The D.I.Y. Hardcore Punk Fest in Gdynia is firmly an institution. Eighteen editions deep, still running on collective energy and a stubbornly anti-commercial ethos, it remains one of the most consistent and honest hardcore punk gatherings in Central Europe. The fest is the work of […]
Thirty years. Thirty years since Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal first introduced themselves to the world with a debut album that nobody was quite ready for, and everybody needed. A record that landed at number five on the UK charts in 1996, right in the […]
Since the mid-90s, Myslovitz have been quietly, stubbornly building one of the most emotionally honest catalogues in Polish rock, and this spring they are coming to Gdańsk with something that sounds very promising. The tour is called “Dla Ciebie (Wpadłem W Głęboką Depresję) / For […]
“Niedoczas” by Zespół Sztylety, the lead single from their forthcoming album “Wszystkie Rany Niezabliźnione”, is out now on all streaming platforms. Let’s get one thing straight: this band is the real thing. We’ve seen them live more than once, and every single time it’s been […]
On the 10th of April, Drizzly Grizzly, four Polish bands. Two co-headliners. Zero filler. This is what a proper metal night looks like. Frontside and Hamulec share the top of the bill, and what a pairing it is. It is the kind of co-headliner announcement […]
The sound they have built is harder to pin down than it first appears. Yes, there are war drums. Yes, there are chants in ancient languages and the haunting scrape of a tagelharpa. But underneath all that, there is genuine electronic pulse, trance architecture, and […]
Impure Wilhelmina have spent three decades doing exactly what they want, and the Geneva underground has never quite contained them. Six albums deep, the Swiss quartet have always operated in that uncomfortable space where hardcore aggression meets atmospheric weight, where melody refuses to soften the […]
A.A. Williams has never been an artist who shouts. She whispers, she builds, she lets the weight do the talking. And on ‘Hold It Together‘, the latest single from her forthcoming third album “Solstice“, that restraint becomes something devastating. The London-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist […]
