VIDEO: You want some fresh music in an amazing environment? Follow Saga Back as she takes her guitar and new single Samuel for a session at Hotel Pigalle in central Gothenburg. 

ARTICLE: Time to get the terminology straight! Katthem is one of two somewhat Westside-affiliated bands nominated for the "punk" award at this years Manifest Gala, released by Welfare Sounds.

ARTICLE: Award season is upon us and nominations for The Gaffa Awards is here as well. And, to no surprise, this side of town is well represented as it should, by amazing artists, releases and labels.

ARTICLE: One of the big ones goes digital for 2021. SXSW is one of those special occasions you hear people and bands talk about, and this year we get to see what the fuzz is all about, together with mimi.

ARTICLE: Novarupta was nominated at the Swedish indie awards, Manifest, last year. New year, new album and they're nominated again. And the label behind the release is the same as well. 

ARTICLE: When invited to talk on things we think we know some about, we're always happy to be on the team. So let's hope we made sense on the panel for China International Music Industry Conference.

ARTICLE: Maybe that’s one thing we gotta be a little better at since we have one of the most interesting music scenes in the country and Gothenburg could be called the (indie) music capital of Sweden. 

ARTICLE: Staying focused during a pandemic is not the easiest thing to do. Daniel Hansson at 40ft Management talked us through his 2020, with digital exposure, passion and a possible future.

ARTICLE: No less than three bands via Westside will be part of the second edition of Bangkok Music City: Browsing Collection, The Bongo Club and KÅRP. We talked to all of them plus the festival manager. 



ARTICLE: As we all know 2020 has been full of surprises. But every cloud has a silver lining. We now have the privilege to see SUNHILL perform a digital show at the Mexican Festival Marvin 9.5!

ARTICLE: Black River Delta is the first Swedish band up on this years digital edition of Festival Marvin. And they are just waiting for the world to be safe again, so they can make it un-safe.

ARTICLE: We wanna be free. We wanna be free to do what we wanna do, and we wanna get loaded and have a good time. That's what we're gonna do. Next year.

VIDEO: Press the button and let The Bongo Club tell you all about their track Glorious. This time performed acoustically in the tattoo studio Den Gamla Skolan, in Borås. 

VIDEO: In this episode we climb a mountain - literally! Hit play and let Browsing Collection guide you through their track Broken Bone Blues, in the latest episode of Story of the Song.

VIDEO: The first episode of our new session series Story of the Song is up! We met with Fabian Brusk-Jahn who gave some personal insight into his story telling, and played us his song in a unique setting. 

ARTICLE: – It's too bad we didn’t get to go to Hamburg and enjoy the festival, but I had a great time recording our session, says Lisa Wanloo when talking about this years Reeperbahn Festival.

ARTICLE: – We get motivation to keep going from all the positive feedback we get on our recent releases, says Janice Prix. The band is more than ready for Reeperbahn Festival and has kept an impressive pace this year. 

ARTICLE: We can't be there, still we gotta be there. This year at Reeperbahn we're represented by Lisa Wanloo, Janice Prix and Tomma Intet, and even tho it's a digital thing, it's still a pretty cool thing.

ARTICLE: So, sit back and enjoy a healthy dose of live music. Klubb Undergrunden sessions is back, joining forces with five deadly acts. The concerts will once again be streamed via Borås Tidning.

ARTICLE: Developing the soundscape, recording on your own and releasing new music. Find out more about Revenge Prevails, their 12 year journey as a band and their upcoming plans here. 

ARTICLE: After sending some music from artists we work with and some virus happening, we got to talking about a digital showcase as a way of doing something relevant, paving the way for 2021.

ARTICLE: A new media platform to be launched! Devoted to push the local talent and businesses internationally we could not be more pleased. Independent music, major sounds!

ARTICLE: Cities of Mars play slow, heavy and dark music with sections of atmospheric soundscapes, reflecting the story of the songs which spans 9000 years, back to ancient Atlantis on Earth.

ARTICLE: In this conversation we get to know Jimi Nilsson, founder of Messed!Up Magazine a little bit better.

