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Sounds of Sweden

Glasgow's first Swedish pop night

About Me

Serving up a smorgasbord of fresh tracks and live sets from Scandinavia’s finest purveyors of pop!Stay tuned for info on upcoming gigs. In the meantime, why not check out some of the fabulous Swedish acts coming to town?

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Member Since: 5/17/2006
Band Website: soundsofsweden.com
Band Members: Stacey and Richard... and special guests We're always eager to hear - and share - some new sweet sounds from Sweden, so if you are a band looking for a listen, please drop us a line! [email protected] if you want to send along any recordings, we can be found at: 7 Striven Gardens, Flat 1/2 Glasgow G20 6DU, UKNot on Myspace? Keep updated by joining our mailing list!
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Past acts include:Elias Akesson Irene Moneyflight My Darling YOU! Blood Music Fine Arts Showcase Boy Omega Suburban Kids With Biblical Names Maia Hirasawa Hello Saferide Vapnet Television Keeps Us Apart Mr Suitcase Raymond and Maria Sara Berg
Influences: Acid House Kings, Aerospace, Afraid of Stairs, AK Momo, Andrev Bergstrom, Ane Brun, Anna Ternheim, Annie, Ant, The Antennas, Bille The Vision And The Dancers, Bjorn Kleinhenz, Blood Music, Bob Hund, Bobby Baby, The Book of Daniel, Boy Omega, Britta Persson, The Caesars, The Cardigans, Celestial, The Charade, The Chrysler, Cinnamon, Club 8, Coach, The Concretes, Co-pilot, Corduroy Utd, David and the Citizens, David Fridlund, Dolour, Dorotea, Douglas Heart, Dreams End, Ed Greene, Edson, El Perro Del Mar, Elias Akesson, Espontaneo, Europe, The Fine Arts Showcase, Firefox AK, The Flu, Former Beauty Queen, Frida Hyvonen, Gentle Touch, Happy Go Lucky, Happydeadman, HEJ!, Hell On Wheels, Hello Saferide, Hemstad, Hep Stars, Herman Dune, Hey Bonnie, High Heels, Honeydrips, Holy Madre, Hormones In Abundance, I'm From Barcelona, I love you baby!, Irene, Jens Lekman, Kalle J, The Knife, Komeda, Kuryakin, Laakso, Lane, Lasse Lindh, Laurel Music, Le Sport, Lee Kings, The Legends, Leopold, The Leslies, Let's Be Honeys, Like Honey, Lionlove, Love Is All, The Lovekevins, The Loveninjas, Lucky Misu, Mack, Mando Diao, The Mare, Memoplay, The Mexicons, Mixtapes and Cellmates, Models Inc, Mondial, Montt Mardie, Mr Pedro, My Darling YOU!, Oh Sweet Music, Ola & The Janglers, Paperplane, Pascal, Pekka Portfors, Pelle Carlberg, The Perishers, Pet Politics, Peter Bjorn and John, Popsicle, The Radio Department, Red Carpet, Robyn, Ronderlin, Roxette, Salty Pirates, Sambassadeur, Sara Culler, Seashells, Sebastian Fors, The Second Band, Second-Hand Furniture, The Shermans, Shout Out Louds, The Sorayas, The Sounds, South Ambulance, Southside Stalkers, Speedmarket Avenue, Springfactory, Stars In Coma, Strip Squad, Suburban Kids With Biblical Names, Taxi Taxi, TIAC, Tobias Froberg, Tribeca, Trouble and Strife, Ultrasport, Vapnet, Vijaya, Vit Pals, Wan Light, The Wannadies, We Are Soldiers We Have Guns, Whale, Whyte Seeds, The Young Tradition
Sounds Like: Sweden!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

June is for lovely ladies

OOOOOOOOOh we're SO EXCITED by a rash of rad gigs coming up this month! Wooo!The legendary ROBYN will be appearing at The Arches on Friday. We caught her first ever Scottish gig at The Classic Grand a...
Posted by Sounds of Sweden on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:31:00 PST

Run, do not walk, to Waterloo Street tomorrow

Because the lovely ethereal Swedish darling of the moment, Lykke Li, is appearing at the Admiral. AMAZING! We're especially excited cos she was top of our list of artists to try to get over this year,...
Posted by Sounds of Sweden on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:30:00 PST

Like Jose Gonzalez? Peter, Bjorn & John?

... then get yeselves down to the Captain's Rest on Great Western Road on Friday for a gig featuring Peter Moren of Peter, Bjorn & John, and Tobias Froberg. Both are sweet, soulful singer-songwrit...
Posted by Sounds of Sweden on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:54:00 PST

Skweee!

No, it's actually not Scando twee, but rather 'Scandinavian conflict RnB', and it's coming to Glasgow! Club night Ballers Social Club will be presenting a special night of Swedish skwee at the Art Sch...
Posted by Sounds of Sweden on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:48:00 PST

Visions of jul....

Happy holidays everyone! Woo! In honour of Christmas and all that fun stuff, I present you with a wee pressie - our favourite hunky Swedish crooner, Jens Lekman, kitted out in juletide cheer! I even s...
Posted by Sounds of Sweden on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:01:00 PST

Swedish ladies RAWK!

...so proved the super excellent Sara Berg on Sunday! She was quite a diva. With quite an impressive set of pipes! Seriously great voice, and a great live experience. The grand ballroom at Sloans was ...
Posted by Sounds of Sweden on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:06:00 PST

SOS at Connect

Hey folks! It's been AGES eh? Hope y'all are enjoying your respective summers! We've been maxin' and relaxin', preparing for a bustling autumn full of great music! So brace yourselves... all will be r...
Posted by Sounds of Sweden on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:51:00 PST

Cool summer

Thanks to everyone who braved the crazy thunderstorms last Friday to attend our Midsommer party! It didn't feel much like summer outside, but we tried to brighten things up with two sunny performances...
Posted by Sounds of Sweden on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:49:00 PST

The big chill

Last night we played a few records for our friends who assembled at Sleazys to come see the Swedish Polarbears (who looked very little like bears and sounded a very lot like a cross between Teenage Fa...
Posted by Sounds of Sweden on Wed, 30 May 2007 02:56:00 PST

Ice and Sleazy

Brrr. It's chilly. Maybe it's cos I just flew in from Barcelona, where it was warm and sunny and glorious... Or maybe it's cos the Swedish Polarbears are in town! Ha! Yeah. They are a wacky quartet f...
Posted by Sounds of Sweden on Mon, 28 May 2007 11:05:00 PST