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Paradise Lost Masterful in Zagreb, With a Few Reservations (2010)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: 13.02.2010Attendance: 350Ticket price: 28,00€
Paradise Lost with a killer new album! Support act Samael - shocking Swiss devils driven by an artistic…
Through Ice and Snow to a Pinch of Wishbone Ash Magic (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Seifenfabrik / Graz / AustriaConcert date: February 10, 2010Attendance: 100Ticket price: €28.00
Wishbone Ash! It's been 40 years since the birth of this legendary band, whose third…
Vasko Atanasovski Shows Off His Bohemian Soul (2010)
Venue: Klub Cankarjev dom, LjubljanaConcert date: 08.02.2010Attendance: 0
Vasko Atanasovski is a well-known Slovenian jazz flutist and saxophonist. I first had the honor of catching him in Bratko Bibič's crazy orchestra, where his solo…
Sonata Arctica Just About Found Their Way to Graz! (2010)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Seifenfabrik / Graz / AustriaConcert date: 05.02.2010Attendance: 250Ticket price: 28,00€
Sonata Arctica were left owing their fans after they had to cancel four dates because of an illness singer Tony…
Anything but Useless Panic Prisoners at the Epic RockLine Contest (2010)!
Author: Rok Klemše
Location: Rock Cafe, PostojnaConcert date: 04.02.2010Attendance: 150
Another Thursday and another night of the Epic RockLine contest... This time it was the fifth one in a row and the second night painted entirely…
Bulstock, or Slovenian Pop/Rock History in One Night (2010)
Slovenia has always had a quality music scene, built on its peak in the sixties and seventies. So Dragan Bulič, the king of Slovenian music journalists and a real little encyclopedia of music history, decided to organize a one-of-a-kind,…
Winterstrike Festival III (2010)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Kompleks / Ravne na Koroškem / SloveniaConcert date: January 29, 2010Attendance: 130Ticket price: €9.00 / €12.00
Last Saturday, up in Carinthia, in Ravne to be exact, the…
From Freezing to Boiling with Living Colour in Graz (2010)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: GMD club (Generalmusikdirektion) / Graz / AustriaConcert date: January 27, 2010Attendance: 400Ticket price: €25.00 (advance) / €29.00 (day of show)
You can't help but grin when Living Colour extend…
Michael Bolton Breaks Hearts at Hala Tivoli Too (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Hala Tivoli / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 25.01.2010Attendance: 2Ticket price: 41,00€ (stands) / 52,00€ (floor)
Michael Bolton is a superb singer, something that today often…
A Night of Vampires in Zagreb (2010)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: 24.01.2010Attendance: 600Ticket price: €22.00
January 2010! Kicking off a new season of gig-hopping, and my first proper trip outside Slovenia! Where else but…
Alen Brentini – A Balancing Act Between Hard Rock Energy and Spicy Guitar Wizardry (2010)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Rock Cafe / Postojna / SloveniaConcert date: January 22, 2010Attendance: 40Ticket price: €0.00 (free entry)
Alen Brentini is yet another guitar wonder kid, this one from Rijeka. Who…
Epic Rockline Contest, Round Four: A Night of Genre-Hopping Good Times (2010)
Author: Urban Bolta
Venue: Rock Cafe / PostojnaConcert date: 22.01.2010Attendance: 0Ticket price: free entry
After a three-week break and the New Year holidays, the Epic Rockline Contest is back at Postojna's Rock Cafe. It's the…
Moonlight Sky Lights Up Kamnik’s Kotlovnica (2010)
The celestial moonlighters, who have presented themselves as a trio since keyboardist and vocalist Andraž Kržič left, have now crossed the threshold of Kamnik's Mladinski center Kotlovnica for the second time. The first was on April 23,…
Nine Below Zero Bring Jamski dvorec to Its Knees This Time (2010)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Jamski dvorec / PostojnaConcert date: 20.01.2010Attendance: 300Ticket price: €14
Let's get real! After Ana Popović's show (RockLine report here), the third act of the Postojna blues festival served up a…
Solo Night at Gromka (2010)
Location: Klub Gromka, LjubljanaConcert date: 17.01.2010Attendance: 0
Gromka served up yet another night of avant-garde music. This time it was supposed to be a show by the American duo Good for Cows, but fate had other plans. Bassist…
A Musical Toxination at the Rog Factory (2010)
Location: Rog / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 08.01.2010Attendance: 70Ticket price: free entry
The year 2002 spelled the end of the Rog factory, but its premises gave all music lovers hope for one more decent concert hall, and that…
Epic Rockline Contest #3: This Time, Metal Under Napalm! (2010)
Venue: Rock Cafe / PostojnaConcert date: 06.01.2010Attendance: 0Ticket price: free admission
The Epic RockLine Contest caravan doesn't give a damn and stubbornly rolls on into 2010. The third act of the festival for unsigned bands at Rock…
Child Abuse: Heralds of a New Sound (2010)
Venue: Klub Gromka, LjubljanaConcert date: 03.01.2010Attendance: 0
Metelkova keeps feeding us musical adventures that are anything but ordinary, and it's exactly those off-kilter moments that I, as a gig-goer, look forward to. This time,…
A Strong Finish to the Rock Stik Tour in Upper Carniola (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Kulturni dom / Križe (Tržič) / SloveniaConcert date: 12/26/2009Attendance: 100Ticket price: €2.00
It's great to read about, and to experience, bands teaming up to make their goals…
Heavy New Year III (2010)
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: KUD France Prešeren, LjubljanaConcert date: December 25, 2009Attendance: 200
The year has turned, which means it's time for a merry December and with it the third Heavy New Year in a row!…
A Fairytale Night with Uriah Heep and Manfred Mann’s Earthband in Salzburg (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Gusswerk / Salzburg / AustriaConcert date: December 19, 2009Attendance: 1,000Ticket price: €44.00
This time a foursome of sworn music fanatics hit the road for Mozart's city, where a…
Siddharta Sign Off 2009 from the Concert Stage!
