Agent Side Grinder is a Swedish electronic band from Bromma, Stockholm, which was formed in 2005.Agent Side Grinder on facebook
/ref> The band has made seven albums and two remix albums, they've toured extensively throughout Europe.

History

Agent Side Grinder's first two albums, ''Agent Side Grinder''
(2008) and ''Irish Recording Tape''
(2009) were rooted in post-punk,

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. Their third album ''Hardware'' (2012) showed a bigger and more textured sound. It was named "album of the month" in Vice Magazine,Vice Magazine Album of the Month April 2012: Agent Side Grinder Hardware
/ref> topped several annual "best of-lists" including ''Dagens Nyheter'',Dagens Nyheter: Agent Side Grinder: "Hardware"
/ref> ''Metro'' and ''Time Out Paris'' and won the Manifest-awardManifest award 2013: best synth album
/ref> (Swedish indie-grammy) for best synth album in 2013. also on the album were Swedish musicians Skriet and

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.Elektroskull: Liverapport: Agent Side Grinder (+Henric de la Cour, Skriet), Stockholm
/ref> In 2015 they released ''Alkimia'',Dagens Nyheter: Agent Side Grinder: "Alkemia"
/ref> a dramatic and melodic album that exceeded the success of "Hardware" (another Manifest winManifestgalan: Manifest award 2016: best synth album
/ref>). The album contains a guest appearance by Nicole Sabouné. After Kristoffer Grip, Henrik Sunbring and Thobias Eidevald decided to leave the band in 2017, Johan Lange and Peter Fristedt together with new singer Emanuel Åström returned in 2019 with their comeback album ''A/X''.Release Magazine A/X review
/ref> Agent Side Grinder has done seven European tours and played festivals such as M'era Luna Festival, Wave-Gotik-Treffen, The Great Escape, Eurosonic, Les Transmusicales de Rennes, Entremurahlas, Bimfest,Bimfest 2014
/ref> Drop Dead Festival and Arvikafestivalen. They have opened for bands such as

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and Laibach and collaborated with artists like Dirk Ivens, Kite and Henric de la Cour. In 2020 the band released a second version of A/X titled 'REMA/X'. The album features 13 tracks, the majority of the tracks being remixes of songs from the previous album. REMA/X features remixes from bands such as Ash Code, She Pleasures Herself and many more. The album also includes a new song from Agent Side Grinder titled 'The Archives'. In 2023 Agent Side Grinder released the album 'Jack Vegas' consisting of 8 new tracks. The album won the award for 'best synth' in the 2024 Manifestgalan Awards, this marks the bands third time winning the award and fourth time being nominated.

Members

Current members * Johan Lange – synthesizer, keyboard, programming, percussion, backing vocals * Peter Fristedt – modular synthesizer, tape loops * Emanuel Åström – vocals ;Former members * Alexander Blomqvist – bass guitar (2007–2011) * Henrik Sunbring – synthesizer (2007–2017) * Kristoffer Grip – vocals * Thobias Eidevald – bass guitar (2011–2017) Nocturnal Culture Night 2018 in

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Discography

References

External links

Official website
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