Guitarist and singer Denis Bango is a genius, a guitar destroyer, a phenomental pianist and a great curator who has been picking bands for our Garage for the second year in a row. Just recently, they released their first video for the song "Čo s tým hnevom" (also created at Pohoda 2018 with a guest from Pussy Riot), which Hudba.sk described as the Video of the Year. At the beginning of the year, they played in one of the biggest venues in the centre of Groningen, De Drie Gezusters, at the alternative Eurosonic event, becoming the most discussed band of the Slovak expedition to ESNS. In two months they’ll perform at Pohoda again, this time at Budiš stage after midnight. → read more

Faktická poznámka came into being in 2002 as an anarchopunky excuse for drinking in a garage. The band, however, gradually ended after a short time. Since there’s never enough suffering in the world, the two surviving members of the original band got an excellent idea to restore the original craziness in 2017. After a year and a half spent rehearsing in a new line-up (Narko, Mates), Faktická poznámka decided to go back to dirty pubs and they’ll present their "classic bungler punk" in our Garage in two months. → read more

The Trnava band -273,15 aka Absolútna nula came into existence in Kubík’s (club in Trnava) mouldy basement sometime in 2018. It’s based on other projects such as Coco Bongo or Pod altánkom, but in this version it is, according to band’s answers in the interview for Piunkgen, "faster, more primitive, more punky and musically more boorish ”. Briefly – drums, bass and echo singing, no ambitions, no equipment, just tough poses and pastry veganism. As they say about themselves, "If you don't know us, you’re not missing out. Absolútna nula (absolute zero).” The Garage curator Denis Bango adds: “Punk as fuck. These boys are the proof that punk in Slovakia has moved into the 21st century in the past eight years, but it has also done so with the respect and reference to "traditional" punk obscurity and the fact it’s unbearable for the masses.” → read more

Another representative in the Garage from the East is Košice nowave/postpunk/free punk band Pokora. It consists of friends enthusiastic for the same thing, Richard & Jany & Raptor (Raptor Koch), and just like Raptor and Vojdi they belong to the label Nepohoda. They define themselves as a band from Košice prairie of boredom – there are no money, but there are emotions. Recently, they played at Žižkovská noc, and shortly before the gig Fullmoonzine wrote about them: "At the same time, they bring unusual humour which can only come from a country where Bez ladu a skladu grew up." → read more

Noisecore band 7 minút strachu will also play at Pohoda. They’ve played 111 concerts and released 77 records with labels from around the world, mostly on tapes and vinyls. In addition to Central Europe they also played in America, Japan and South Korea. Their line-up includes drums, bass, sew and screamo. In their own words, they play classic haraam merzb'n roll mixed with Ulaanbaatar freejazz. Before their gig in Kubík, Consumeanddie collective wrote aptly about them: "Who released the most songs, separate albums and destroyed the most eardrums in Slovakia? These guys. 7 minutes in their name are not just for fun. They really play for 7 minutes. They can't do it longer, because no one would survive." → read more

The emo HC / DIY Košíce band Nabosoposkle consisting of Tomi, Adam, Šimon and Vilo will also play in the Garage. They were using the encrypted name Galikjetajný to talk about rehearsals, crust melodies and DIY debates for about 4 years, which eventually resulted in a fifteen-minute set, the genre being somewhere close to the emotional hc. Immediately after their premiere in Košice Colloseum at the end of 2017, they were praised by Punkgen.sk. The songs talk about the irrational search for enemies, prejudices, or the importance of actively doing something to change the world. They don’t just sing about active involvement, the band members are behind the Food Not Bombs initiative (which gives hot food free to people who need it). → read more

Pohoda 2019 will feature a young punk quartet from Šaľa, Small Town Life, who will play in the Garage. Their music is influenced by the 90’s dirt, following the example of garage groups such as Bass Drum of Death or Ty Segall and a new British punk wave. The band released their debut EP in 2017, played about 40 concerts, including the United Islands of Prague Festival, as well as opening for bands such as Repetitor (SRB) and Soviet Soviet (IT). Two of its members (Jakub and Tomáš) are also part of the band Our Stories, which has had great gigs at Pohoda and Eusosonic. The band is currently recording their debut album, which should be out at the end of 2019. → read more

Due to the unfavorable weather forecast for Saturday, May 4, Concert for Martina and Ján is being postponed by 2 weeks to Saturday, May 18, 2019. The main program does not change and Gregorovce will see both, Richard Müller with the band, as well as Slovak Chamber Orchestra, on the new date. Gusty winds and raining on the soft surface of the football pitch would complicate the safety during stage construction and other preparation works considerably. According to the latest weather forecast, we would face the bad weather throughout the event itself. We hope to see you at the Concert for Martina and Ján at the football pitch Gregorovce in two weeks, on Saturday, May 18. → read more

In addition to the concert, Modré Hory also played their song Absint during Pohoda accoustic session last year. Bene, Lyrik, Roland Kánik and their guests Michal Šelep (bass) and Ľuboš "Ežo" Ambrozai (drums) enjoyed playing in this line-up so much that they decided to repeat it, but this time with a longer set. And where else should they play for the first time in this line-up than where this idea originated? Modré Hory have released 3 albums, 2 mixtapes, one EP and one lyric book. Rap for people in their thirties, some say, but these thirty-something guys don’t care. For them, it's about music and they love it. Bene and Roland won the first ever genre award in the Hip-Hop category at the RHA, which they also won two years later as Modré Hory for the album Big Beat. At last year's Pohoda they introduced a new album called Luxus clan. The motto "more boring than life" was exchanged for "rap about everything and nothing ". This time they’ll play in Café Kušnierik, which was their own choice since Juraj was their big fan. → read more

"I am still a Carpathian shepherd ...," Dominik Tatarka wrote to Silvester Krčméry in a letter in 1986. And that is how a group from the Little Carpathians area found their name, Karpatskí pastieri. They used to belong among Slovak bands that stood out due to their approach that could be compared, for example, to the Hungarian Másfél. Karpatskí pastieri got the band together after many years and they’ve been working on a new album. They’ll also play at Pohoda. Café Kušnierik is an ideal stage for them – not only for linking literature and music in the name itself, but also because one of the centres of the band is Artforum in Pezinok. → read more