When the new JA, PANIK record is going to be released on April 30, 2021, existentialist snobbery, disguised in black turtlenecks and Viennese accents, will once again be making music for thirty-somethings laminating their collected spex vintage of 2001 for posterity. Melancholic … read more »
In our new monthly column “Austrian Music Highlights” we are offering the latest news at a glance. Find out about exciting new releases, the most interesting live tours & festivals, about award winners and nominees and business news. Listen to selections from … read more »
Almost 100 different events will take place over the course of the three-day festival POP-KULTUR BERLIN, which will be held from August 15th to 17th on the grounds of the Kulturbrauerei Berlin. POP-KULTUR BERLIN is based on three elemental foundations: Live – … read more »
No panic, Ja, Panik is in the house! This collaboration of five is one of the most engaging musical outfits to come out of Austria in recent years. Having moved to Berlin Ja, Panik quickly made a name as one of the … read more »
»Pop-Kultur« is an international festival, held from August 23 to 25 in 2017 at the Kulturbrauerei in Berlin. Brought to you by Musicboard Berlin, the first edition happened at Berghain in 2015, the second one in the district of Neukölln in 2016. … read more »
Every week on Saturday, 10:40 pm, the popular program Tracks on the German and French TV channel ARTE presents cutting edge sounds, novelties and obscurities in pop culture. This week the program will be celebrating the finest from Austrian pop music in a three-part web series called … read more »
At the moment in Austria it’s all about that new-found sense of confidence. Once again, a new breed of sharp, good-looking boys, proper rockstars are standing out there front of stage, proclaiming things like “We’re going right through the middle” (MAURICE ERNST, … read more »
2014 has been a good year for Austrian artists, who are slowly but surely gaining more and more international recognition. With an extensive feature on the Austrian music scene in the current issue of the German music magazine Musikexpress, Austrian Music Export … read more »
ON THE FRUITLESS SEARCH FOR THE DEFINITE SOUND OF AUSTRIAN POP. By Robert Rotifer. It was June 2013. The singer-songwriter CLARA LUZIA had just played a live session on the MARC RILEY SHOW on BBC 6Music when the DJ stumped her with … read more »
After its successful premiere in 2013, the Austrian Music Video Award will be bestowed for the second time at the international short film festival VIS – Vienna Independent Shorts. One of this year’s 14 nominees is Ja, Panik with their self-directed video … read more »