todays' news:

• WE ARE NOT DEAD
  may 31, 2008
  We're just really busy with... things...
  New songs will turn up quite soon though.


• hello asia!
  may 2, 2007
  on may 15 our album "pick it up, pig boy" will be released all over asia!


• another new track!
  may 2, 2007
  doctors are standing by is another track from our upcoming album "mind your head". listen here!


• new track!
  february 3, 2007
  dark corkscrew is a new track from our upcoming album "mind your head". hope you like it! listen here!


• but finally, a new song
  december 8, 2006
  follow me is a brand new song and the first from our upcoming album "mind your head". have a listen!


• you must see this!
  october 17, 2006
  maria avramova is an extremely talented graphics artist and animator working at atum animation. she's made this stunning, hand drawn video for "your libido" -for free! we don't even want to think about the hours she's spent on this project. we'll put a high-quality version up as soon as possible but for now there is a clip on our myspace site: have a look!


• some great leftovers
  june 22, 2006
  mtv in scandinavia had an animation competition recently, and quite a few people used our track your libido. some contributions didn't make it but we thought they were really good and would like to show them to all of you:
  
  papercut by sebastian persson
  notepad by david sandberg
  alien by stefan gadnell/aniware


• mtv times two
  june 7, 2006
  a great little animation using our track your libido has gotten an honourable mention in mtv nordic's animotion competition; check it out here . also several the stuff tracks will be used in mtv north america's new series fast inc., opening on june 5 (why, that's the day before yesterday!).


• on rotation
  may 15, 2006
  pl-pl-please has been picked up and put on rotation at new jersey station steel 93. check them out!


• 5 out of 5
  april 10, 2006
  we're that good, apparently. top grades from onetake.de and also a nice review from flaming youth.


• and again!
  april 9, 2006
  8/10 from soundmag.de and another good one from der schallplattenmann.


• reviews again!
  april 2, 2006
  this time from plattenblog.de, mucke und mehr and sellfish.de. good reading!


• "pick it up, pig boy" ist definitiv die beste von ratten gemachte platte aller zeiten!
  march 31, 2006
  some cool reviews in germany: home of rock and purerock. and we're being played on 12 german radio stations right now!


• praise and airplay
  march 15, 2006
  a very good review (rating 9/10) on disagreement.net. the radio ara interview has now been taped (thanks alex!) and will be broadcast at 15.40 hrs on april 9 and at 18.10 hrs on april 20. listen in, you!


• good people in germany
  march 6, 2006
  coupla friendly reviews from germany: triggerfish and klangdynamik. also we'll be doing an interview for radio ara in luxemburg on thursday although we don't know when it'll go out yet.


• check us out on myspace
  february 20, 2006
  why not pop into our myspace.com site? kick back, relax and hang with some very cool people.
  so go! go now: www.myspace.com/thestuffweb .


• german release on march 31
  february 18, 2006
  'pick it up, pig boy' will be released in germany on march 31 distributed by decoder records and al!ve. cool huh?


• free bonus track
  october 25, 2005
  a free track for you and your family! download 'closer' from this website here.


• will it ever stop?
  october 19, 2005
  another good review, this time from germany. nordische musik.


• dirty and sexy
  october 6, 2005
  a cool review in rave magazine, australia. read it in the reviews section.


• allmusic.com review
  august 13, 2005
  a very positive review in influential online music encyclopedia allmusic.com; read it here.


• st. louis review
  june 6, 2005
  excellent review in playback stl, a st. louis magazine distributed nationwide in the us. check it out here (you have to scroll down a bit).


• a good review
  may 31, 2005
  ... in östgöta-correspondenten. read it here!


• rocking in russia
  may 16, 2005
  pl-pl-please is in rotation on russian radio station new wave!


• big in australia
  april 26, 2005
  big records in australia are releasing 'pick it up, pig boy' this week, so hello oz!


• even more great reviews
  april 21, 2005
  länstidningen östersund thinks the stuff 'may have made one of this years' most audacious and enjoyable rock records'. read the review here. also a very nice review in musiklandet.se


• in with a bullet
  april 17, 2005
  the stuff went in straight at #4 on 'nordiska videolistan'. thanks to everyone who voted- please keep voting to help us stay in the chart! (you don't have to register, just press 'ok'.)


• spirited, sarcastic, inspired, talented and extremely funny
  this is what greek magazine rock+roll thinks of the stuff. read the review here. (april 12)


• a video challenge
  the pl-pl-please video is now a challenger on 'nordiska videolistan', a music video show on finnish tv. help us out by voting for us! check it out here: nordiska videolistan (april 7)


• italy revisited
  another cool review from italy, this time it's leatherboyz.net getting down but at the same time feeling slightly confused... read it here - click on 'what's new' to read the reviews.
  (mar. 24)


• in rotation
  mtv latin is rotating our 'pl-pl-please' video in the 120 minutes program. (mar. 21)


• insanely cool
  helsingborgs dagblad gives 'pick it up, pig boy' a 4/5 rating, read it here... sorry, swedish only (mar. 15)


• nothing rotten in denmark
  great review in danish lowcut magazine (though they seem not to like our heads): read it here (mar. 1)


• the north likes the stuff
  reviews keep coming; this one in "norran", norra västerbotten, gives 'pick it up, pig boy' a 3/5 rating. read it here. another very positive and rather long review at muzic.se here. (feb. 21)


