Styrian Sounds
2024
AVEC + Band (THU)
“Under Water”, “Home”, “Granny” – the great and versatile AVEC is our “national hotspot” this year. She is currently working on her new album and brings first tastes of it to Graz with her fabulous live band in full line-up.
SHARKTANK (FRI)
10 million streams, invitations to the most important festivals all over Europe and, with “Acting Funny”, one of the most important Austrian albums of last year delivered! SHARKTANK with Weiz rapper MILE are pure energy live and rightly nominated for this year's AMADEUS AWARD 2024. Fingers crossed!
THE INCREDIBLE STAGGERS (SAT)
“10 years of Styrian Sounds – 20 years of WILD TEENS”! We celebrate the iconic debut of the Graz 60s garage collective with an ultimate best-of programme of all their hits and also the first brand-new songs since their last album “Zombies of Love” from 2010! “Do the Ripper, again!”
SALÒ (FRI)
SALÒ is the current hero of the scene with sold-out shows from Vienna to Berlin, a (south) Styrian force of nature and practically invincible live. He knows the cashier at Edeka, doesn't believe in dinosaurs and has a girlfriend on the internet! Total mayhem guaranteed!
ONK LOU (SAT)
Our favourite uncle ONK LOU, together with his Styrian buddy and musical companion Thomas Gieferl (dr), is perhaps facing the most important year of his career – an unbelievably good album for 2024 is sitting in the drawer! Brand-new songs as big as his incredible voice!
MARINA & THE KATS (FRI)
With their mix of modern indie sounds and classic swing, they delight fans all over the world. An exciting dynamic emerges that appeals both to those with a penchant for nostalgia and to those searching for new sounds.
BON JOUR (THU)
BON JOUR is a kind of supergroup and one of the most exciting Austrian music projects, made up of members of Olympique, Mynth, Makemakes and Styrian Julian Pieber of GOOD WILSON, among others.
CRUSH (SAT)
Crush play dream pop with influences of indie rock, dark 80s new wave and post punk. Complex compositions meet dreamy pop melodies. Despite multi-layered arrangements, Crush are always searching for the perfect (guitar) pop song.
ROTE AUGEN (FRI)
Album Release Show!In an explosive fusion of experience, “Rote Augen” open a new chapter of Styrian independent music. The band members have already played stages around the world, together reaching a collective total of well over 3,000 concerts.
GRAND HOTEL SCHILLING (THU)
Album Release Show!The four musicians living in Vienna and Graz, with a strong leaning towards a post-indie aesthetic, write songs about their generation, about life in a world so terribly beautiful that you want to celebrate it and destroy it.
BAITS (SAT)
Album Release Show!“All Filler No KIller – Album Release Show! Styrian Gregor Halsmayer alias Fazo is not only the drummer of the fantastic BAITS, but also one of the busiest producers in the country (Bipolar Feminin). Probably the hottest rock band around right now!
BUENA BANDA (THU)
Following the motto “Time to Party”, the Graz brass band Buena Banda has been moving between different genres and musical styles for more than a decade. From traditional New Orleans sound to the grooves of today's hits, Buena Banda doesn't want to commit to a single style.
ANNA ABSOLUT (FRI)
Split Vinyl Release Show!Bash it out, be political, guitar feedback at full tilt, philosophise about how lovely life can be with a beer in cosy company… so much for the plan when Anna Absolut formed in 2018 after going to a “Terrorgruppe” concert together in Vienna.
FETTE FETE (THU)
Album Release Show!FETTE FETE, made up of Graz musicians Feichti and Frido, invite you to celebrate together. Their sound, a fusion of techno and hip-hop aka TechHop, not only bangs properly, it is carried by a clear statement: FETTE FETE want more than party!
UMAMI (SAT)
Umami move somewhere between rock, funk, Latin and jazz – and still always dress it up in a danceable pop outfit. Emily Ferri, Konstantin Sorko, Nicolas Ledun, Pablo Pardo and Marcell Bodó, who have only been making music together since the end of 2022, don't see the slightest contradiction in that.
SLADEK (THU)
In 2023 the band, which now consists of David Sladek, Alvis Reid and Raphael Vorraber, defines its new characteristic sound – uncompromising, raw and at the same time warm, soulful and honest.
TAINEH (THU)
Taineh moves between pop and alternative R&B, with a variety of vocal sounds and harmonies, as well as a fusion of electronic sounds and organic instruments.
AF90 (FRI)
Andreas Födinger a.k.a. AF90 has long been no stranger in the Austrian pop landscape. As a founding member of “Bilderbuch” and a member of the Styrian band “Farewell Dear Ghost”, Födinger decided in 2022 to take full control of his musical vision.
MODEST ODA (FRI)
Modest Oda is cutting loose from one's own musical roots. The softening of self-imposed boundaries. The abstraction of a voice that has been heard at number one in the Soundportal charts, at the Graz Kasematten or as support for Lola Marsh or Bosse.
PRYNE (SAT)
Album Release Show!Gigantic-seeming rhythms, heavy, melodic riffs and polyphonic vocals merge into the sound of the Austrian progressive sludge metal band PRYNE, founded in 2021.
LUCY DREAMS (THU)
The DUO with Styrian Stephan Paulitsch (ex-Viech, Shaun Berkovits) is described by MICA as “Tame Impala in Blade Runner mode”. After shows worldwide from New Zealand to Italy, the spacey synthpop act returns to Graz for its debut show at STYRIAN SOUNDS, before heading off for concerts in England again!
FAUXPAS (THU)
“Ohne Filter durch die Goschn in die Welt hinein” (“No filter, straight from the gob into the world”) – the Graz dialect rock band fauxpas has been raging unabashedly and with a good dose of Austrian charm through the Austrian music scene since 2018.
BOSCOFOSCO (SAT)
Formed in 2021 after a shared jazz engagement, Boscofosco explore anew the sonic limits of an acoustic voice and double bass duo. To do so, Barbara Schutting aka Babsea and Martin Heinzle reach tastefully into the effects box and open up deep sound spaces.
COINFLIP CUTIE (FRI)
Album Release Show!Coinflip Cutie make “indie” because the band draws on countless influences. Country melodies, French-tinged, cheerfully played hooklines, and deeply touching lyrics.
HERR KINSKY (FRI)
The Graz band Herr Kinsky has been spreading good vibes in venues large and small since 2018. What makes the five-piece band special is the fusion of Austro-Pop and indie music – and so they brought “Austro-Indie” to life.
HIDDEN BY THE GRAPES (SAT)
Founded in 2006, the Graz trio can look back on three studio albums, a split 7-inch and several DIY EPs, and has over 250 concerts in Europe and two US tours under its belt.
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