The Colbert Report

A MOVITS! swing dance for the tenant's union

July 31, 2009

Well, the Swedish swing/hip-hop/jazz group, MOVITS!, has certainly experienced the Colbert Bump this week. After appearing last Monday on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, the group received plenty of attention. And it was pretty obvious here at Multe Music. We've received hundreds of hits on our postings about the tune "Fel del av gården (Wrong [...]

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The Colbert Report – MOVITS!

July 28, 2009

It's not often that I can say I'm ahead of Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report, but in the case of MOVITS! — I can. I had already planned to feature a tune on an upcoming Multe Music show/podcast. You can be sure there'll be one this Saturday! MOVITS! is a swing/hip-hop/jazz band from Sweden. [...]

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MOVITS!: Fel del av gården

July 10, 2009

MOVITS! is an unusual combination — a swing/hip-hop/jazz band from Sweden. I found out about them while doing some research on Swedish music and ran across their MySpace page and their YouTube channel. It's unusual — and fun — music. The lyrics are fast paced (as you would expect with hip-hop) and seem to capture [...]

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Metallica's Ulrich says Norwegian metal better for torture

May 22, 2009

Earlier this month, Metallica's Danish-born drummer Lars Ulrich commented on the USA military's reported use of Metallica music as a torture device — and suggested that they might want to take a more Nordic approach. Ulrich claims that the music of Scandinavian metal bands might be more appropriate. It all seems so bizarre and so [...]

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