The Hives

April 4, 2008

Thanks to The Hives, music fans the world over can once again use the phrase ‘Swedish supergroup’ without irony. Or not. Frenetic, loud and just plain fun, The Hives are in league with bands like The Strokes and The White Stripes in preserving the rawness of punk with pop sophistication and a (presumably ironic) rejection of false modesty. On stage lead singer Pelle Almqvist channels Mick Jagger, James Brown and Johnny Rotten, helping give Spin magazine reason to rank the band’s live shows among the world’s best. Expect the Sunday evening show in downtown Prague to cause a rock’n’roll scandal.

The Hives
30 March at Roxy

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