Onstage at the cozy Chelsea club Racket in May, Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist had an important announcement. “Ladies and gentlemen!” the frontman shouted to the mess of bopping heads and airborne limbs gathered before him. “Due to an unfortunate rift in the time-space continuum, it has been 11 years since the Hives played New York.” He tossed his arms triumphantly in the air, as if landing a triple axel. “We are back!” The crowd gleefully erupted. The band got swept into the “rock revival” of the moment alongside the White Stripes and the Vines.

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Persons: Howlin ’ Pelle Almqvist, “, Hives, axel, Veni Vidi, ”, Nicholaus Organizations: “, White Stripes Locations: New York, Sweden, United States