Winning over American crowds can sometimes be tough for foreign rock bands. But Swedish group The Sounds has always enjoyed an easy, reciprocal relationship with U.S. fans. “In Sweden, we have a ...

It was the KB Theater, alright, no doubt about it, Maja Ivarsson recalls thinking one recent Friday night in April. The same red-hot nightclub in her Swedish hometown of Malmo where her band the ...

Here we go again. I asked to interview the singer for The Sounds, because I dig this little-known, neo-new wave band from Sweden. And tonight at the Hard Rock, they're opening for No Doubt and Panic ...

Led by bisexual, striking, sweet-voiced singer Maja Ivarsson, the Swedish quintet the Sounds may not be mainstream or get radio play in the U.S., but you wouldn’t know it to listen to their music — ...

Most Americans’ notions of Sweden involve blond bombshells in bikinis or peace-loving liberals with a rigid stance on neutrality. So, what kind of visions do the Swedes have of us? “We usually call ...

Bringing the spirit of rock 'n' roll to the stage is easier said than done. For a band like Sweden's The Sounds, however, it's an art that seems to come naturally, as they circle the globe, making ...

Maja Ivarsson doesn’t like to talk about being a sex symbol. Despite this, the lead singer of Swedish New Wave rockers the Sounds understands it’s a topic of interest. The openly bisexual beauty — ...

Sounds frontwoman Maja Ivarsson apologizes when she phones from her native Sweden at just after midnight, Pacific time. “I know it’s an awkward hour, but I couldn’t make this interview work any other ...

Swedish synth-poppers the Sounds first burst onto the scene in 2002, proclaiming themselves to be the vanguard of some sort of updated New Wave everything from the opening riffs of their hit single, ...

The Sounds have outlasted the new-wave revival of the early aughts, gliding along on their shimmery new-wave electro-pop for more than a decade. With singer Maja Ivarsson leading the band’s ...