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From Thursday 13 December 2001

Belltown

You can call me ignorant, but Sweden’s best musical export is probably Abba. And last time I checked they weren’t really that punk were they? But times are a-changing. A new wave of bands are coming out of Sweden, with the aim of taking on the planet.

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