Jakub Knera
@kknera
writing about music & culture ○ @thequietus ○ @polityka_pl ○ @dwutygodnik ○ RCKL ● digging into history of Gdańsk ○ Fundacja Palma ○ @ilangfuhr
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Outliers in the Ukrainian underground during the last days of Soviet rule, a long overdue compilation surveying the career of Cukor Bila Smert provides a mosaic of anxiety, surrealism, cabaret, paranoia and darkness.
I write more in The Quietus
👉 bit.ly/cukorbilasmert
We need to stop seeing grassroots gig venues as stepping stones to a career in a broken industry model, but as vital spaces in which the joy of music is shared, whether to two people, twenty or 200. A Black Sky Thinking by Luke Turner #ItStartedHere
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Beautifully intimate home recordings made by an Ethiopian nun reflecting on exile, probably never intended for anyone but herself, have taken on an astounding universality in 2024.
In The Quietus I write about Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru's 'Souvenirs'
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Right so. First edition of Anois, Os Ard, a newsletter about underground Irish music, is up!
Featuring music from Roslyn Steer, Nyahh Records, ~, BITTEN TWICE and plenty more.
Would mean a lot if you gave it a read and a share linktr.ee/eoin_murray
Big thanks Jakub Knera for this in-depth Yirinda review! 🙏🎉 Chapter Music
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'Swinging in directions that might evoke bands as broad as Shining, ZU, The Psychic Paramount or The Mars Volta.'
TDK / ТДК – Nemesta - Inner Ear: Bulgarian Music For February
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Jakub Knera
'Broken beats are tinged with guitar patches that can be either dense or delicate, complemented by hazy vocals. The music unfolds gradually, sometimes reminiscent even of 80s rock'
EVITCELES -Velvet Room - Inner Ear: Bulgarian Music For February
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My survey of the scenes of Central and Eastern Europe for @thequietus returns, with this edition exploring the drones, darkness, and beauty of the Bulgarian underground 🇧🇬
👉 thequietus.com/articles/33804…
EVITCELES Opal Tapes Angel S. Emilian Gatsov
'We are far more than just than a glorified Argos catalogue' tQ's John Doran makes the case for music journalism in today's The Guardian. This is why we keep doing what we do: 'We mustn’t let such a beautiful thing be broken and cast aside.'🖤
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