Love them or hate them, The Hives are about to release their 6th album and we didn’t have a thread.
They are also going on tour with the Arctic Monkeys so here it is.
Good video for their comeback track too…
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Do you ever have thoughts like “I got to see [band I love] live but somehow I’ve seen [other band] twice”?
Anyway, I’ve seen The Hives twice - once at Cardiff Uni Great Hall and once at Reading 2002. I have slight hearing loss in one ear because of the bloody Hives (but also because I was drunk and dancing in front of the speakers whilst their tinny racket played).
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Feels like The Hives should have way more than 5 albums out at this point. It’s not like they’re holed away in a Stockholm studio Kevin Shieldsing this shit for years at a time
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legal battles though innit
Oh, yikes. Haven’t seen that amount of money go towards Cardigans since….something something Belle and Sebastian gig something
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Playing the Fleece in Bristol on 30/05 (day after they support Arctic Monkeys at Ashton Gate)
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Always feel like I should like them more but their music just does nothing for me. Did like the utter confusion on people’s faces at 2.07 in this
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also possibly the oddest collection of names to make a single
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I’m going to the Ashton Gate gig primarily because of The Hives. I like Arctic Monkeys a lot but still think they’d work better in smaller venues.
Guess I’m seeing The Hives two days running. Funnily enough, the Fleece is also the first place I saw them, on the bottom of a three band bill.
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Never knew that. This has made me pretty sad.
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Will always have a soft spot for this band and I’m glad they’re still around – the Monkeys support slot will likely get them a lot of younger fans. Their commitment to putting on A Great Show, a consistent look and miraculously not ageing is to be admired.
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My bus ride to school was exactly half an hour which meant a lot of listening to Veni Vidi Vicious and Tyrannosaurus Hives to pass the time. Just the right mix of catchy, energetic and gleefully taking the piss when so much garage-rock took itself too seriously.
Lost interest a bit after The Black and White Album (what the fuck was this) but if I had the chance to see them live I’d go without thinking.
New song sounds good and I like that they’re keeping up the Randy Fitzsimmons lore.
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I’m pretty sure that sound is taken from “Threads”
yeah I think they did a like for like, they got to use that sound in exchange for future DVD releases of Threads to have ‘Die Alright!’ play over the end credits
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there’s a lot more to it than that short article gives space for - it’s a really interesting story of rock and roll excess and bad book keeping and loads more artists were involved than just Hives & Cardigans - even Europe!
There’s been a book or two written about it and I think a documentary was planned but neither the Hives nor the Cardigans want to go on record
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Also, pretty brave of the Arctic Monkeys to take such an absolutely kick arse live band on the road as their support
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Remember when WWE used ‘Tick Tick Boom’ for iirc a Summerslam theme song?
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I love The Hives btw, think they’re a bit like the Futureheads in that they’re massively underrated largely cuz they’re seen as one his wonders
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Remember when they used Walk Idiot Walk for the Divas Search introductions one year and nobody batted an eyelid? 
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My mistake, it was Survivor Series 2007
