February 20th, 2012 | by doris brady | published in pop / rock / electronic | Leave A Comment »
Much discussed and analyzed – since her first appearance on the big stage three years ago, there is hardly any other Austrian musician who has provoked as much attention as Anja Plaschg aka Soap&Skin. Once celebrated as the great hope of the local pop scene, the singer-songwriter has long made a name for herself on [...]
February 17th, 2012 | by doris brady | published in pop / rock / electronic | Leave A Comment »
A lot of things have been happening in recent years in the Austrian music scene. Particularly in the field of the alternative and electronic music scene you cannot help but feel that things are constantly moving in a more and more positive direction. Hardly a month goes by without having a musician or a band [...]
February 14th, 2012 | by doris brady | published in pop / rock / electronic | Leave A Comment »
It is the prelude to the much-anticipated film festival season when the world reknowned Berlinale opens its doors in Berlin, this year for the 62nd time. Overall, this year’s festival will be showing up to 400 productions, including several Austrian films. The program includes five Austrian documentaries and feature films, yet all of them are [...]
February 12th, 2012 | by doris brady | published in pop / rock / electronic | Leave A Comment »
Maja Osojnik, Susanna Gartmayer, derhunt, Raumschiff Engelmayr and DDKern – the names of the involved musicians in the project BROKEN.HEART.COLLECTOR already promise a very exciting and unusual listening experience. BROKEN.HEART.COLLECTOR take us on a sound journey free from all stylistic concepts in the spirit of avant-garde. Innovative, multi-layered, atmospheric, dark, complex, weird and violent. In [...]
February 1st, 2012 | by doris brady | published in pop / rock / electronic | Comments Off
When the Russians come to Austria, it usually means wild parties ’til you drop and you may expect to see one or the other vodka glass flying through the air. Russkaja is the best example that there is a spark of truth to this – let us say – xenophobia. Granted, amongst the 7-headed band [...]
January 30th, 2012 | by tatjana domany | published in festivals, pop / rock / electronic | Comments Off
From February 2-3, 2012 SPOT On Denmark takes place in Vienna for the 3rd time. Following the sold-out editions in 2010 and 2011, SPOT is turning up the ambitions in 2012 with an increased focus on improving Austrian-Danish music industry trading. Music industry representatives from Denmark and Austria but also from neighbouring Germany and Hungary [...]
December 13th, 2011 | by doris brady | published in pop / rock / electronic, releases | Comments Off
They do exist. Austrian rock bands that pleasantly stand out from the otherwise ubiquitous monotony, creating their own unique musical vision far beyond the mainstream. With their third album “Let The Light In”, M185 once again demonstrates that there is truly promising talent in Austria and that it is possible to produce convincing original rock [...]
December 13th, 2011 | by doris brady | published in pop / rock / electronic, releases | Comments Off
This year the singer Tania Saedi presented an immensely diverse, complex and powerful piece of music with her debut album “Exhale” (Monoscope). The Viennese singer with Persian roots bestowed us with eleven extremely strong, well thought out, atmospheric songs, wrapped in a wonderful sonic robe by the sound specialist Markus Kienzl from the Sofa Surfers, [...]
December 12th, 2011 | by doris brady | published in pop / rock / electronic, releases | Comments Off
It is fair to say that it is currently fun and rewarding to see so many promising indie-pop releases coming from Austria. Another example of this most welcome development in the domestic pop scene is the debut album of the Styrian songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Thomas Petritsch, also known as “Effi”. “Astronaut” is the title of [...]
December 9th, 2011 | by doris brady | published in pop / rock / electronic | Comments Off
Although the local club culture has become somewhat static, it still can surprise in the formal aspect. No project can illustrate this more vividly than Elektro Guzzi. Playing the idea of techno with the means of a classic line-up was first conceived as a joke. But those who have experienced Elektro Guzzi live, know about [...]