ARTICLE: In this interview with Emma Elstner, founder of Blackbird Artists, we talk about cancelled shows, working major vs indie and much more.

ARTICLE: We got in touch with Virginina And the Flood ahead of the release of the fourth episode of Messed!Up Viva Sessions.

ARTICLE: We have been flirting with each other for a while, to be honest, says Magnus Petersson from Tomma Intet, speaking on working with Welfare Sounds.

VIDEO: Ulf Dernevik and Joppe Pihlgren discuss several aspects of the government stimulus package for creative and cultural industries.

VIDEO: With the third episode of Messed!Up Viva Sessions being released Alma Westerlund of Beverly Kills share her thoughts on the performance and talks about the future for the band.

ARTICLE: With the news that Klubb Undergrunden will start broadcasting shows Friday the 24th of April we talked to Emma Gerdien, from the city of Borås, and Erik Ahlblom, guitar player in The Bongo Club.

VIDEO: Find out what Katti Hofflin, cultural director at Västra Götalandsregionen, and Johan Lindqvist, Göteborgs-Posten, have to say about the state of culture in our second digital edition of Viva Talks. 

VIDEO: How does the current situation affect the live market especially? Let's hear it from Pustervik, Debaser and Plan B. 

ARTICLE: What’s the status for music venues right now? We decided to bring Viva Talks online to keep the conversation alive. 

As Covid-19 have spread, we’ve talked to promotors and bookers in China, South Korea and Italy, but what’s the state in our own backyard?

ARTICLE: Italy is today the talking point when it comes to the Covid-19 virus, and the first real quarantine after it started spreading in Europe. Katia Giampaolo running Estragon Club in Bologna tells us how she is affected .

Following the outbreak of Covid-19 we’re doing a series of interviews with our partners and friends around the globe. In Hong Kong, Eric De Fontenay from MusicDish LLC  and his team are working on new ways to develop, focusing on reinventing the digital side of their company. 

Last month we had KÅRP in Los Angeles. Now we’re about to send Beverly Kills to The New Colossus Festival in New York. Power up. Lower East Side, let’s go!

Westside Music Sweden got 32 independent music business as partners, but who are they and what do they do? We want you to get a chance to know them better!

Westside Music Sweden are back for the third edition of Viva Sounds, December 6th-7th. This time with more shows, more venues and more people invited to the panels during Saturday.

Time to send the last band of the year to Råhuset in Copenhagen. Baby Missiles is a trio that write pop songs that will make you want to bang your head and make your feet start dancing.

This year’s last Viva Talks is hosted by Popup Records from Hamburg, a company which has been around since 2001 and is extremely well established in the German market.

We´re getting closer to the end of the year 2019. On one hand you could think that we´re all laid back and set for Viva Sounds but on the other one that´s just too boring to be doing only that, so… we have one more ace up our sleeve for you!

It’s that time of the year again, when the streets get crowded and the bars fill up. No, not Christmas. This is better than all your Christmas celebrations combined – it’s time for Reeperbahn Festival.

This year is the 8th edition of the Zandari Festa, that´s all about “listen to music, drink beer and make friends”. With over 100 teams of musicians from 20 countries, it may be alot of beer and friends…

The band Two Year Vacation has been up to a lot more things this past year than their band name says.

Much has happened to Lisa Wanloo this year. In February, she went and played at “Make it Loud” in Kiev, Ukraine which she described as “Cold as hell and everything was very, very brown.

Time to cross the Atlantic for the land with tequila, sombreros and the most streams in the world – Mexico! Bottlecap from Gothenburg will represent Westside Music Sweden at Festival Marvin, CDMX, May 16-18, our third year proudly part of this event.

Spring time is finally here and the festival season is really just around the corner. Let’s turn our eyes and ears just little bit south towards SPOT Festival in Aarhus, Denmark!

The Exorcist GBG made a string of shows in Europe, fueled up by steam, moods and all the strange things in between, and finalized their trip at Roadburn Festival – here’s some words on it!

Viva Talks is a new series of talks, in the shape of a normal after-work. For the first session we’re inviting three British people to sit down in the restaurant at Pustervik for a conversation about music. It’s time for Viva Talks English!