The Festival trail is a pretty well trodden path these days, however there’s a whole wealth (and world) of celebrations of summer and music out there and searching them out is part of the magic. An event that has been building over the last 12 years in Slovakia and now making waves in the UK and across Europe – The Pohoda festival takes place over 2 days every July. So, like any self respecting festival goer - off we go in search of some new festival highs…
Flying into Bratislava, the Slovakian capital then heading south for an hour by road, we cut through beautiful scenery including the biggest field of sun flowers known to man, before arriving arrive in Trencin, where Pohoda (pronounced PO-Hoda) is held. Trencin is in the…
The Japanese Popstars have announced they’ll be remixing the Ting Tings’ new single, ‘Be The One’. The Northern Irish band, who release their debut album, ‘We Just Are’, on 28th July on Gung-Ho Records, met the Manchester duo at last weekend’s Oxegen festival.
Elsewhere on the remix front, The Japanese Popstars have been busy adding their electronic touch to bands including The Music (’Drugs’), Grand National (’Cut By The Brakes’), Shinichi Osawa (‘Star Guitar’), and Tong & Spoon (’Gas Face’).
You can see the video to their new single, ‘Rise Of Ulysses’ (released on 8 September) below. It features licensed footage from the cult cartoon series, ‘Ulysses 31’…
The quest for Space Crunk continues! The Body Snatchers drop their debut album ‘Feeling Good, Looking Nice, Smelling Right’ this week!

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