20 Apr 2024
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Culture Festivals Music

In Pictures: Stockholm Culture Festival 2017

The Stockholm Culture Festival and the parallel We Are STHLM were held from the 15th to the 20th of August 2017 and the festivals were once again a success, with a total of 750 000 visits during the six days. India, celebrating 70 years of independence, was a big theme of the festival, but there […]

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Festivals Music Videos

Way Out West – more WOW than ever!

In its 11th edition Way Out West has thrown its biggest festival so far – bigger size, bigger line-up, bigger production… Total WOW factor everywhere! Around 34,000 souls stepped into Gothenburg’s Slottskogen fields every day, looking to satisfy their thirst for excitement, music and fun, because this is what Way Out West is all about, as we could discover by talking to the […]

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Music New Music Friday

Fresh Swedish Sounds: Music Video Round-up

Some of our favorite Swedish artists have great new music videos out, so here are the ones you absolutely shouldn’t miss from July’s crop of music videos!   Skott: Mermaid Skott brings us dreamy under-water sequences that go amazingly together with her hauntingly beautiful song Mermaid. Skott is getting a lot of critical acclaim and hype […]

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Festivals Music News

Department 2017 – A huge warehouse party success!

Department, Stockholm’s newest electronic and general contemporary music festival, had its first edition on June 3-4 at Slakthusområdet, i.e. Stockholm’s Meat-packing District. This intimate two-day warehouse party had its main stage in an industrial warehouse built in 1912 in Art Noveau style, and it was a fully sold-out success. The festival was divided into 3 areas, two […]

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Music New Music Friday

YLC’s New Music Picks

A music fan’s luxury problem nowadays is that there are so many new songs coming out every week and especially on New Music Fridays, that you may find it difficult to keep up. So once again it’s time for us to bring you some of the best new Swedish music releases. We have cherry-picked some of […]

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Culture Festivals Lifestyle Music What's on: Stockholm

Your Living City’s Ultimate Music Festival Guide 2017

We have put together a pretty amazing music festival guide for your convenience – so you don’t have to look anywhere else to get ideas and make plans for your festival year.  In this list you will find all major music festivals in a variety of styles taking place in Stockholm this year – as an […]

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Music Videos

Meet Stockholm DJ and producer Jani Avalon

We recently met up with Stockholm DJ and producer Jani Avalon to talk about his work. Jani Kinnunen, or Jani Avalon as he calls himself professionally, was born and raised in Stockholm with Finnish roots. He got started with music early on in his life, back in 1998 at an after-school programme at a youth […]

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Music New Music Friday Videos

New Music Friday: Rhys & Violet Days

For this New Music Friday, we have picked a couple of gems for you once again from fresh new Swedish music releases.   RHYS – Last Dance The young Swedish-American Rhys is yet another one of those rising artists who are bound for greatness this year. She was born in Portland, Oregon, but moved to […]

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Music New Music Friday

New Music Friday: Skott shines with Glitter and Gloss

For this New Music Friday we bring you the very first music video from SKOTT, who is making so much waves she is bound for an international breakthrough of some sort this year. She’s already got endorsements from the likes of Katy Perry and Lorde, and she’s been a Tune of the Week pick on […]

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Music

Above & Beyond share freedom and love in Stockholm

Last week Above & Beyond offered Stockholm a night of music filled with messages of love and freedom. During their performance at Nobelberget not only did they offer us the progressive trance sounds of their latest hits like: We’re all we need, and classics like Alchemy and World on Fire, but also renewed versions of other hits like Peace of […]

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