Mike D from the Beastie Boys came to the studio in Stockholm on the first day we were in there. We were recording the album with Pelle Gunnerfeldt, who’s our usual producer and mentor. He’s been ...

Do you look good in a suit? Do you own a Rickenbacker? Do you have an opaquely Swedish accent that sounds good when screaming, “Hate to Say I Told You So”? If so, you and your cover band could become ...

The man they call Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist shoved his hair out of his eyes and stood at the lip of the stage, surveying the screaming bodies in the semi-dark. “Dallas! You have a problem. We are the ...

The Hives frontman Howlin' Pelle Almqvist engages the crowd. The Hives are creating quite a buzz. Sweden’s most beloved garage rockers just announced they’re striking out an East Coast tour of the ...

If playing support to one of the UK’s most beloved bands in the cavernous, often soulless surroundings of a stadium can often prove a tough gig, then it helps if you happen to be The Hives. It’s not ...

Here are some facts about the Hives: The band's one-note riffing all sounds the same, the costume bit is stilted, the calculation gets in the way of the music, the novelty wears thin. Nevertheless, ...

Swedish aughts-rock icons the Hives have announced their first new album in more than a decade -- since 2012's Lex Hives. The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons will be out in August and features a swaggering ...

Hives’ singer Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist paused a few songs into the Swedish garage rockers set to acknowledge the time-traveling aspect of Just Like Heaven Fest in Pasadena on Saturday. “Welcome to the ...