THE HIVES

The Hives are a Swedish rock band that first garnered attention in the early 2000s as a prominent group of the garage rock revival, playing garage punk. Their mainstream success came with the release of the "greatest hits" album Your New Favourite Band, featuring their most well-known song "Hate to Say I Told You So". The Hives are known for performing in ever-changing black and white suits.

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Wildlife: Anti-hibernation
Welcome to Wildlife. My sporadic little space of the interweb dedicated to observations and investigations into the behaviours, diets and habitats of musicians. Expect comment on new breeds, intelligence, mating calls and rituals along with the odd warning of extinction all written by me, Susie Wild. I know, it is brilliant, what I’ve done there, isn’t it? First up:  Move over...
The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So (2002)
None of the "The" bands really sounded similar, but at least The Hives looked better than everybody else. They even changed their whole getup for each subsequent album, the most recent being of the school uniform variety. This was one of the first videos and I just remember being surprised by how sweaty these dudes looked. No other "The" band played this hard. They also acted...
My Year In Lists
I know, I know. You’ve read everyone else’s lists already and you’re bored to death by them. I don’t blame you. Instead consider this my personal carthasis and a way of reflecting on the year. I’ve chosen my top five Christmas songs/live performances/albums of 2008 and of course, I did my [festive fifty] the other day. I’m saving the albums list for tomorrow so...
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The Hives
Venue: Glasgow ABC Teaser: Tyrannosaurus Hives has arrived in Glasgow, and it’s chewin’ up the city! What’re we gonna do? Call the cops? Send in the helicopters? Hmmm. Nah, scrap all that: let’s send Andrea O’Neill down to report on the beast! Pull quote 2: Stompin’ across the stage with his Jagger-esque swagger he shrieked, “We sound so good from...
GLASS SHARK + THE SYCAMORES + iPONY
Venue: Earl of Camden Teaser: Lewis Hingston witnesses the Cornish invasion of Camden, as a stream of West Country acts arrive to entertain the Saturday night football fanatics… Pull quote 2: The tune careers along on a wave of irresistible hooks, suggesting Kanye West hijacking one of The Rapture’s better moments… First para: One positive consequence of...
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