The Hives news

Our pick of gigs on sale this Friday includes a bit of Britpop, some powerful Scandinavian rock and an eerie Canadian sound. Tickets to all these should be available from 9am on Friday. Swedish coordinated dressers The Hives have been quiet for years, but after a show at The Borderline earlier this year the garage rockers will return for a bigger headline date at The Roundhouse. See them on 14 ...

Swedish band will play five shows to promote new album 'Lex Hives'

Swedish band will play five shows to promote new album 'Lex Hives'

The Swedish band will play five dates here in December....

When the Hives tell you they're the greatest band in the world, they're not being arrogant pricks: That's just how high they set the bar for themselves, their shows and their upcoming album, Lex Hives , which comes five years after their last LP. "Taking a long time between records, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, because if you take a long time, and it starts to feel like a long time ...

The Hives, still bow-tied after all these years. Most of my Hives memories involve discreetly jamming "Hate To Say I Told You So" in history class back in 20-mumble-mumble. Summer school: crazy boring! But while I keep getting older, looks like the Swedish band's stayed the same age. Their new video, "Go Right Ahead," finds [...]

Band will release their long-awaited comeback album next month

I never really associated ABBA with nutty, silly rock music, but I may have some reassessing to do, as The Hives have taken to Benny Andersson’s studio for a live-in-the-studio recording of their new single “Go Right Ahead.”

For a bunch of Swedish dudes in tuxes, the Hives have done an excellent job keeping things lo-fi with the first video accompaniment to their forthcoming album, Lex Hives . The clip, for the

The Hives have mapped out a string of nine North American tour dates for this June

Erin Carlson The Swedish garage-rock band, fronted by the swagger-ific Pelle Almqvist, invade Webster Hall for a secret show, performing tracks from their first album in five years. read more