No, this isn’t just an exercise in BEE lip service, seems like The Hives are actually willing to embrace transformation. With Pharrell Williams, Jacknife Lee and Dennis Herring twiddling the knobs the ...

For those that like the Almqvuist's howls and chorus-less two-minute rock blocks, they certainly make appearances on "The Black and White Album," but it is important to applaud The Hives for refusing ...

The five-piece punk band from Sweden made a splash in the early 2000s, and their incendiary live shows have never stopped. But new music paused for a decade — until now. The Hives singer Howlin ...

Despite uneven attempts to branch beyond their explosive pop-punk, the Hives' fourth full-length ultimately ... of Ray Davies and Paul Weller. The album stumbles on "T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S.," a dance ...

Let's do this." That lunch, Dangerous said, occurred in Atlanta back in 2007, when The Hives were in the midst of recording The Black and White Album, which was released later that year.

The first idea with Lex Hives was that we were going to make this as insular as we could and produce it ourselves, given all the collaboration that went into The Black and White Album. We were ...

When the Hives released their last album, in 2012, the Swedish garage-rockers ... It also created a fun bit of lore, similar to Jack White’s claim around the same time that Meg White was his ...

On April 20th, The Hives will release a long awaited limited edition black and white vinyl reissue of their exuberant 2007 album Black and White Album, which featured production from The Neptunes ...

By Tyler Jenke Incendiary Swedish rockers The Hives are readying themselves for a big year, with a new album announced alongside a global run of tour dates. The veteran quintet – who celebrated ...