NYLON/MYSPACE : STOCKHOLM
Sneak peak inside the mag: music (Peter Björn and John, Lo-Fi-Fnk, Mando Diao...) & shopping.
TUNE IN: STOCKHOLM MUSICIANS
Frida Hyvönen
“There seems to be a small war going on about whether I’m a cute Scandinavian blonde or a feminist icon,” says Frida Hyvönen. In a nutshell, she’s both: Imagine impassioned, Tori Amos-style moaning, a song named after Djuna Barnes, and lines like “Once I felt your cock against my thigh” coming from a tall Chloë Sevigny lookalike fond of pencil skirts, black liquid eyeliner, and arty White Stripes-style concept videos, and you’ll begin to understand what all the fuss is about. EVIANA HARTMAN
myspace.com/fridahyvonen
El Perro Del Mar
The Gothenburg-based singer-songwriter—better known as El Perro Del Mar—looks in person like the love child of Mia Farrow and Twiggy, and creates the sort of dreamy melancholia that one could imagine playing in the background as girls in the early ’60s prep for a school dance—a Virgin Suicides-style school dance, that is. RACHEL ANTONOFF
myspace.com/elperrodelmar
Peter Björn and John
The runaway success of lead single “Young Folks” from their album Writer’s Block—it won a Swedish Grammy for Best Video, was featured on Grey’s Anatomy, and is a downloadable cell-phone ringtone—hasn’t gone to their heads. Yttling, a longtime and accomplished music producer, still considers himself as such, and says “this whole pop-star thing, going around the globe, is more like a hobby. It’s a nice hobby, though.” KATE WILLIAMS
myspace.com/peterbjornandjohn
Lo-Fi-Fnk
LFF’s debut album, Boylife, may be a catchy ode to everlasting youth, but there’s an element of trepidation beneath the boisterous dance-party beats. Of the recording process—which took place in a studio underneath the narrow cobblestone streets of Gamla Stan, the oldest neighborhood in Stockholm—Drougge says, “We didn’t really know what we were doing. JARED FLINT
myspace.com/lofifnksweden
Mando Diao
It’s the last day of South by Southwest, and Mando Diao—who have just arrived from Sweden—are too jet-lagged to see straight. But they’d better get used to the feeling: In the last year, the band (frontmen Björn Dixard and Gustaf Norén, bassist CJ Fogelklou, drummer Samuel Giers, and keyboardist Mats Bjorke) has toured Japan and Europe, recorded new album Ode to Ochrasy, and received two National Radio Awards and a Swedish Grammy. MONIQUE LAVIE
myspace.com/mandodiao
TO READ MORE ABOUT THESE ARTISTS {CLICK HERE}
ROLLIN' WITH THE 'HOLMIES
Heading to Stockholm? Start here.
SHOP
Acne Jeans
Hamngatan 10-14; acnejeans.com
Marvel at the insanely amazing non-denim collections, available in full here, and pick up a pair of high-waisted Tube jeans.
Le Shop
Birger Jarlsgatan 9; leshop.se
Clothing and accessories by hard-to-find European talents like Gaspard Yurkievich.
Pet Sounds
Skanegatan 53; petsounds.se
The best record store in town.
Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair
Bondegatan 46B; shoerepair.se
This NYLON favorite (not a shoe repair, but a clothing label) does innovative tailoring in the favored Swedish palette of grey and black.
BEAUTY
Sturebadet
Frosundaviks alle 15; sturebadet.se
Stockholm’s oldest, grandest spa was Greta Garbo’s secret weapon.
Moc
Asogatan 140
Who said being ice-blonde was low-maintenance? This chic salon is trusted by stylish Swedes who keep their locks light.
EAT/DRINK/PARTY
Café String
Nytorgsgatan 38; cafestring.com
You’ll think you’re in Brooklyn in this bustling café, where the junk-shop furniture is for sale.
Debaser
Karl Johans Torg 1; Medborgarplatsen 8; myspace.com/debaserstockholm
Don’t leave without a night out at one of the venerable indie-rock club’s two outposts.
Carmen
Tjarhovsgatan 14
It ain’t pretty, but thanks to the cheapest beer in town, it’s the indie-rocker-boy dive of choice.
