The Village Voice looks at the Scandinavian rock explosion.

So, the Scandinavian circus is set up in all our towns now, with three great chords and three great nations (four counting Iceland's Björk, long an icon in the related "Carport Musique" scene) churning out a variety of copacetic sounds, as rated in the follow-the-line-through-the-IKEA-store maze above. In the meantime, I can't wait until the garrulous garage gals in Finland's Thee Ultra Bimboos send their first major release over here for the New World market. I'm getting a case of Hives just thinking about that prurient prospect.