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Solange has received the Webby Award
The award is presented by International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. The aim of Webby Awards is to celebrate the internet in form of websites, social media, films, music videos and other media. This award was given to the likes of Jérôme Jarre or Kanye West in the past. This year’s…
Work & Fun: Pohoda 2017
British Drowned in Sound wrote about the great services at Pohoda. Portal Highsnobiety, too, compares the last yearʼs beer record in our beverage centres with Glastonbury in its choice of 6 festivals you should go to. We have no idea what stories will be remembered by foreign media after the 21st edition,…
The Jesus and Mary Chain
In their eclectic list of artists that influenced them, Mary Chain mention bands such as The Stooges, the Ramones, Einstürzende Neubauten, and The Shangri-Las; however, the list of bands that they have influenced would be far longer. Pitchfork reminds that while most of the rock bands in the 1980s…
The Ills
This time last year, The Ills gave a great concert at Pohoda Party in the A4 club, then released their fourth album “Ornamental or Mental” and at last year's Pohoda, besides fans they also drew the attention of professional musicians at listening session. Since then, they have been perhaps…
Slowdive
“Emotionally, shoegaze turns its focus inward. The extreme noise eliminates the possibility of socializing while the music is playing, leaving each member of the audience alone with their thoughts. It's music for dreaming,” this is how Pitchfork editors described this genre in the introduction…
Ghost of you
It started in the summer of 2012 as an experimental project founded by young musicians. Delicate vocals and melancholic melodies gradually evolved into psychedelic indie pop with relentless rhythms. Their first EP named Ocean K came out in March 2013. It was well-received even by a Canadian website dontspreadbullshitspreadmusic.com.…
Kieslowski
The band that made it to the top of the Czech music scene with their delicate songs unusually quickly have already released several albums via Indies Scope: Tiché lásky (2011), Na nože (2012), digital releases of Tanečnice (2012) and of remixes Na lože (2013) and Mezi lopatky (2014).…
Les Amazones d’Afrique
The main idea of band Les Amazones d’Afrique is based on four principles: equality, fighting violence against women, breaking the silence and ending the impunity. Les Amazones d’Afrique have decided to use music as their weapon in an attempt to address the mentalities that continue to perpetuate…
Mykki Blanco
At the age of 15, he won an Indies Spirit Award (with the performance collective he founded). When he was 16, he ran away from home and later received scholarships to attend two prestigious art colleges but dropped out of both. In 2010, he was doing industrial punk under the stage name of No Fear. A…
Solange
Solange Knowles has been singing since childhood, started writing her songs at the age of nine and signed her first contract at the age of sixteen. The young artist was influenced by the distinctive singers and bands of the 1960s such as The Supremes, The Marvelettes and Martha Reeves. At the end of…