NIKI & THE DOVE
Niki & The Dove is a band from Stockholm, Sweden with two members, Malin Dahlström and Gustaf Karlöf. Getting together in February 2010, Malin and Gustaf have spent the time since writing together, figuring out just how pop music works and then discovering new ways to break it.
Their first single “DJ, Ease My Mind” b/w “Under the Bridges” released on leading UK independent Moshi Moshi, was one of the most striking debuts of the year, catching the attention of everyone from Artrocker and NME through to The Sunday Times who declared the single could “be the two greatest alt-pop songs of 2010.” And if “DJ, Ease My Mind,” revealed a band with a precociously fully-formed sound, their self-released follow up “Mother Protect” shows that Niki & The Dove are truly poised for great things. A riotous collision of barely constrained electronic pop overlaid with Malin’s distinctive, glacial vocals, “Mother Protect” confirmed Niki & The Dove as a truly unique talent and ones to watch.
Despite being only available through the band’s website, “Mother Protect” was heavily supported by the likes of John Kennedy on XFM, Radio 1’s Annie Mac (who played the track during both her specialist evening and daytime shows), NME, The Observer and The Independent who said the track “grows brilliantly into a low-key epic.”
Niki & The Dove’s songs are full of magic and light but with an unsettling darkness hidden beneath the surface. It’s pop music but a world away from the production line aesthetics of much modern chart music.
Not just a great studio act though, Malin and Gustaf’s background working with theater and dance productions means that playing live is integral to the…
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Niki & The Dove - The Drummer
SP986 - Released: October 18, 2011
Niki & The Dove, the Swedish duo of Malin Dahlström and Gustaf Karlöf who NME recently referred to as “…one of Europe’s most exciting bands,” return with this new,…
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
U Street Music Hall, WAshington DC
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Saturday, March 10, 2012
Knitting Factory (BK), Brooklyn NY
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Friday, March 16, 2012
Red 7 Patio (TX), Austin TX
SXSW Sub Pop Showcase!!
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Monday, March 19, 2012
Solar Culture, Tucson AZ
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Soda Bar, San Diego CA
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles CA
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco CA
- Promo Photo - Photo 2 (by Eliot Hazel)
- Promo Photo - Photo 3 (by Eliot Hazel)
- Promo Photo - Niki & The Dove - Promo 1 (by Annika Aschberg)
- Cover - The Drummer
- Verbicide magazine (July 2011) review of The Fox
- NME (June 2011) review of The Fox
- The Big Takeover 'The Drummer EP' Review
- The Big Takeover review of The Drummer EP
- Under the Radar-Feature
- Stool Pigeon Interview
- Niki and the Dove is Vogue's "Artist of the Week"! (May 18, 2011)
- Nylon Magazine- "The Fox" track review
- Under the Radar
- Seattle Weekly on Niki and the Dove
- The FADER on Niki and the Dove
- Nylon on Niki and the Dove
- Line of Best Fit Session
- Spin 5 Best New Artists
- GLAMOUR.COM's One To Watch 2011