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Of Monsters and Men: My Head Is an Animal – review

4263 days ago
Guardian Music(Universal)After taking SXSW by storm, Of Monsters and Men hit the US top 10, a feat that has eluded fellow Icelanders Björk and Sigur Rós. The reasons for their success are simple: terrific songs that combine the folky with the epic, and instantly... more info

It's All In The Timing

4317 days ago
The Devil Has The Best TunaMy Tiger My TimingFrom: London, United KingdomLondon synth pop combo My Tiger My Timing are a riddle wrapped up in a mystery covered in a conundrum. How do you define their musical stew of quirky organic rhythms and danceable experimental hypnotic-po... more info

Sleeve notes: Smiths reunion rumours quashed

4381 days ago
Guardian MusicCatch up with the last seven days in the world of musicIn the newsJohnny Marr quashes talk of Smiths reunion, saying: 'I got things to do'Nicki Minaj doesn't want children singing along to her explicit lyricsCan you feel it? It's a new Jacksons album... more info

Nina Persson: knitting the Cardigans back together

4382 days ago
Guardian MusicLovefool was the first song Nina Persson ever wrote – and it became a global hit. She discusses the pressures of writing, and the difference a co-writer makesIt's more than 15 years since the Cardigans first wrapped themselves around the world with... more info

New indie pop from Sweden – The Belljars (riyl The Cardigans, The Cranberries)

4459 days ago
SwedespleaseAre you sitting in your bedroom and wondering about whatever happened to bands like The Cranberries or The Cardigans? If so wonder no longer because the Belljars will provide you that jolt of indie pop you’ve been waiting for. Although this ep’s ... more info

Manic Street Preachers at the O2

4512 days ago
Guardian Music02 Arena, London"There are many songs you might go to the bar for," says the singer James Dean Bradfield. "But this one, I think, everyone stays for." Correct on both counts. In a three-hour show, it's inevitable that some numbers will signal an exod... more info

The Dø: Both Ways Open Jaws – review

4550 days ago
Guardian Music(Village Green)The Dø had a No 1 album in France last year with A Mouthful, which showed off their frothier take on combining the Knife-style eccentricities and the melancholy MOR of the later Cardigans albums. This, their followup, is finally ge... more info

Lykk3 L1 - Y0uth N0vels

4669 days ago
We Like it Lossless!LL Recordings / 2008It's hard not to think of the recent musical output of Sweden as being a pop production line, turning out a hyped new artist once every six months or so - El Perro Del Mar, Taken By Trees and most successfully, Robyn. Sweden's bee... more info

YET ANOTHER SONG THAT HAS PERKED ME UP IN RECENT DAYS

4733 days ago
The Vinyl VillainAn absolutely wonderful bit of pop music with an indie bent, all the way from Sweden:-mp3 : The Cardigans - Rise & ShineThe debut single by The Cardigans released in Sweden in 1994.  But this is the more widely known re-recorded version from the fol... more info

Highway Child - Sanctuary Come (album stream)

4740 days ago
Totally Fuzzy Sometimes in order for rock music to be able to develop further, one needs to revisit the past occasionally, as bands like The Black Crowes and others have demonstrated, and with success. Highway Child sound as if they could have come straight from... more info

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