Agent Side Grinder

Agent Side Grinder is an electronic band from Bromma, Stockholm, which was formed in 2005.[1] The band has made four albums and toured extensively throughout Europe.

Agent Side Grinder
Agent Side Grinder at Nocturnal Culture Night 2018 in Germany.
Background information
Origin	Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Electronica, post-punk, industrial
Years active	2005 - present
Labels	Enfant Terrible, Hästen & Korset, Klangarkivet, Energy Rekords, Complete Control Productions, Progress Productions, Oráculo Records, Kollaps Records, Wave Tension Records
Associated acts	Skriet, Henric de la Cour, Dirk Ivens, Eric Alm
Website	www.agentsidegrinder.com
Members	Johan Lange Peter Fristedt Emanuel Åström
Past members	Aleksander Blomqvist Kristoffer Grip Henrik Sunbring Thobias Eidevald

Their first two albums, Agent Side Grinder[2] (2008) and Irish Recording Tape[3] (2009) were rooted in post-punk, industrial and dark electro.

Their third album Hardware (2012) showed a bigger and more textured sound. It was named "album of the month" in Vice Magazine,[4] topped several annual "best of-lists" including Dagens Nyheter,[5] Metro and Time Out Paris and won the Manifest-award[6] (Swedish indie-grammy) for best synth album in 2013. also on the album were Swedish musicians Skriet and Henric de la Cour.[7]

In 2015 they released their magnum opus Alkimia,[8] a dramatic and melodic album that exceeded the success of "Hardware" (another Manifest win[9][10]). 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.[11]

Agent Side Grinder has done seven European tours and played festivals such as M'era Luna Festival, Wave-Gotik Treffen,[12] The Great Escape, Eurosonic, Les Transmusicales de Rennes, Entremurahlas,[13] Bimfest,[14] Drop Dead Festival and Arvikafestivalen. They have opened for bands such as Suicide and Laibach and collaborated with artists like Dirk Ivens, Kite and Henric de la Cour.