CRASH HERE: NORDIC LIGHT HOTEL
Ideally located on top of the T-Centralen transit hub (a masterpiece of design in itself), the Nordic Light Hotel utilizes the full spectrum to enhance its clean-lined Scandinavian decor. Each spare yet comfortable room is illuminated with your choice of colored light; an in-room booklet explains the effect of each on your mood, though after a night of sleep in the crazy-comfortable, zillion- thread-count-sheeted beds, yours shouldn’t require any boosting. JARED FLINT
TO READ MORE, THERE'S MUCH MORE, {CLICK HERE}
Frida Hyvönen
“There seems to be a small war going on about whether I’m a cute Scandinavian blonde or a feminist icon,” says Frida Hyvönen. In a nutshell, she’s both: Imagine impassioned, Tori Amos-style moaning, a song named after Djuna Barnes, and lines like “Once I felt your cock against my thigh” coming from a tall Chloë Sevigny lookalike fond of pencil skirts, black liquid eyeliner, and arty White Stripes-style concept videos, and you’ll begin to understand what all the fuss is about. EVIANA HARTMAN
myspace.com/fridahyvonen
El Perro Del Mar
The Gothenburg-based singer-songwriter—better known as El Perro Del Mar—looks in person like the love child of Mia Farrow and Twiggy, and creates the sort of dreamy melancholia that one could imagine playing in the background as girls in the early ’60s prep for a school dance—a Virgin Suicides-style school dance, that is. RACHEL ANTONOFF
myspace.com/elperrodelmar
Peter Björn and John
The runaway success of lead single “Young Folks” from their album Writer’s Block—it won a Swedish Grammy for Best Video, was featured on Grey’s Anatomy, and is a downloadable cell-phone ringtone—hasn’t gone to their heads. Yttling, a longtime and accomplished music producer, still considers himself as such, and says “this whole pop-star thing, going around the globe, is more like a hobby. It’s a nice hobby, though.” KATE WILLIAMS
myspace.com/peterbjornandjohn
Lo-Fi-Fnk
LFF’s debut album, Boylife, may be a catchy ode to everlasting youth, but there’s an element of trepidation beneath the boisterous dance-party beats. Of the recording process—which took place in a studio underneath the narrow cobblestone streets of Gamla Stan, the oldest neighborhood in Stockholm—Drougge says, “We didn’t really know what we were doing. JARED FLINT
myspace.com/lofifnksweden
Mando Diao
It’s the last day of South by Southwest, and Mando Diao—who have just arrived from Sweden—are too jet-lagged to see straight. But they’d better get used to the feeling: In the last year, the band (frontmen Björn Dixard and Gustaf Norén, bassist CJ Fogelklou, drummer Samuel Giers, and keyboardist Mats Bjorke) has toured Japan and Europe, recorded new album Ode to Ochrasy, and received two National Radio Awards and a Swedish Grammy. MONIQUE LAVIE
myspace.com/mandodiao
TO READ MORE ABOUT THESE ARTISTS {CLICK HERE}
ROLLIN' WITH THE 'HOLMIES
Heading to Stockholm? Start here.
SHOP
Acne Jeans
Hamngatan 10-14; acnejeans.com
Marvel at the insanely amazing non-denim collections, available in full here, and pick up a pair of high-waisted Tube jeans.
Le Shop
Birger Jarlsgatan 9; leshop.se
Clothing and accessories by hard-to-find European talents like Gaspard Yurkievich.
Pet Sounds
Skanegatan 53; petsounds.se
The best record store in town.
Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair
Bondegatan 46B; shoerepair.se
This NYLON favorite (not a shoe repair, but a clothing label) does innovative tailoring in the favored Swedish palette of grey and black.
BEAUTY
Sturebadet
Frosundaviks alle 15; sturebadet.se
Stockholm’s oldest, grandest spa was Greta Garbo’s secret weapon.
Moc
Asogatan 140
Who said being ice-blonde was low-maintenance? This chic salon is trusted by stylish Swedes who keep their locks light.
EAT/DRINK/PARTY
Café String
Nytorgsgatan 38; cafestring.com
You’ll think you’re in Brooklyn in this bustling café, where the junk-shop furniture is for sale.
Debaser
Karl Johans Torg 1; Medborgarplatsen 8; myspace.com/debaserstockholm
Don’t leave without a night out at one of the venerable indie-rock club’s two outposts.
Carmen
Tjarhovsgatan 14
It ain’t pretty, but thanks to the cheapest beer in town, it’s the indie-rocker-boy dive of choice.
CRASH HERE: NORDIC LIGHT HOTEL
Ideally located on top of the T-Centralen transit hub (a masterpiece of design in itself), the Nordic Light Hotel utilizes the full spectrum to enhance its clean-lined Scandinavian decor. Each spare yet comfortable room is illuminated with your choice of colored light; an in-room booklet explains the effect of each on your mood, though after a night of sleep in the crazy-comfortable, zillion- thread-count-sheeted beds, yours shouldn’t require any boosting. JARED FLINT
TO READ MORE, THERE'S MUCH MORE, {CLICK HERE}
This story was published on June 26, 2007.
CONTENT RATING:
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gisellle
06/27/2007
super!!!!! i want to know even more :)
Eline
06/27/2007
Coool! Stockholm.
Julia
07/04/2007
The best place in the world.
francesca
07/09/2007
yeah!i'm going to stockholm this summer.i'm so excited!!!
Johanna
09/30/2007
Omg, unbelieveable that some ppl actually find Sweden cool. Nothing special about this city at all, but I guess if you don't live this shit.. tip: stay away from the quarters around Stureplan and stick to Södermalm.
Johanna
09/30/2007
Omg, unbelieveable that some ppl actually find Sweden cool. Nothing special about this city at all, but I guess if you don't live this shit.. tip: stay away from the quarters around Stureplan and stick to Södermalm.
jcjdrbcuj
06/04/2009
Young Folks were also played in the beginning on the first episode of the first season of Gossip Girl :D
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