Sweden is importing Brooklyn for a music festival

Sixteen of Brooklyn’s finest, most Brooklyn-y bands are headed to Sweden for a mini-festival Aug. 31-Sept. 1. Titled "Brooklyn, Sweden"—co-sponsored by Brooklyn Brewery and Swedish company Debaser—it aims to bring the music and diverse styles of Brooklyn, America’s self-consciousness capital, to good ol' socialist Sweden. The fest will spread its faux-Brooklyn out over two towns, Malmo and Stockholm, with participating bands including The Hold Steady, Blonde Redhead, Cults, Crystal Stilts, Phosphorescent, and more.