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Molly Nilsson (Berlin / Sweden) + Guests [Adelaide Fringe]
Sun 23 Feb @ 8:00 pm
For the first time since 2019, Molly Nilsson is bringing her unforgettable live performance to Australia and The Lab at ILA.
One of the most unique voices in modern synth-pop returns to Australia. Instantly familiar but impossibly so, don’t miss the underground synth-pop styling of Berlin-based DIY lifer, Molly Nilsson — once described as “the most popular pop star you’ve never heard of”!
Molly Nilsson, the Swedish-born, Berlin-based artist known for her atmospheric, synth-driven soundscapes and emotionally charged lyrics, is heading to Australia for a highly anticipated tour in 2025, making a stop at The Lab as part of Adelaide Fringe 2025.
Nilsson is a true lifer: fiercely principled, prolific, and committed to the DIY ethos. From her Berlin bedroom, she has self-recorded and released 11 full-length LPs over 16 years—all via her artist-owned imprint, Dark Skies Association.
Her latest effort, Un-American Activities, released in collaboration with Glasgow-based label Night School and Dark Skies Association, marks something of a departure from the established working method that defined her discography. Un-American Activities sets an unexpected soundtrack to the demise of the modern world. A dreamy political synth-pop escape from the crushing socio-economic hellscape.
A creative powerhouse, this is the 11th full-length album from Nilsson and her second full tour of so-called Australia. Appearing alongside a selection of exciting local acts, for fans of John Maus, The Soft Moon, Lust for Youth, HTRK, and more.
“Nilsson wrote and recorded Un-American Activities in the former Los Angeles home of writer-activist Lion Feuchtwanger and his wife, Marta, who fled Nazi Germany only to face persecution in the United States during Joseph McCarthy’s second Red Scare. Heavy ideas, light melodies: that’s the approach here.” – Chris Richards, Washington Post
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LINEUP:
MOLLY NILSSON [Berlin/Sweden]
PUNKO
QUARTZ PISTOL
+ MORE TBC
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Tickets: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/molly-nilsson-berlin-sweden-guests-af2025
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