--- - |- Photo by Joseph MohanThe Hives have pranced their way back onto our radar screens with the announcement of September dates on both American continents. South America comes first, followed by a North American co-headlining tour with Eagles of Death Metal.The Swedish quintet has quite a few summer festival dates in Europe before then. All of these shows are in support of last year's The...
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Came across this today, needless to say I am excited. The Hives are currently rehearsing in Stockholm, Sweden for the follow up to 2004's Tyrannosaurus Hives. The band posted the following update to their website: Yeah so we started rehearsing in Stockholm for the upcoming recording session that will take place in Mississippi. Bashing out some tunes trying to figure out what sticks. Some of the st
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There might come a cursed day when I won’t need this delicious piece of Swedish garage punk rock. Till that day comes, I can continue being in love with The Hives, their new song & their new video…Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh!*bouncing off the walls*This post is dedicated to *"Eric":http://mog.com/Iren* ; get your lovely Hives lowdown from *"his post!":http://mog.com/Iren/blog_post/116671*
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The Hives fourth album will be titled The Black And White Album, according to the group's new website, The Hives Broadcasting Service (http://www.thehivesbroadcastingservice.com/#).The album will be released on October 9 in the U.S. The first single will be "Tick Tick Boom" and will be available for download on August 14.The new site includes a music player loaded with Hives tracks.
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Swedish post punkers The Hives have scheduled nearly 10 dates in North American followed by nearly 20 stops throughout most of Europe according to the band's website. The group will be promoting their 4Th full length venture ??The Black and White Album??. ??Black & White?? was released last October via Interscope and has garnered a fair degree of positive response from fans and critics alike, s...
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Perhaps you've already heard the first explosive single "Tick Tick Boom", off the Hives new The Black and White Album. That album tick, tick, booms in US record stores today. And, aw, how cute, The Black and White Album title even matches the Hives' matching suits. The Swedish rock acts new album isn't your conventional album. For it, the band worked with producers Jacknife Lee (Bloc Party), De...
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The Hives have been taking their hardy-har-har time with a new album. Those crazy Swedes in matching suits, ties and suspenders haven't released anything since 2004's Tyrannosaurus Hives, which peaked at Number Thirty-Three on the Billboard 200. But at least the Swedes are making some progress. According to frontman Howlin Pelle the band have recorded tracks with a few uber-producers: Pharrell ...
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The Hives have a new single release coming February 25th which will include "We Rule The World (T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S)" and "Tick Tick Boom." The single was produced by Pharrell Williams and will be available as a digital download and a limited release 10" record. Hives fans are encouraged to design the artwork for the record release for possible use as the official album art. According to NME:To ...
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The Hives have a new single release coming February 25th which will include "We Rule The World (T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S)" and "Tick Tick Boom." The single was produced by Pharrell Williams and will be available as a digital download and a limited release 10" record. Hives fans are encouraged to design the artwork for the record release for possible use as the official album art. According to NME:To ...
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4 out of 5 Hives, NYC, 2003The Hives tour is now underway! Opening in Atlanta, GA on May 15, the tour's first 3 dates feature Jack Oblivian as the opener - in a gracious tip of the hat from The Hives to Jack's role in the Compulsive Gamblers, an under-rated but important band from the 90s....to read more about it, please visit www.punkturns30.com
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As you know (if you've been paying attention), The Hives are at work on the followup to 2004’s Tyrannosaurus Hives.They're in a Mississippi recording studio bashing out the "good stuff," to quote guitarist Nicholaus Arson.But why not let Arson tell you what's up himself, as he does from this Saturday May 5 post that we nicked from The Hives groovey web site."Hi there folks and folkettes!"Today.
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When we talked with the Hives back in Ocotber, they were scaling the US with Maroon 5 and performing small club gigs in between. Now the Sveng-tastic rockers will be heading back stateside in support of The Black And White Album. The tour hits theater size venues beginning with Los Angeles' The Wiltern on February 19th. The Hives Tour Dates:February19 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern20 San Francis...
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The Hives apparently are having difficulty with their upcoming album, but are optimistic nonetheless, according to an interview with NME atthe Benicassim festival (below).Singer Howlin' Pelle Almquvist explained: "Sometimes it feels like we're making 'Chinese Democracy'," referring to the ??long-delayed?? Guns N Roses album, which has been in state of stalled production for nearly 9 years"It wa...
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The Hives are Law - You are Crime. Watch out Sweden. From the band's Myspace page... Greetings Hives Fans! The Hives are taking over Scandinavia this week in what will be an epic week of touring! If you are in the area be sure to come out and say "hej!" We promise to rock your Swedish socks off!22 March 2009 - Helsinki, Finland - Nosturi24 March 2009 - Göteborg, Sweden - Trädgår'n25 March 2009
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Six songs are being packaged together as The Hives Singles Collection today, available for fans wanting new material. The tracks are the first music available from the upcoming The Black & White Album coming November 13th. Any fans who purchase The Singles Collection on iTunes will automatically receive the rest of the LP when it's released. Exclusive to The Singles Collection will be Fall Is J...
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