In 2016 LEYYA released their debut album “Spanish Disco”. It brought them success well beyond the borders of Austria. The single “Superego” landed at the top of the FM4 charts and they reached the pinnacle of the alternative Olympus with the FM4 … read more »
The Upper Austrian composer Bernhard Lang, who made his international breakthrough with his piece “Theater der Wiederholungen”, has written the music and libretto for a new “Parsifal” on behalf of the WIENER FESTWOCHEN. JONATHAN MEESE, SIMONE YOUNG, the KLANGFORUM WIEN and the … read more »
For the fifth year in a row, Indirekt Festival in Umag, Croatia, gathers the local and regional independent scene and stages some of the best kept musical secrets in Europe. The team behind Indirekt Music & Art Festival started in 2013 and … read more »
LEON LEDER aka ASFAST is one of the most promising new discoveries of the Austrian club scene. The experimental electronic producer from Graz has been exciting audiences with reduced, concise tracks that combine elements of diverse progressive club genres from grime to … read more »
Evocative, groovy, deep: the Salzburg band ARAMBOA released their debut album on May 18th. It’s not just a first work, it’s a masterpiece. Cover “Mereon Matrix” Originally going by the name Black Lotus Experiment, they eventually changed their name to Aramboa. The … read more »
At the beginning of June 2017, experimental/electronic-pop formation Leyya will be heading to New York City together with six other European bands and a host of representatives from the European music business as part of the Reeperbahn Festival’s NYC Edition. For the … read more »
Good things come to those who wait. And although the members of NIHILS have known each other for twenty years, the really good things are coming to those who have been waiting the longest. Their fans. Because after breaking out onto the … read more »
Energy, energy, energy. That would be the only possible short review of the debut album from GUDRUN VON LAXENBURG. The trio, which has been making danceable alternative techno for years now, have finally released their debut album “PANIC!” on Skint/BMG. If there … read more »
This band still qualifies as an insiders-tip, but probably not for long: MOLLY have all that it takes for greatness. The duo’s music offers a wonderfully timeless dreampop-sound with that certain addictive something, creating those moments that you can just fall into. … read more »
5/8ERL IN EHR’N have been making a name for themselves in Austria. And their newest and fifth album “Duft Der Männer” (The Smell of Men) is destined to make the band and their “Wiener Soul” (Vienna soul) sound even more well known. … read more »