The Crispies

The Crispies © Lukas Gansterer

The Crispies are Tino Romana (vocals), Rob Wolfe (guitar), Parsa Sarraf (bass), and Peter Ferdinand (drums). They mix the full spectrum of modern urban music from Diplo via Tyler The Creator to Lil Peep (RIP) with Ty Segall- and Wavves-inspired garage rock … read more »

THE GHOST AND THE MACHINE

the-ghost-and-the-machine © Christoph Griesser

Resonator guitars from the early 20th century, nostalgic synthesizer sounds à la Agar Agar, and poetic, dark lyrics that, in their musical intensity, are reminiscent of Mark Lanegan, Chelsea Wolfe, or Tom Waits. Welcome to a comfortably eerie trip through the emotional … read more »

The Snow Owl

the snow owl by Stefan Panfili

Born in Bogotá, it was clear from an early age that Juan Garcia-Herreros, aka The Snow Owl, would one day pursue a musical career. Initially still practicing on the flute and the piano, he discovered the electric bass after moving to Florida … read more »

The Vegetable Orchestra

Vegetable Orchestra (c) Zoefotografie

This year the Vienna-based Vegetable Orchestra is celebrating its 15th anniversary. Currently the orchestra comprises ten people, in alphabetical order these are: Jürgen Berlakovich, Nikolaus Gansterer, Susanna Gansterer, Barbara Kaiser, Matthias Meinharter, Jörg Piringer, Ernst Reitermaier, Richard Repey, Ingrid Schlögl, Ulrich Troyer, … read more »

Thirsty Eyes

Thirsty Eyes (c) Djoana Gueorguieva

Since their emergence in early 2016, THIRSTY EYES have come to be recognised as major pillars in the falling masonry of Vienna Modern Raunch. Damning contemporary prepossessions for the self-important, humorless and boring, the band stands for rough and unpolished Rawk-N-Roll: Preserved … read more »

Thomas Gansch

Thomas Gansch was born on December 31st 1975 in St Pölten, Lower Austria. He was raised in Melk, where he first learned to play the trumpet from his father Johann Gansch. In his attempt to follow the footsteps of his half brother Hans, who, … read more »

Those Goddamn Hippies

Those Goddamn Hippies (c) FYI agency

Those Goddamn Hippies stitch together carefully chosen sounds with desperately honest vocals. Mixing acoustic and electronic elements to create a lush melancholic atmosphere for weaving melodies and personal lyrics. At times fragile and at times bold with declarations of hope, British born … read more »

Toby Whyle

Writing songs has always been quite natural and ever-present in Toby Whyle’s life. And he’s written plenty of them over the last decade. However, what’s new is the realisation that songwriting is one of his few means to slow down the bright … read more »

TREE – Vogel/Waelti/Prowaznik

In films, time and place are used to ground a story in a particular atmosphere, to give it emotional background – but they reveal little about the story itself, about its meaning or eventual resolution. The compositions of the Vienna-based ensemble Tree … read more »

Trio Artio

Trio Artio (c) Julia Wesely

TRIO ARTIO was founded in 2017 in Vienna by the Austrian violinist Judith Fliedl, the German cellist Christine Roider and the Austrian pianist Johanna Estermann. Besides their love for chamber music, various performances in New York, Berlin and Graz make it quite … read more »