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BadBadNotGood
Matthew Tavares, Alexander Sowinski and Chester Hansen met in 2010 through the Humber College jazz program in Toronto. As a trio, they started out with hip-hop covers of hits by Gucci Mane or A Tribe Called Quest. Soon, they released their debut BBNG, which Sputnikmusic describes as “a welcome…
Re-TROS
Re-TROS is Liu Min (singer, bass guitar, keys), Hua Dong (singer, guitar, keys) and drummer Jin Huang. At the beginning, they were inspired by the likes of The Cure, Joy Division, Siouxsie and Bauhaus. On their latest album, they are closer to the bands such as Battles, Liars or TV on the Radio. The…
Sophie
Sophie released her debut single “Nothing More to Say” at the beginning of 2013, but came to prominence in clubs all around the world with the follow up single “Bipp” released at the end of that year topping XLR8R’s end of year list. It also made it to Pitchfork’s…
Jessie Ware
Jessie Ware took a degree in English Literature and after her studies worked as a sports journalist. Apart from that, she also worked at TV company Love Productions where she met E. L. James (the author of Fifty Shades of Grey). Jessie later contributed to the soundtrack of book’s film adaptation…
Schnellertollermeier
The complicated name merges band members’ last names. Schnellertollermeier is bassist Andi Schnellmann, guitarist Manuel Toller and drummer David Meier. After albums Holz (2008), Zorn einen ehmer üttert stem!! (2010) and X (2015), they released another excellent album – Rights –…
Jade Bird
Jade Bird was born soon after the first Pohoda edition took place. Even though she comes from Northern England, she’s one of the up-and-coming stars representing genres typical of North America: Americana, country and folk. The American sound has been shaped by her musical inspirations (Bob Dylan,…
Trosky and Pohoda – an intertwined musical world
Within ten years of existence, Trosky became a legend. Even after breakup, both members led interesting lives – Vec kept on making music, his system built on great collabs and his extraordinary stay-on-top-of-things approach secured him a privileged position on hip hop scene. Midi became a respected…
Idiotape
Idiotape formed in 2008 to create “synthesiser” rock music. The band consists of the influential undergound DJ DGURU, electro-producer ZEZE, and the drummer known from Korean metal and punk bands – DR. Their first EP 0805 came out in 2010 and it was shortly followed by their debut…
Lucidvox
Up to now, Alina, Nadezhda, Galla, and Anna have released album In Motion and EP My Country Is Your Country. Their dark guitar music is brightened by Alina’s crystal clear folk vocals; she also picks up the flute solos from time to time. Journalists mention the following genres in their reviews:…
Coals
Coals is Katarzyna Kowalczyk from Gliwice and multi-instrumentalist Łukasz Rozmysłowski from Mysłowice. They released their debut (Tamagotchi) just a few moths ago, but they’ve already played the major showcase as well as big European festivals. The melancholic electronic duo started at college…