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Movits!, Princess Nokia, Para, and other news of Pohoda 2017
Movits! Movits! became popular in 2008 with their debut album Äppelknyckarjazz. They drove Pohoda wild already in 2012. Now they are coming with even more swinging grooves from their latest album “Dom försökte begrava oss, dom visste inte att vi var frön” (translated…
Koala Voice
With their beautiful, freshly naive mix of indie, rock & pop of the 70s, they won hearts and votes in the Slovenian best high school bands competition. In the last couple of years, they played more than 100 gigs, including performances at Exit, Liverpool Sound City, Wild Mint in Moscow, Waves, Eurosonic,…
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…