Artist Genre Category: Indie/Alternative

James Choice & The Bad Decisions are a song writing team that found each other around the lead singer and songwriter, Sebastian Abermann. Abermann once created the pseudonym “James Choice” when he moved to London to study music. James Choice & The … read more »

JANKA finds the extraordinary in the mundane – writing about everyday emotional outbursts, dying houseplants, mobile network providers, or a shared hatred of olives. The Innsbruck-based four-piece indie-pop band wraps highly relatable German lyrics into playful arrangements driven by catchy brass melodies … read more »

Growing up in a small town in Austria, Jo’s musical journey began at just six years old, learning to play the violin and the clarinet. Early on, she began turning experiences and observations into lyrics – this always being a form of … read more »

Born in Linz, artist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Joe Traxler moves with subtle intuition between psychedelic rock, alternative, and indie. After studying jazz guitar and spending four formative years in London’s singer-songwriter circuit, performing almost daily, he developed a distinctive sound balancing organic … read more »

The band is no longer active under this name. Here is the link to the current project: Maraskino The two Viennese producers Julian Hruza and Dominic Plainer, aka Lupo, aka Der Fux, knew each other for a while before they decided to … read more »

Kaltenkirchen oscillates between extremes. Too indie for pop and too pop for indie. With his album “IM NAMEN DER LIEBE”, released in 2019, the newcomer quickly met with a lasting response in the German-speaking music scene (first appearance at the Popkultur Festival … read more »

KARL blends modern Austropop with indie guitars. His music thrives on Viennese charm, melancholy and euphoria – somewhere between long nights, big emotions, and the attempt not to take life too seriously. Keine Angst vorm Rauen Leben.

KÄSSY is anything and anyone she wants to be. Singer, instrumentalist, producer, performer. Her music sometimes sounds like walking through the deepest depths of eclectic mania hell and other times it sounds like floating through the highest heavens of intense emotion and … read more »

Anyone who turned on FM4 even briefly in spring 2025 could hardly have missed him: Kids don’t smoke “crashed” to number 1 in the FM4 charts with his second single “Headlights” The musician released his first single “Lottery” in January 2025 – … read more »

Founded in Vienna in 2005, the Austrian band Kreisky have released five acclaimed albums so far. The band occupies a special position in the German-speaking area, owing to their distinct, heavy and yet playful music, to singer Franz Adrian Wenzl’s trenchant lyrics and not … read more »