“Hardcore Workout Queen”: An album that embodies what ANNA FRIEDBERG is all about: humour, energy and a loving look at the madness of our self-optimization culture. The debut album by London indie band FRIEDBERG will be released in November (11/8/24). In this … read more »
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Impulse Program: Grantees from 2nd Call Announced
Austrian Music Export is happy to announce the recipients of the second wave of Impulse grants. 21 applications were submitted during the second call period, for a total of €89,475. The jury had a total of €18,500 to disburse for this round, … read more »
Austrian Artists at Reeperbahn Festival 2022
From September 21-24, a selection of some of the most promising young artists will perform at REEPERBAHN FESTIVAL 2022 in Hamburg for this year’s edition of Germany’s largest club festival. The program is out, and on it are almost too many Austrian artists to … read more »
Austrian Music Export ‘FOCUS MARKETING 2022’ SELECTED PROJECTS ANNOUNCED!
The results are in! The jury has made its deliberations and the FOCUS MARKETING projects have been chosen. In March 2022, Austrian Music Export put out an open call for its FOCUS MARKETING stipendium to support domestic music creators, in all genres, with project … read more »
Friedberg at Metronome Prague 2022
METRONOME PRAGUE – MUSIC & ARTS FAIR is a three-day music and art event from June 23-25, 2022, that provides its visitors a unique experience right in the center of Prague. The lineup includes names like Beck, Oh Wonder, Nick Cave and … read more »
c/o Pop Festival 2022
c/o pop Festival brings us five days full of pop culture, live in Cologne, from April 20 – 24, 2022! This year, BILDERBUCH is the festival headliner, with FRIEDBERG, BUNTSPECHT, VERIFIZIERT and TAKESHI’S CASHEW packing the lineup as well. Since 2003, c/o … read more »
Austrian Music Highlights #12
Don’t know how it is where you’re currently sitting, but over here it’s cold and windy, as it should be this time of year in this Alpine region of the northern hemisphere. But no, gosh darn it, we will not let winter … read more »
Eurosonic Noorderslag 2022
EUROSONIC NOORDERSLAG (ESNS) will, once again, be the first big event of the music industry in the upcoming year. Taking place from January 19-22, 2022 in Groningen*, the Dutch festival features Europe’s most promising up-and-coming artists and gathers the most important stakeholders … read more »
FRIEDBERG nominated for Music Moves Europe Award 2022
The Austrian, London- and Berlin-based artist, FRIEDBERG has been nominated for a MUSIC MOVES EUROPE AWARDS 2022! The nomination announcement was made at the Linecheck Festival, Milano on Monday evening, November 22nd, 2021. The Music Moves Europe Awards are the European Union … read more »
“I CONSCIOUSLY TOOK MY TIME TO FIND OUT WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO DO” – ANNA FRIEDBERG
ANNA FRIEDBERG (formerly ANNA F.) took her time and, in search of a new musical direction, went to the desert first to write songs. The Styrian-born artist came back with songs that, with their mixture of post-punk, alternative rock and pop, sound … read more »