It was about time to catch up again with two inspiring Vienna-based artists. Some years have passed since we’ve last filmed A Thousand Fuegos and Paper Bird. Both musicians have been quite acti...
Our second series after Popfest Sessions documenting the local music scene: the Open House Sessions! Vienna-based bands invite some friends over and play a stripped down show in an intimate setting. ...
It’s -15 degrees, heavy snowfall and strong, freezing winds. In short: February 7th in Vienna is a day to stay at home. S.C.U.M do, yet involuntarily. Their tour bus doesn’t start for the...
Just cross the street once and you are in a completely different world: That’s what happens if you leave the hip bars and music venues underneath the tracks of the U6 metro line behind and walk...
- “So, who will be playing here now?” - “Nada Surf.” - “Wow, it’s really true! That’s amazing, I have been listening to them so much!” We arrive at Mik...
It was three years ago when we first got in touch with Marching Band. The two Swedes were supposed to play a show in Vienna and we were looking forward to recording a session with them, having sunny ...
Janove Ottesen might not be used to accompanying elderly breakfasters with piano tunes in a Vienna café. Yet Café Zartl, the location of his two-song performance on a January morning is known for its...
We haven’t even locked our bikes when we hear the first beats of „Parix“ coming from the backyard of a non-descript, slightly run-down brick building in Nørrebro. The Copenhagen-based When Sain...
It’s one week before Christmas, a jazzy version of “Jingle Bells“ is playing on the stereo and Café Intime is full of sparkling Christmas tree balls hanging from all over the ceiling. Jacob Bel...
2011 was a very good year for Wild Beasts. Their latest album “Smother” ranked high on almost any Best-Of list and a huge tour saw them play everywhere from Australia to Turkey to Mexico. The show in...
It is quite a long way out to Figurines’ rehearsal space. We cycle past old and new industrial buildings in Copenhagen’s Valby district until we find the address we are looking for a in a...
Jeppe is sitting on the trash can in front of his house in Valby when we arrive. The guitarist and singer of WhoMadeWho strums his guitar and waves as he sees us coming around the corner. He invited ...
It’s birthday time! Widowspeak’s drummer Michael is turning 23 on the day we meet them at KB18, a small venue in Copenhagen’s meatpacking district. There’s birthday cake and p...
“Home, always gonna feel at home, no matter where I may roam”, Teitur sings in his room in Copenhagen. Initially we had planned to meet up with the Faroese songwriter at his place in Amagerbrogade an...
Hometown shows are always something special, particularly for bands who have been touring all over the world. It is quite a rare occasion for us to meet Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo where it all s...
December in Scandinavia can be tough, not only for the long darkness but also for the freezing temperatures. Nevertheless the Sheffield-based Slow Club are brave enough to go for an outdoor acoustic ...
It must be still morning for Kaiser Chiefs when we arrive at Amager Bio – the venue of their Copenhagen show – at 2 pm on a greyish day in late November. The first one to appear is singer Ricky with ...
“Let’s go to the town!”, drummer Alex Sowles says in the backstage room of the Loppen venue in Copenhagen. „The town“ in this case is Christianshavn, the neighbourhood around the cl...
Meeting locals in a foreign city has many pleasant sides, but certainly one of them is getting to know great places that are not featured in the travel guide of your choice. Our session with the Cope...
The Loppen club in Christiania is already filling with people when we head out with The War On Drugs to do a little offstage recording. A location inside the anarchist freetown is tempting, but they&...
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