Almost immediately after band’s formation 30 years ago, Ride became one of the defining stars of shoegaze genre. Their albums Going Blank Again and Nowhere still form part of the best of charts within this genre or music of the 90s in general. After a 21-year-long break, they made a comeback with their new album Weather Diaries (2017). Oxford-based four-piece released their latest EP Tomorrow’s Shore just ten days back. According to Pitchfork, “These leftovers from the UK band’s 2017 reunion album successfully position them in a contemporary context alongside peers like Tame Impala and Caribou.” The band that shaped British guitar scene at the beginning of the 90s will be playing Pohoda 2018 as part of their tour. → read more

Canadian band BadBadNotGood combines instrumental hip-hop with jazz improvisation. Their covers of hip-hop hits got viral which soon resulted in collabs with the biggest names of the genre such as Kendrick Lamar, Tyler, The Creator, Earl Sweatshirt or Danny Brown. At the beginning of July, visitors at the 22nd edition of Pohoda Festival can see for themselves how good this band is. → read more

Re-TROS (full name Rebuilding the Rights of Statues) is a Beijing-based band that started as a post-punk act and then moved to more electro-kraut-dance music. Their sound can be described as “machine gun drums, crunching heavy metal guitar, and spacey synth washes”. They worked with Brian Eno on their debut EP. At the end of last year, they played as a supporting act on Depeche Mode’s European tour and at the beginning of February they opened for The xx in Beijing. At the beginning of July, they are coming to present their music to Pohoda 2018 audience. → read more

Another 1,000 tickets from the batch priced at 89 € was sold within a week. Only 1,000 Pohoda 2018 tickets are now available at this price. When they sell out, tickets to Pohoda’s 22nd edition will be available in our shop and official outlets for 99 €. Tickets purchased on site will cost 119 € - provided there are still some left.  → read more

Pitchfork and other influential media’s favorite, Jessie Ware, has Mercury Prize, Mobo Awards or BRIT Awards nominations under her belt and the list also includes this year’s nomination in the category of “British Female Solo Artist”. Each one of her three albums made it to Top 10 on the UK Albums Chart. She’s collaborated with bands and artists such as Florence and the Machine, Disclosure, SBTRKT, Sampha or Ed Sheeran. A high-quality mix of soul, R&B and electronica is what Jessie Ware has to offer at Pohoda 2018. → read more

A Los Angeles-based UK artist Sophie is one of the most sought-after electronic dance music producers and we have a first-hand experience. It was a few years back when maestro Žltý introduced us to her interesting videos with even more interesting music. And since then we have been waiting – until this year. Sophie, previously playing her sets as a mysterious artist – now comes secret-free to Pohoda 2018. She has produced for stars such as Madonna, Vincent Staples, MØ, Nicki Minaj or Charli XCX. Her hit “Lemonade” was named one of the best singles of 2014 by The Washington Post, Resident Advisor, Complex and Pitchfork. Last fall, she used her voice in her song for the first time and, also for the first time, revealed her face in a music video. Shortly after the March European premiere of her new show in London, also thanks to the collaboration with DIY magazine, you will get a chance to see her at Pohoda, where she will make the SLSP Space Arena dance during her Live Set. → read more

Lola Marsh always plays a great show and still comes up with something new... but the cover version of the Slovak song Čerešne surpassed all the expectations. They rehearsed it in the airplane, at the hotel, in the backstage, and Yaeli even pre-transcribed the lyrics phonetically several times. This is how the song was like just a few hours before the concert at Refinery Gallery. Once again, thank you Lola Marsh  → read more

Their previous album X was featured in Wall Street Journal’s “12 Best Albums of 2015”. These graduates from Swiss and Scandinavian jazz schools merge jazz, minimalism and post-rock into a new form. Schnellertollermeier destroy boundaries of genres, ideas and expectations which Rob Mallows confirms in his review for London Jazz News when he says: “they certainly made an impression on me, in much the same way a wrecking ball makes an impression on the side of a building.” Schnellertollermeier are coming to smash music boundaries at Pohoda 2018, too. → read more

A 20-year-old UK artist Jade Bird is included in Rolling Stone and BBC’s (Sound of 2018) lists of artists you need to know. She released her first EP just six months back and today has more than a million monthly listeners on Spotify already. Journalists compare her to the likes of First Aid Kit, Alanis Morissette, Joni Mitchell or Patti Smith. We saw her at this year’s Eurosonic. An optimistic young girl with guitar who fills the whole club up after first tones. Jade has fantastic songs, amazing voice and creates atmosphere that we are glad to welcome at Pohoda 2018. → read more

Trosky’s debut came out in 1997, the year when first Pohoda took place. After Pohoda 2002, Trosky (Ruins) as a band became ruins and stayed that way for 15 year: Pohoda was the last event they played until they organized a comeback tour in 2017 with 6 sold-out concerts. Now they are coming back where they belong: to our festival.   → read more