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Monsieur Periné
The latino-swing tracks of this band, that is relatively unknown in Slovakia, have over 50 million views on YouTube. Monsieur Periné are recent winners of the Latin Grammy for Best New Artist. Their second album Caja de Música was nominated for the best album of the year within the Latin…
Digital 21 + Stefan Olsdal
What is common for Stefan Olsdal, the co-founder of the band Placebo, and Miguel López Moru (Digital 21), the pioneer of Spanish electronic music, is their passion for electronic, rock, and classical music. This led them to start an unconventional project, in which electronic and club music is…
Poliça
Justin Vernon of Bon Iver told Rolling Stone that Poliça are the best band he’s ever heard. According to Rolling Stone, “the sound of heartbreak and celebration happens simultaneously” in their music and Q praises their debut as “bewitching, urgent, magical.” They…
Nederlands Dans Theater 2
“Nederlands Dans Theater is the best dance company currently dancing on this planet”, said about the Dutch company Nederlands Dans Theater Mário Radačovský, the former head of the Ballet Company of the Slovak National Theatre, who has cooperated with NDT in the past. The company…
Easy Star All-Stars
Easy Star All-Stars originally formed as a studio band for artists at New York based label Easy Star Records. Cover versions of famous albums of even more famous artists turned the side project into one of the label’s flagships. However, there is more to Easy Star All-Stars than just being…
It's Everyone Else
Ten days ago, at Ment Festival, we entered club Menza pri Koritu and were left speechless. Hardcore played on synths was streaming all over the place with the two-member band in a mosh pit under the stage. And those vocals! We knew we need to get this band. See for yourself – a bit of…
Kiran Leonard
When the Guardian likened him to artists like Ed Harcourt, Rufus Wainwright or Frank Zappa, and Pitchfork did the same to Joanne Newsom, Kiran Leonard was only 17. Laura Snapes of Pitchfork called his song “Dear Lincoln” the undoubtedly most refreshing song she had heard in the whole year…
Oratnitza
Forgotten folk melodies, Aboriginal motifs and orthodox chanting mixed with trap, hip-hop, dubstep or D'n'B. Band Oratnitza have enriched the traditional Bulgarian music with a contemporary sound. They make ancient harmonies, modern rhythms and timeless melodies with the use of didgeridoo,…
K-X-P
Finnish electro-rock band K-X-P name themselves as an anti band. Perhaps because of nontraditional lineup, where vocals, electronic stompboxes and bass are combined with two alternating drummers, or maybe because of a wide range of styles they draw inspiration from. Be that as it may, their live…
Sonido Gallo Negro
Sonido Gallo Negro is a Mexican band of 9 members playing Peruvian cumbia, which is cumbia mingled with other genres which you probably have not heard of yet (huayno, sonidero cumbia, and boogaloo). You can hear this unusual mix of spaghetti-western soundtracks, psychedelia, and surf music in early July…