The Cardigans

The Cardigans are a Swedish rock band formed in Jönköping, Sweden,
in 1992, by guitarist Peter Svensson, bassist Magnus Sveningsson, drummer
Bengt Lagerberg, keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson and lead singer Nina Persson,
with the line-up remaining unchanged to this day. Their debut album Emmerdale
(1994) gave them a solid base in their home country and enjoyed some ... read more

Pretty

*Pretty & Nice* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/tags/prettyandnice/) (Equal Vision Records (http://www.equalvision.com)) covered "Love Fool" by The Cardigans for Glamour Kil...
Posted 14 February 8.16pm — Comment on this

Sky Ferreira + Blood Orange + The Knocks + Edwin Van Cleef

So summer's almost over or is over or something, which of course means that it's almost sweater season! Yay, sweaters! Cardigans and hoodies and sweaters and sweaters and...
Posted 18 September 2012 7.17pm — Comment on this

New indie pop from Sweden – The Belljars (riyl The Cardigans, The Cranberries)

Are you sitting in your bedroom and wondering about whatever happened to bands like The Cranberries or The Cardigans? If so wonder no longer because the Belljars will pro...
Posted 9 February 2012 2.46pm — Comment on this

Manic Street Preachers at the O2

02 Arena, London"There are many songs you might go to the bar for," says the singer James Dean Bradfield. "But this one, I think, everyone stays for." Correct on both cou...
Posted 18 December 2011 1.03pm — Comment on this

Lykk3 L1 - Y0uth N0vels

LL Recordings / 2008It's hard not to think of the recent musical output of Sweden as being a pop production line, turning out a hyped new artist once every six months or ...
Posted 15 July 2011 10.00am — Comment on this

YET ANOTHER SONG THAT HAS PERKED ME UP IN RECENT DAYS

An absolutely wonderful bit of pop music with an indie bent, all the way from Sweden:-mp3 : The Cardigans - Rise & ShineThe debut single by The Cardigans released in Swed...
Posted 11 May 2011 11.00am — Comment on this

Highway Child - Sanctuary Come (album stream)

Sometimes in order for rock music to be able to develop further, one needs to revisit the past occasionally, as bands like The Black Crowes and others have demonstrated...
Posted 4 May 2011 11.51am — Comment on this

Deftones covering The Smiths and Sade on new album

Band also tackle Cardigans and Cure tunes
Posted 1 March 2011 5.16pm — Comment on this

Happy Christmas from Readers recommend

Last time was all about saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. We're having a week off, but next time …Momentous times at Readers recommend. The last ever...
Posted 24 December 2010 12.01am — Comment on this

Mark E Smith Blasts

Cardigans lacerated by flying glass...
Posted 20 October 2010 11.04am — Comment on this

Justin Bieber, Usher Ignite Crowd At KIIS-FM's Wango Tango

Ludacris, Ke$ha, Adam Lambert also on festival bill.By Matt EliasJustin Bieber performs at Wango Tango 2010Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/ Getty ImagesKIIS-FM's annu...
Posted 16 May 2010 5.23pm — Comment on this

UNDER THE COVERS WITH DEFTONES, THE CARDIGANS

It’s a long way from loving a band’s record to loving the band. There are records I’ve listened to eight-hundred times whose authors, if ever set on fir...
Posted 5 May 2010 5.30pm — Comment on this

Top songs

The 5 most played The Cardigans songs in the past year.

Played on

Absolute Radio stations playing songs by The Cardigans over the past year.

  1. Absolute Radio 90s 501 plays
  2. Absolute Radio 285 plays
  3. Absolute 80s 20 plays
  4. Absolute Radio 00s 20 plays
  5. Absolute Classic Rock 20 plays
  6. Absolute Radio 70s 9 plays
  7. Absolute Radio 60s 9 plays

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