
I think of metal and its various forms only peripherally, as some other tribe's music, acknowledged as valid yet neither understood nor experienced from the outside. But because metal rose in the sixties and seventies, a warped response to blues rock and the psychedelics that raised intensity to a level previously unheard, I have always known it; its culture is largely unchanged in nature, focusing on a core fashion and the shared experience of the live event, even as it attracts new generations. And, as within our ever-popular 2009 exploration of Punk through coverage , though [...]
When The Darkness hit the scene in the 2003, critics began braying about the "hair metal revival." Well, as it turned out that "revival" was pretty much confined to one band and, really, to one song. Once college kids got sick of shredding their vocal chords trying to hit the "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" high notes, hair metal slunk back to 1984. This is probably a good thing, though it
A big thank you to all that came to my last Christmas concert and made it a wonderful night. And big thanks to Pernilla Andersson for a lovely performance! We sold out big time and me and the band was really happy with the concert! So for all of you who couldn't attend. Check out today's episode for some Christmas feelin'! Today's episode is sponsored by Thanks to my band: Marcus Högquist - guitar [...]

We have one more Christmas concert coming up and I'm really happy to present the final guest artist: Pernilla Andersson . Meet her in today's window! There's still a few tickets left to our last concert December 12th. Make sure you book one HERE before they're all sold out! Pernilla Andersson is in her spare-time a passionate fisherman. She also runs her own label Sheriff, has produced several albums and released no less [...]

I'm happy to announce the guest artists that will be performing with me on my Christmas shows in December. Make sure you book your tickets before they're all sold out. Cornelisrummet at Mosebacke only takes 50 people per concert and the tickets are already available for purchase here . Sofia Talvik's Julmys is a Christmas show where I will play my original Christmas songs alongside my favourite wintery songs by other artists like Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen. I'm also very happy to announce that 3 very talanted stars from Sweden will join me for a show [...]
Pia Fraus and Herrs (vague feeling of mistranslation. . .) Team Powerpopulist doesn't always display creativity or logic in its rationale for posting particular songs in particular posts. Some of the fault owes to the filing system. True, it's hard to blame something that doesn't exist, but all of this is to say we've come across some songs we'd intended to post back in earlier days of the