The Swedish band Movits! – brothers Johan and Anders Rensfeldt, and Joakim Nilsson – got hooked on swing after hearing Benny Goodman’s “Sing, Sing, Sing” at a festival after-party. They call their music Äppelknyckarjazz (“Apple-stealing jazz,” after trousers worn by Swedish street kids in the ’30s and ’40s). Even if you don’t speak their language, you’ll get the groove. Stephen Colbert saw a Movits! video and invited the band to play on his show. Before that chance discovery, the band hadn’t thought about playing the U.S., since they sing in Swedish. “Movits! sounds like a party, pure and simple, and a party needs no translation” (Consequenceofsound.net).
Friday, Sept. 23
8:45-10 pm / Indiana University Tent
Saturday, Sept. 24
8:45-10 pm / Indiana University Tent *UPDATED*
