sub Pop in September of this year. As a preview, Sub Pop will release ... More >>

  • Music

    October 13, 2010

    An Incomplete History of Swedish Pop Geniuses

    ​On February, 15, Sub Pop will release Scottish post-rockers Mogwai's seventh studio album, optimistically entitled Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. It will be the band's first release since leaving Matador Records for Sub Pop in September of this year. As a preview, Sub Pop will release ... More >>

  • Film

    September 29, 2010

    Cell 211: A Tense Prison Riot in Spain

    ​On February, 15, Sub Pop will release Scottish post-rockers Mogwai's seventh studio album, optimistically entitled Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. It will be the band's first release since leaving Matador Records for Sub Pop in September of this year. As a preview, Sub Pop will release ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2010

    Tonight: Health at the Vera Project, Math and Physics Club at the Crocodile, Smoosh at the High Dive

    ​Health, with Indian Jewelry, Panda Gold. Vera Project, 305 Harrison St., 956-8372. 7:30 p.m. $11. All ages. Jake Duzsik of the L.A. noise quartet Health recently described their music as "the soundtrack to some rusted fucked-up near-future catastrophe." In keeping, the band's newest single, " ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 9, 2010

    Smoosh

    ​Health, with Indian Jewelry, Panda Gold. Vera Project, 305 Harrison St., 956-8372. 7:30 p.m. $11. All ages. Jake Duzsik of the L.A. noise quartet Health recently described their music as "the soundtrack to some rusted fucked-up near-future catastrophe." In keeping, the band's newest single, " ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 9, 2010

    Malou Bergman and Nadja Ekman

    ​Health, with Indian Jewelry, Panda Gold. Vera Project, 305 Harrison St., 956-8372. 7:30 p.m. $11. All ages. Jake Duzsik of the L.A. noise quartet Health recently described their music as "the soundtrack to some rusted fucked-up near-future catastrophe." In keeping, the band's newest single, " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2010

    Last Night: Muse Melts Brains at Key Arena

    Matthew Bellamy, Muse frontman.​Silversun pickups frontman Brian Aubert earned major comedy points when he 'fessed up with the audience: "Judging by the size of this venue, we're opening for someone. Do you know who it is? Wrong! It's Muse. And we've been instructed to let you know that if you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Chloe From Smoosh Talks About Living In Stockholm, Barsuk, and Making Music In a Barn

    Michelle MooreChloe, right, and her sister Asy, are Smoosh.​Yesterday I conducted my first interview via Skype when I checked in with Chloe, the drum half of Smoosh, whose family now lives in Stockholm. She and her sister have been busy readying their new album -- which they expect to release ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 14, 2009

    Let the Right One In

    Michelle MooreChloe, right, and her sister Asy, are Smoosh.​Yesterday I conducted my first interview via Skype when I checked in with Chloe, the drum half of Smoosh, whose family now lives in Stockholm. She and her sister have been busy readying their new album -- which they expect to release ... More >>

  • News

    July 22, 2009

    Twitter as Sexuality Indicator

    How political officials’ feeds reveal their rebellion against “hetero norms.”

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Huzzah, Light Rail!

    When I was a little kid and my family would get stuck in traffic, I remember asking my parents, "Why don't we just build a subway? Those don't get stuck in traffic." I thought that would be the coolest. Little did I know that Seattle-area voters had already shot down such proposals on multiple occas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    How Hetero Is Your Twitter Feed, Seattle?

    Where's the rainbow?It's a question you've probably been asking yourself for a long time, and wishing you had a scientific way to find out. Well, wish no longer. During Pride week, we at SW took it upon ourselves to quantify the gayness of everything from Michael Jackson songs to architecture; con ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    AC Newman MP3, "Submarines of Stockholm"

    A.C. Newman (of New Pornographers fame) is coming here in a few weeks in support of Get Guilty, his second solo record on Matador Records; that show is February 21 at Neumos.  If you like, you can pick up an mp3 from the album, "Submarines of Stockholm."

  • Calendar

    December 31, 2008

    Wild Strawberries

    A.C. Newman (of New Pornographers fame) is coming here in a few weeks in support of Get Guilty, his second solo record on Matador Records; that show is February 21 at Neumos.  If you like, you can pick up an mp3 from the album, "Submarines of Stockholm."

