At the end of this year again, we prepared the closing credits of our festival. Each name was a treasure. The past year ended up with the historical seven nominations for the European Festival Awards, and it would not have been possible without the hard work of the people listed below. Of course, we are excited to thank the annual winners of the best festival visitor polls, and we are pretty sure to be winners even without a nomination... :) → read more
Before Pohoda 2016, hardly anyone here in Slovakia knew who Bazzookas are, but when the festival ended, this band was one of those that got the most positive feedback. It seems that the attraction was mutual: At the last year’s Reeperbahn, the band awarded Pohoda the Bazzookas Award for the best festival they’ve ever played. What is typical of the band is a school bus around which they create a fantastic pop-up party. To really see what the band is about, check this video from Pohoda 2016 out... → read more
All members of the band were born in the same maternity hospital, they grew up in a two-kilometre radius, and they made it to the top of the British charts—starting in the bass guitaristʼs grandpaʼs scaffolding warehouse. Blossoms received nominations for the Mercury Prize, NME, and Brit Awards for their eponymous debut album. They will perform at the Trencin airport in more than a half year. → read more
Searching for Sugar Man is an Oscar-winning story about a man who should earn a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement and the “Nobel Prize for Life”. His songs were copied by millions, they inspired anti-apartheid warriors, and legends were being told about him, while he worked at home at construction sites. One of the best songwriters from the end of the hippies era has finally earned the merited recognition. We are very happy that Pohodans will be able to enjoy his performance. → read more
After the breakup of his parents, he would sell drugs and he ended up behind the bars; after he was released, he began to devote himself to the childʼs dream—becoming a rapper. Obviously, he is very successful with reaching his objectives. According to the Metro Times, he was the artist of the year 2013; his albums have featured Eminem and Kendrick Lamar. A man of contradictions and a jeans-wearing Detroit rapper with a high-pitched voice, inspired by the sound of Joy Divison and Talking Heads. Journalists race to give more acclaim in the reviews of his albums, while he races with himself. At Pohoda 2018, Danny Brown will show you why MTV called him one of rapʼs most unique figures in recent memory. → read more
“What if dance music hit as hard as the fiercest hip-hop and rocked with the visceral force of your favorite guitar banger?” This is what the journalists of Rolling Stone believed was the original conceit of The Chemical Brothers that had shaped their goal. Then Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons entered the studio and recorded the album Dig Your Own Hole that influenced the history of electronic music. “The Chemicals” have so far won Grammy Awards, BRIT Awards, and MTV Europe Music Awards; they have released six No. 1 albums, and journalists regularly include their recordings in the charts of the best of the dance music ever. We are well aware of the fact that the preferences of music editors are subjective—this is why we are very excited that you too will be able to make your own opinion of the legend of electronic music at Pohoda 2018. → read more
The 22nd Pohoda will feature also one of Swedenʼs most famous bands today, Little Dragon. Their breakthrough was the third album Ritual Union, which was included in the Rolling Stone and Clash selections of the best recordings of the year. Their next album Nabuma Rubberband received a Grammy nomination. They participated in Gorillazʼ album Plastic Beach and their song Twice was used in Greyʼs Anatomy and The Vampire Diaries. → read more
Cold Nordic women / rap is meant for male bands only: stereotypes that everyone will cross off their list immediately after seeing “Daughters of Reykjavík” at Pohoda. This 16-member (plus a DJ) all-female band reminds you of a clan where individual solos, duos and trios alternate with a performance of the band as a whole. While they are invisible to the local media, they are praised abroad by the likes of Noisey, Loud And Quiet or KEXP. → read more
Bristol musician with a wonderful voice, Kate Stables, acting like This Is the Kit, will too perform at Pohoda. If you analysed the most commonly used words in the reviews of this ladyʼs work, you would find expressions such as petting, beauty, peace, depth, colour, melodies, voice... In 2015, she appeared in an episode of the BBC documentary series Music Box hosted by Guy Garvey, who argued that her second album deserved a Mercury Prize nomination. She received no less praise for the third album Bashed Out, which was given the rating of 8 out of 10 by Uncut, The Line of Best Fit, and The 405. This trend continues also with the latest LP Moonshine Freeze, which includes the cooperation with the famous English John Parish (best known for his work with PJ Harvey). → read more
Pohoda will feature also one of the most striking bands of the Americana style (combining genre from Latino, country, and jazz to hard rock): Arizona-based band Calexico. Their songs have appeared in many films and series and they have had some excellent collaborations: for example, they recorded two songs for a Bob Dylan film with Iron & Wine and Jim James, singer of My Morning Jacket. The darlings of reviewers will release their ninth album at the end of January, and they will present it also in Trenčín in early July. → read more