• good review in groove
  a good review in swedish groove magazine: check it out - pdf format only (feb. 17)


• pick it up, pig boy is newz
  a fine album review in newz: read it here (feb. 10)


• more airplay, more reviews
  we've been played again on steve lamacq's bbc 6 show and also on italian radio station radiobase. we've gotten two really good reviews as well, one in metica and the other of the pl-pl-please single in italian here. to top it off this mention in lubbock, texas... (feb. 6)


• excellent focus on the stuff
  an excellent 'focus' on us at musikindustrin, read it here. in swedish only but we will get everything translated very soon now (feb. 3)


• reviews get better and better
  brilliant album review at deepdive: read it here! (jan. 27)


• really really good reviews
  excellent reviews on our single and album both, check them out: glitzine single glitzine album deepdive single (jan. 20)


• updated reviews
  the reviews so far on pl-pl-please have been added to the press section. also: still in rotation on germanys' eldoradio* radio station and we're being played on italian radio as well radio rock fm. (jan. 17)


• the stuff on xmradio
  pl-pl-please is featured on xmradio's radar report, dec 31 at 9pm et (3am cet). listen in! xmradio.com


• pick it up in february
  our album pick it up, pig boy will be in stores on february 14.


• reviews are in
  nice reviews on our pl-pl-please single in zero music magazine, skrutt webzine and la musik magazine (printed mag only- we'll put it up on this site real soon).


• radio is good
  they tell us we're now in rotation on greek radio and on german student radio. also we featured on rodney on the roq's sunday kroq show on nov. 15.


• the stuff on indie fm
  we will feature on leading los angeles rock station indie fm's passport approved show saturday evening (nov. 13). listen in!


• finally, a single and a video
  our record company has for no known reason postponed the single and album release again and again, but now the single's finally here. listen to it on the (yes, you guessed it) 'listen' page and buy it if you like it. official release date is dec. 1st but we're sneaking it out beforehand. you can view the video for pl-pl-please on the 'look' page. no rats were injured during the making of it (well not seriously anyway).
  


• watch out for pl-pl-please
  the stuff's new single, 'pl-pl-please/bad day at blood beach' will be released in september on ill wind records. this will be the first single release from the new album 'pick it up, pig boy'.
  


• the stuff are 101ers
  legendary swedish fanzine ettnollett writes about the stuff. read it on the reviews page
  


• digfi likes it
  digfi in sweden gives the say hello to mary ep a four out of five rating and calls the stuff 'very promising'. read more here (swedish only).
  


• italian radio
  b12 is in rotation on italian rock station rock fm.
  


• b12 in france
  radio coteaux in france are presently playing both get down and b12.
  


• the stuff on kroq
  say hello to mary featured on rodney on the roq's sunday show on legendary california rock station kroq, march 29. playlist here.
  


• karlstad's cooking
  karlstad's newz magazine rates the stuff highly (4/5) and writes "edgy, yet heavy, with successful smatterings of organ and swooshing synths". read the review here (in swedish).
  


• the album will be a monster
  ...according to johan svensson in deepdive magazine. read the review here! (presently swedish only)
  


• schokolog zine gives thumbs up
  the stuff is a 'fine, handsome band' according to schokolog 'zine who gives the say hello to mary ep at 4/5 rating. read more on the reviews page.
  


• the stuff moves the dancefloor
  ...in michele benetellos review at kathodik.it. read it and rejoice!
  


• the stuff on ndr
  dj paul baskerville played the stuff on his 'nightclub' programme on german radio station ndr info. listen to a sample on the ill wind records' website.
  


• skrutt webzine writes good things
  skrutt thinks the stuff is 'really cool' and describes the band as 'a mix between stooges, union carbide and monster magnet'. read the review here
  


• ep tip of the week
  the stuffs' say hello to mary ep was lennart perssons' ep tip of the week on march 5 in expressen.
  


• review at indiecrit.com
  'at least they're asking for vitamins, not speed. loud post-punk that will roto-rooter your system quite nicely.' check it out here
  


• a nice man in italy
  a cool italian dj called gian maria girardi really likes the stuff and thinks that the ep has 'brilliant tunes with a very own hook'. people with opinions like this will get the upcoming single first of all. visit gian maria at www.martinibros.it.
  


• rough trade likes the stuff
  rough trade in london gives the stuff a nice review.
  'debut release from the stuff on new label from stockholm ill wind records. the songs are short and sharp which mix garage rock, early blur, the glam stomp and a pop edge. this swedish band have great potential'
  


• on the radio again
  january 24 p3 demo: 'that was the stuff, trying to knock us off our feet with their song pretty please'
  


• the stuff signs with ill wind records
  the stuff has signed an agreement with ill wind records to release the 'say hello to mary' ep and an upcoming full-length album on the label. you can order the ep directly from the ill wind records' website.
  


• the stuff on the air
  on november 15, the stuff featured on swedish radio show p3 demo. host pelle gustafsson called b12 'filthy rock straight from the sewers'. thanks pelle!


• single turned to ep
  due to the the stuff's abundance of material, their single has turned into an ep. watch this space for information about the release date. as before, the first five signees will receive the cd absolutely free. sign up now to reserve a copy for yourself.


• new images added on oct. 16
  new images have been added on the photos page. enjoy!


• guestbook installed on nov. 1
  a new guestbook has been installed. unfortunately, the old entries had to be removed.start filling it up again!