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    The Other, Better Vampire Movie You Should See

    Photo: Magnolia PicturesNot that it's a big secret or anything, but Twilight totally sucks. And if there are adults out there who insist on reading YA books (that's young adult, in trade parlance), like the Harry Potter series, it's time to move on. Instead, for serious, grown-up vampire movie lover ... More >>

  • Film

    November 12, 2008

    Let the Right One In: Adorable Swedish Child Vampires in Love

    Photo: Magnolia PicturesNot that it's a big secret or anything, but Twilight totally sucks. And if there are adults out there who insist on reading YA books (that's young adult, in trade parlance), like the Harry Potter series, it's time to move on. Instead, for serious, grown-up vampire movie lover ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2008

    There's No Such Thing As a Free Lunch

    Photo: Magnolia PicturesNot that it's a big secret or anything, but Twilight totally sucks. And if there are adults out there who insist on reading YA books (that's young adult, in trade parlance), like the Harry Potter series, it's time to move on. Instead, for serious, grown-up vampire movie lover ... More >>

  • News

    April 23, 2008

    Tasty Brown Balls

    Taste-testing a foundation of Swedish cuisine.

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2007

    Interview: Chino Moreno (Team Sleep/Deftones)

    Taste-testing a foundation of Swedish cuisine.

  • Music

    October 3, 2007

    Tractor Tavern: Boss Martians, Girl Trouble, PartMan PartHorse ...

    Taste-testing a foundation of Swedish cuisine.

  • Music

    July 11, 2007

    Is It Too Early for the First Great Post-Rave Album of the Century?

    Axel Willner has spun a golden, hypnotic web of new music from the threads of yesteryear's pop songs.

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2007

    Attack of the Zebra Mussels!

    Axel Willner has spun a golden, hypnotic web of new music from the threads of yesteryear's pop songs.

  • Music

    March 14, 2007

    Joni on Ice

    Frida Hyvönen brings Laurel Canyon to the Swedes.

  • Calendar

    January 3, 2007

    Seattle Weekly's Recommended Events

    WEDNESDAY: Documentary Plugs SAM Scuplture Park

  • Film

    December 20, 2006

    Dec. 20-28, 2006

    Your last chance to see that brutal film noir, It's a Wonderful Life.

  • Diversions

    October 18, 2006

    Gabacho Love

    The Mexican loves white women.

  • Music

    April 26, 2006

    Billy Joel and Goldfish Sandwiches

    Four artists share their guilty, and not-so-guilty, pleasures.

  • Food

    February 1, 2006

    Where Cabbies Eat

    If there's a line of taxis out front, you can bet the food is good.

  • Film

    June 30, 2004

    This Week's Attractions

    If there's a line of taxis out front, you can bet the food is good.

  • Music

    May 19, 2004

    Going to Seattle

    Seattle Weekly plays Jukebox Jury with John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats.

  • Film

    March 3, 2004

    This Week's Attractions

    Seattle Weekly plays Jukebox Jury with John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats.

  • Food

    November 12, 2003

    Eat the Waterfront

    Seattle offers seaside dining that's a cut above average.

  • News

    December 25, 2002

    About Rain

    Maybe local TV news is onto something with its overblown storm reports.

  • Music

    July 24, 2002

    Keeping Cool With Ursula 1000

    Maybe local TV news is onto something with its overblown storm reports.

  • Music

    May 22, 2002

    CD Reviews

    Maybe local TV news is onto something with its overblown storm reports.

  • News

    February 20, 2002

    The port's jet set

    High-flying Port bigwigs spent $126,000 on travel last year.

  • Film

    September 19, 2001

    Full house

    Swedish hippies whoop it up under one roof.

  • News

    July 11, 2001

    News Clips— Sunny/Shady

    Swedish hippies whoop it up under one roof.

  • Arts

    September 20, 2000

    Book briefs

    The desire to know, and the desire to know oneself.

  • News

    January 13, 1999

    Whale tales

    The desire to know, and the desire to know oneself.

  • Music

    June 17, 1998
  • News

    February 18, 1998

    Throw away the key

    The state's treatment of sex offenders poses dangers for us all.

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