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Life After ABBA: Post-Ironic Swedish RockWelcome to the age of post-irony, where guilty pains and pleasures are played out as collective nostalgia through the warped blur of rose-tinted glasses. [5 December 2008] (more Subversive Rock Humor) ReviewsThe HivesA populist tyrant of the stage, Almqvist gratified himself while fulfilling the whims of the masses at the same time. When he screamed, so did everyone else. When he demanded clapping, the crowd enthusiastically obliged. When he broached the sacrosanct and requested cheers befitting of the hallowed Prince, no one cried foul. [1 April 2008] 
The Hives: The Black and White AlbumSassy Swedes return with a slick new album with enough pep for three rallies. Scandinavian rock isn't dead yet. [12 November 2007] 
The Hives: Barely Legal / A.K.A. I.D.I.O.T. EPThe closest thing the Hives approach is -- to nick a phrase from Grant Morrison -- a kind of Zen Fascism. [3 January 2005] |
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