The Sugarcubes
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The Sugarcubes: Sweet Sensation
Interview by Robin Gibson, Sounds, 12 September 1987
Out of anarcho-punk stars Kukl come THE SUGARCUBES — the sweet taste of a bitter pop sound. ROBIN GIBSON is impressed by the Icelandic cool ...
The Very Things/The Sugarcubes: Camden Workers Social Club, London
Live Review by Jane Solanas, New Musical Express, 17 October 1987
IT WAS A pretty respectable turnout considering that the Camden Workers Social Club is hardly a familiar location for gigs. ...
The Sugarcubes: Town & Country Club, London
Live Review by Simon Reynolds, Melody Maker, 2 January 1988
LIKE EVERYONE else. I expressly came to worship, to be defeated, to drench their names in a prolix of hopelessly imprecise euphoria. Unhappily, though, it ...
The Sugarcubes: First Love Last Rites
Interview by Robin Gibson, Sounds, 7 May 1988
The ink fresh on a US record deal, and their debut LP, Life's Too Good, just out, the big money beckons for resolute indie artists ...
The Sugarcubes: Astoria, London
Live Review by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 23 May 1988
WITH FRAIL old people packing out Wembley and the charts stuffed with the dross that even Eurovision couldn't stomach (yobbish novelty records, the pitiable Wet ...
The Sugarcubes: Astoria, London
Live Review by Keith Cameron, Sounds, 28 May 1988
BJÖRK AND EINAR'S LAUGHTER SHOW ...
Rock From Reykjavik: Behold Bjork and her Sugarcubes
Interview by Gerrie Lim, Exposure, September 1988
THEY COME FROM a land of ice and snow, where volcanic peaks and photogenic glaciers surround settlements given to fish factories and sundry cottage industries, ...
The Sugarcubes: Iceland's "Little People" Make a Big Noise
Interview by Amy Linden, Musician, October 1988
THE SUGARCUBES are not only a new band, and a very good band, but they are probably (no, let us make that definitely) the only ...
The Sugarcubes: Ladies and Gentlemen, The Icecubes from Sugarland
Interview by Mat Snow, Sounds, 10 December 1988
Paying the price of fame and fortune, The Sugarcubes have talked and I smiled themselves through a seemingly endless round of interviews and gigs. Now ...
Sugarcubes: Yule Never Björk Alone
Interview by Chris Roberts, Melody Maker, 24 December 1988
THE SUGARCUBES' BID FOR WORLD DOMINATION IS ALMOST COMPLETE. FOR CHRISTMAS THEY'LL BE RETURNING HOME TO ICELAND TO START RECORDING THE FOLLOW-UP TO THE LIFE'S ...
The Sugarcubes: Reykjavik, Iceland
Live Review by Jon Wilde, Melody Maker, 26 August 1989
ICE CREAM ...
The Sugarcubes: The Art of Contradiction
Interview by Jon Wilde, Melody Maker, 2 September 1989
IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE CHRIS ROBERTS FIRST HEARD 'BIRTHDAY' AND PLUCKED BJÖRK AND CO FROM OBSCURITY. NOW THEY'RE THE SUCCESS STORY OF THE DECADE, ...
The Sugarcubes: "World Domination or Die!"
Profile and Interview by Mat Snow, Q, October 1989
Such is the manifesto of Iceland's Sykurmolar, internationally more familiar as The Sugarcubes. And to this end they have invested funds from their rapidly increasing ...
The Sugarcubes: Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!
Review by Tom Graves, Rock & Roll Disc, November 1989
IT IS THE JOB of the P.R. people at record companies to shove this week's newest big thing down the throats of a hungry music-buying ...
The Sugarcubes: Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!
Review by Martin Aston, Q, November 1989
THE SUGARCUBES may have plucked their second album title from Wind In The Willows's whimsical pages but the quote has an altogether more serious import: ...
Interview by David Quantick, New Musical Express, 4 January 1992
"It is too cold in this country," sighs Einar Orn. "Cold and damp." He sips at his warming Guinness. Bjork Gudmundsdottir giggles to herself over ...
The Sugarcubes: Still Crazy after all these Beers
Report and Interview by Bruce Dessau, Vox, February 1992
IF IT'S 4.30 on a Friday afternoon, it must he Reykjavik. Actually, it turns out to be Keflavik, 40 minutes away from Iceland's capital city ...
The Sugarcubes: Joyriders On The Storm
Interview by Andrew Mueller, Melody Maker, 1 February 1992
"The shock of the renewed" is how ANDREW MUELLER magnificently greets Stick Around For Joy, The 'Cubes' return to the forefront of the fray. Hang ...
The Sugarcubes: Brixton Academy, London
Live Review by Dele Fadele, New Musical Express, 21 March 1992
HIT THE NORTH ATLANTIC ...
The Sugarcubes: Nordic By Nature
Interview by Stephen Dalton, New Musical Express, 28 March 1992
Hamsters of the gods, inventors of hip hop, Phil Collins fans extraordinaire… life's still too good for reality on the planet of The Sugarcubes. Stephen ...
Interview by Ted Drozdowski, Musician, October 1992
PRODUCER PAUL Fox came up as a keyboard player in the skinny-tie era. "When I first moved to L.A., there was a big banner on ...
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