Fränder’s ‘II’ Is Nordic Folk at Its Most Boundless
Sweden’s Fränder blend Scandinavian and Baltic musical traditions with global folk-rock in contemporary arrangements that are heartfelt and fresh.
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‘Red Winter’ Weathers the Heartbreaks of Communism
Swedish graphic novelist Anneli Furmar paints a bright window into a gray corner of political history.
Tiny Fighter Explores “Hollow Talk” (premiere)
Tiny Fighter teams with fellow Swedish artists for "Hollow Talk", which moves from quiet and meditative to powerful and emotionally wrenching.
As Mysterious As They Wanna Be: An Interview with Dungen
Dungen founder Gustav Ejstes talks about his band's international success, scoring a classic silent film, and the creative mystery.
Ball – ‘Ball’ (album stream) (premiere)
Stream the self-titled debut album from filth soaked Swedish trio Ball.
‘The Glassblower’s Children’ Explores the Existential Melancholia of the Child’s World
Deep at the existentialist heart of this story there's a solemn treatise on the socially inequitable struggles between the worlds of the child and the adult.
The Radio Dept.: Running Out of Love
Running Out of Love is an exceptional political document that takes on the current state of the world.
Taking the Bitter With the Swede: Adam Tensta’s Moody Hip-Hop Soul
One of Sweden's most outspoken and celebrated rappers returns with an album of eerie hip-hop noir, where the heavy grooves luxuriate in the nebulous fog of despair.
Little Dragon: Best Of
Best Of only offers a truncated, abridged version of three quality records that, ironically, misses out on much of the Swedish synthpop band's best music.
Ruben Östlund on ‘Force Majeure’ and the Art of Putting Your Marriage on Ice
Provocative filmmaker Ruben Östlund talks about Force Majeure, the story of a crumbling marriage on avalanche-prone, icy slopes.
Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. 2014
Sweden may be the 800-lb gorilla of Northern European cinema, but its neighbors have come on strong.