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Concert for the Attentive – The Wilderness
Rádio_FM in Rudi Rus Headbangerʼ show. This is how he introduced the band last year: “Dáša Fon Fľaša speaks of them as of the best Slovak punk, Shooty thinks they recorded the Slovak version of Nevermind, and Sveťo Korbeľ said they were his most favourite Slovak…
Concert for the Attentive – Chór vážskych muzikantov
Their first official concert was also the first year of Trenčínʼs Gympelrock festival, and the festival continues until today. The positive response from concert visitors was not shared by communist officials: they turned off the electricity during the concert, and the band was ʻenjoying similar…
Archive at Pohoda 2020
Archive was founded in 1994 by Darius Keeler and Danny Griffiths (they started together in drum & bass band Genaside II) who were joined by singer Roya Arab and rapper Rosko John. In the beginning, the band tended towards electronics and trip-hop which was reflected on their successful debut “Londonium”…
Pohoda among Top 10 festivals with the best line-up at European Festival Awards
Europe's most prestigious festival awards, European Festival Awards, announced today the first round of their annual poll. Festival representatives, promoters, agents and journalists have already selected ten festivals with the best programme, and Pohoda is also included. “The line-up quality…
Kokoroko – top-class London afrobeat at Pohoda 2020
The name of the band means “to be strong” in the language of the Nigerian tribe Orobo. Kokoroko is a group of excellent musicians coming from the London jazz community, and is headed by trumpeter Maurice Gray. The band also includes saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi, trombone player Richie Seivwright,…
Lola Marsh are coming back in March 2020 – also bringing their new album
Lola Marsh will perform on 7 March in Tabačka in Košice, on 10 March in Mestské divadlo in Žilina, on 12 March in Refinery Gallery in Bratislava and on 13 March in Piano Club in Trenčín. The admission to the concerts is 19 € in presale and 25 € on the…
Concert for the Attentive in Umelka and Fuga on November 17
These two venues were selected on purpose. On Sunday, November 19, 1989, approximately five hundred artists, intellectuals and public figures gathered in Bratislava’s Umelka in reaction to the Prague events from November 17. This gathering led to the establishment of VPN. The meeting was initiated…
Hatari – Icelandic techno-dystopia at Pohoda 2020
Phrases such as bondage techno, cybernetic horror or IcePop can be found among the attributes describing their work. The band was founded by cousins Klemens Hannigan and Matthías Haraldsson (playwright awarded as a Newcomer of the Year at Grímuverðlaunin 2019). The band also includes…
Thom Yorke Tomorrow's Modern Boxes at Pohoda 2020
Thom Yorke's latest album Anima has an average rating of 84% when it comes to monitoring of reviews on the Metacritic portal, thereby ranking first among his solo albums. The very name Anima refers to Jung's concept of opposite gender archetypes in the human subconscious (Anima – the feminine…
Foreign media to talk about Pohoda 2019
The Independent (GB) Slovakia’s biggest music festival also happens to be one of the most affordable in Europe. Its organisers understand modern music fans have eclectic taste and so they’ve invited everyone from Liam Gallagher, The 1975, Dream Wife, The Roots and Lykke Li to perform at…