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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Maja Ivarsson of the Sounds shows her impressive ability to balance in heels during a recent concert. Photo from Brooklyn Vegan. Squatting between the ...

''Snakes on a Plane'': Meet the folks behind its theme song! Rockers Gabe Saporta and Maja Ivarsson talk about their tune and its hilariously literal video Dare we dream — the Samuel L. Jackson ...

Swedish sonic upstarts The Sounds slipped through Chicago last week. Fronted by the sultry Maja Ivarsson, the band whipped the crowd into an uncontrollable hard-edged pop frenzy. But then a triple ...

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 — ...

During a recent performance at the Mercury Lounge in New York, Sweden's Sounds displayed a feisty knack for delivering punk-splashed, synth-fueled pop music—the kind you can't help but dance to. By ...

It’s rare to watch a live performance without seeing the band. But The Limousines opened The Sounds’ Wednesday performance at the Wiltern in an unusual aura of mystery. Emerging from darkness in a ...

Swedes: they do know how to do write catchy songs. They also produce spectacular frontwomen- case in point: Maja Ivarsson, the ultra-charismatic singer of dance-punk group The Sounds in tiny hot pants ...

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 ...

"My inner core has always been a wild child, and I always will be," says striking Sounds vocalist Maja Ivarsson on the eve of her band's sixth album, Things We Do For Love. "Songwriting is now my ...

Sweden's The Sounds take the stage like a fierce force, curating energetic dance parties by way of infectiously poppy, synth-ridden songs that sum up the attitude and allure of youth culture. The ...