It comes as no surprise that the highlights section is still empty when it comes to live events. Big showcase festivals like Jazzahead, c/o pop, The Great Escape, Operadagen Rotterdam and Primavera have been either canceled or postponed, and the global music … read more »
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Numavi Records – A Label Portrait
“Numavi Records” was founded in the early 2000s in the Styrian town of Weiz and has developed into a significant part of the Austrian and international music scene in the last two decades. While in the beginning the label was mainly influenced … read more »
Austrian Acts at Waves Vienna 2018
From September 27-29, Waves Vienna will turn Vienna’s ninth district into a hotspot for international and local music fans. About 100 acts from all around the globe will perform on ten stages, located at the festival headquarter WUK – Werkstätten und Kulturhaus … read more »
Mile Me Deaf
Stylistically you could most likely settle Mile Me Deaf somewhere between quality indie pop with a rock flip side and charming casual lo-fi attempts with some slight folk excursions and modest use of noise eruptions – a mix that definitely has its … read more »
MELT DOWNER – “MELT DOWNER”
The curtains have been raised for a noise-spectacle that lives up to its name. Jack-of-all-trades WOLFGANG MÖSTL has released the debut album of his latest project MELT DOWNER on Numavi Records and Cut Surface. The result is a release that presents the … read more »
INDIREKT FESTIVAL – June 1-4, Umag
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 »
MILE ME DEAF – ALIEN AGE
Mile Me Deaf´s single “Blowout”, that was already released last summer, made it clear: guitars have taken a break. Actually, the whole 90’s grunge presentation is taking a break. Because on their new album “Alien Age” (Siluh Records, release March, 03) more … read more »
#AUSTROTRACKS Special on ARTE TRACKS
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 »
“FOCUS ACTS”: 4 AUSTRIAN ACTS SELECTED FOR AME TRAVEL SUPPORT GRANT
GODS, HELLA COMET, MILE ME DEAF and ALEXANDER CHERNYSHKOV receive the AME travel support grant “FOCUS ACTS” The AME travel support grant “FOCUS ACTS” is a further component of measures taken by the Austrian Music Export to promote and achieve the sustainability of Austrian music … read more »
PICTUREBOOK LANDSCAPES – An overview of the current Austrian pop scene
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 »