BLUES PILLS

Happy Birthday! Blues Pills vocalist Elin Larsson explicitly announces it with the title of their new album: "Birthday"! This year, the Swedish singer welcomed her son into the world and is featured on the album cover sporting a baby bump.

Musically, the band's second album is rich with content. Lead vocalist Elin discusses the backstory of her favorite track, "Piggyback Ride," as well as other songs like "Birthday" and "Don't You Love It." She also shares her thoughts on being compared to music icons such as Janis Joplin and Aretha Franklin, and how she plans to celebrate the album's release at Wacken. Discover more about what to expect from the new album in our exclusive interview with Blues Pills!

Roger Glover & Don Airey / DEEP PURPLE

Deep Purple are far from finished. Despite announcing what was supposed to be their final album, the British rockers have continued on and released "=1" in 2024. Ian Gillan and Don Airey joined us for an exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview to share insights about the new album and discuss the differences between german and english pub quizzes. Enjoy the listen!

Courtney Taylor-Taylor / THE DANDY WARHOLS

Ever since their solid breakthrough in the early 2000s, The Dandy Warhols have been a staple in the rock music landscape. The first time you hear their smash hit "Bohemian Like You," it's not leaving your head anytime soon. We caught up with lead singer and guitarist Courtney Taylor-Taylor for an exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview to chat about their latest album "Rockmaker" and to dive into more than three decades of rocking out. Plus, he let us in on why the band sticks to recording in their own studio, what the 90s music vibe meant to them, and his take on how musicians' political activism stacks up against the past.

Jonas Almén / ROYAL REPUBLIC

It's been five years since Royal Republic dropped their album "Club Majesty." Now, in 2024, we're finally getting fresh tunes from the Swedish rockers hailing from Malmö. In an exclusive interview with ROCK ANTENNE, we caught up with bassist Jonas Almén to chat about their latest record "Love Cop," the band's pre-show rituals, and their collabs with German punk icons Die Toten Hosen and Billy Talent. Plus, the musician dished on his love for metal and the Hamburg-based hip-hop and electropunk outfit Deichkind.

Tobias Gustavsson / NESTOR

Although founded in 1989, Nestor only released their first album in 2021. The Swedes were more than successful with it. In an exclusive ROCK ANTENNE interview, we spoke with singer Tobias Gustavsson about the band's new album "Teenage Rebel". Additionally, the Swede revealed why the rock scene in Germany is better than in his home country of Sweden and how the band found each other again after more than 30 years.