Viva Conference 2025
In the middle of the noise, we got new music, new artists and ecosystems around them, somewhat lost. At this year’s Viva Conference, it's personal and all about music discovery.
INTO THE UNKNOWN
Klara Goliger heads to Aalborg for Fallen Flags - a cross-city collaboration pushing the limits of sound and improvisation. Five musicians, four cities and all ready to make some new music!
It's time to lose your shit
We’ve been bringing bands to Waves Vienna for a while, and this year we’re turning it up again. Enter Ängel – a wound of love, wired to drive people wild. Hey Vienna, get ready to rave rock!
JUST GET IT OUT OF HERE!
Just like dogs can't piss on moving cars, you can't hold good bands down. We got links moving out from home for the coming months - and then we bring it all back home for Viva Sounds.
HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
That's what we call a slam dunk title, but when a band name is what is, it is what is. Wolfschmidt are heading out abroad, into the great wide open and they are psyched for it. Here we go.
HEARTS OUT
Two supporting slots and one festival show coming right up for Hearts, starting tonight in Camden (that's in London as you might know). The UK's treating 'em boys nice apparently.
Guitars! Glory! Good vibes!
The worlds second edition of Viva Summer Sounds smashed things up in the best way. A sunny, almost sold-out Wednesday turned out to be all we could have hoped for.
SPIT IT OUT
... and do it all again! We're back at SPOT Festival i Aarhus, Denmark, this weekend. HeadQuarters is (as always) the place to be on Friday at 4pm, to catch some of the hot ones from Sweden.
HEAT 'EM UP
Got something on the stove? Then don't turn the heat down, keep it warm. Just like The Family Men when they're now heading out, leaving Sweden for mainland Europe and the UK.
WESTSIDE MUSIC SWEDEN
is a small company shouting about the (indie) music businesses, their artists and their music, from Gothenburg and the region of Västra Götaland. Formed as a platform we're built on 52 partners all active in the indie community. It's pretty cool.