Festivals: mud, rain dripping through leaky tent roofs and endless walks to a shuttle bus. Not too far up the Team Poule alley. Luckily there are alternatives. Like Trailerpark Festival which is held from 30 July to 1 August in the heart of Copenhagen, in a skate park, on solid ground. And the musical line-up is a carefully selected range of high yielding Danish and pan-European talents: head liners include Rangleklods, Roosevelt, Oh Land, Kwamie Liv, Antonio Gram, Silvana Imam and many more. Three days, three stages, all nicely set in one of Europe’s most livable capitals.
And it’s not just music. Art Rebels, the people behind Trailerpark, have their hearts in anything from Design and Graphics to Photography. Around the festival compound will be a number of installations and exhibitions by 18 international artists. And it wouldn’t be Trailerpark Festival without the trailers – transformed into colourful delights on wheels by the artists and Art Rebels. Trailerpark Festival has it all.
One of the many Danish bands on the line-up is Waitress. The trio plays a catchy dancy mix of indie pop. They released their debut album titled Bilbao along with great artwork in March this year. Attached is Beneath Our Feet off Bilbao. Waitress are playing Soundvenue on Friday, 17h00.
Few bands manage to deliver a distinct style consistently over years while still developing and reinventing themselves. What may sound contradictory is exactly what makes Work Drugs one of the greatest groups of musicians. Lost count on the number of albums they put out the past years but they just announced their new collection titled Louisa will be out on infamous Bobby Cahn Records on August 7th. Attached below is their new single True Romance which is just what you need while boating, yachting, whatevering. They will be on an extended US tour starting late August, check the dates.
Eeeek – main man Blvth is taking business to a whole new level with his new gem. Suicidal Ice is taking timeless classics by Biggie and ice cold 21st century synths, turning something very familiar into something altogether new and ultimately breath taking. So smooth.
Team Poule loves a good indie rock vibe with a poppy edge to it. Casually marching above are Mainland out of Brooklyn. The quartet has been around since 2013, mostly spending their days on tour supporting a couple of big names and releasing no less than three EPs. Here now comes their latest single that will be nicely stuck in your head all day titled Outcast along with the promise of a debut album to be released in early 2016.
That’s that. And because everyone loves a nice photo, it is a great pleasure to do the tenth photo-interview of an ongoing series with these guys above. It is unclear whether Corey, Alex and Dylan here are escorting Jordan to his motorcycle or if Jordan is the only one wearing a helmet on his bike. One will never know for sure. We do know however that they went the extra mile and took some great photos, take it away Mainland.
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Palmy air, smooth waves around your ankles and a cooling sea breeze in your face. Swedish duo Death In The Afternoon have got a new song out and it was well worth the wait. 82 is a sun drenched dream pop banger of a summer hit. The two just played a gig in Nice in the south of France and you can really imagine this track working quite well under the Riviera skies. A new is in the making too, and meanwhile Stockholm’s Sommarhjärta is going to release 82 in August, on the 28th. Nice play on numbers.
French uberpoppers Air Bag One have been inside their studio for sometime and after a stint at SXSW back in March they are busy touring the United States these days. Attached below is their latest gem, Killing Stars. Smooth vibes, flawless production and as catchy as the summer flu. See them in San Francisco, July 31st. Their new EP Rich Kids is scheduled for release in October.
