The Swedish garage rock legends once again cemented their status as one of the bast live bands in the world, with a blistering energetic set at the Warfield in San Francisco on September 20th. Frontman Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist was in full-throttle from the get go, kicking and jumping his way across the stage and into the crowd. The band started at a 10 and didn’t let up until the final bows, hitting old faves like “Tick Tick Boom,” “Hate to Say I Told You So,” and “Walk Idiot Walk” along with newer bangers like “Rigor Mortis Radio” from the 2023 record The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons, and the title track from their latest record The Hives Forever Forever the Hives.