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Ledena dvorana / Kranj / SloveniaConcert date: December 18, 2009Attendance: 1500Ticket price: €25.00
So here we are in Kranj, at the last gig of the year, finally catching Siddharta and their new album…
A Private Party with Vatra! (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Orto bar, LjubljanaConcert date: 16.12.2009Attendance: 0
Dallas Records keeps feeding us good gigs, and last Thursday, December 17, was no exception, when Zagreb rockers Vatra paid us a visit at Orto. The…
Epic Rockline Concert, Part Two: A Punk Rock Party in Postojna! (2009)
Venue: Rock Cafe / PostojnaConcert date: 16.12.2009Attendance: 0Ticket price: Free entry
Last Thursday, Postojna's Rock Cafe hosted the second act of the Epic RockLine Contest. This time we sailed the waters of punk rock. After the grand…
Noctiferia Unveil Death Culture at Kino Šiška (2009)
Author: Rok Klemše
Location: Ljubljana / Kino ŠiškaConcert date: 15.12.2009Attendance: 200Ticket price: 10€
There's no point listing all the gigs that have rolled through the local stages this year. There were simply too…
Air: when the music conjures up the unbearable lightness of being (2009)
Venue: Hala Tivoli, LjubljanaConcert date: December 13, 2009Attendance: 0
WE FELL TO EARTH:
The crowd got warmed up for a good half hour by a British electronic rock outfit from London, who never quite managed to get people on their feet.…
When the Cats Come Straight Out of Hell (2009)
Venue: Orto bar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 11.12.2009Attendance: 60Ticket price: €5.00
Despite the barrage of gigs this December, we decided to head back to Orto bar for the Rolling Bastards and Hellcats show. The opener, despite…
Deep Purple Keep the Crown of Old-School Rock Ideology! (2009)
Venue: Palazzo del Turismo / Jesolo (near Venice) / ItalyConcert date: 11.12.2009Attendance: 6000Ticket price: €40
Deep Purple are regulars on the concert circuit. Their peers hit their creative peaks in the early '70s, and in quite a few…
A Retrospective Stroll Through Tinkara Kovač’s Musical Treasure Chest (2009)
Venue: Kino Šiška / LjubljanaConcert date: 10.12.2009Attendance: 600Ticket price: 18 €
Tinkara Kovač is back among us, amazingly alive and well, even though truth be told she never really went away. In keeping with the moronic…
Vatrene ulice and Diskurz: A Double Dose of Croatian Rock Thunder at Orto (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Orto bar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: December 9, 2009Attendance: 25Ticket price: €5.00
Before the new year, a breath of December wind crept into the Slovenian capital, the kind…
Zabranjeno Pušenje Go the Full Marathon (2009)
Author: Urban Bolta
Venue: Cvetličarna / LjubljanaConcert date: 09.12.2009Attendance: 500Ticket price: 20€ / 25€
Sarajevo's Zabranjeno Pušenje are a fixture on Slovenian concert stages. Since their last visit to the capital in…
Crucified Barbara – Sweden’s Rock n’ Roll Perverts (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Rock Club / Ronchi Dei Legionari (Ronke) / ItalyConcert date: 08.12.2009Attendance: 100Ticket price: €18.00
2009 is slowly sliding into 2010. One of the last interesting moments on this year's gig…
Elvis Jackson Play One Last Hometown Show of the Year (2009)
Author: Urban Bolta
Venue: Kino Šiška / LjubljanaConcert date: 08.12.2009Attendance: 800Ticket price: €15 / €18 (day of show)
It's been a great year for the Littoral crew Elvis Jackson, the best one in a career that now stretches past ten…
The Rock Stick Tour Makes a Quick Stop in Postojna (2009)!
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Rock Cafe / Postojna / SloveniaConcert date: 05.12.2009Attendance: 70Ticket price: €0.00 (free entry)
Nothing beats it when friends join forces. Especially for a mini tour of…
Epic Rockline Contest, Night One (2009)
Venue: Rock Cafe / PostojnaConcert date: 03.12.2009Attendance: 0Ticket price: free entry
Thanks to a deal between Postojna's Rock Cafe and the web portal RockLine, this school year sees the first Epic RockLine contest, giving bands without…
Richie Kotzen at Bluesiana – A Wonderful Kickoff to a Merry December (2009)
Author: Urban Bolta
Venue: Bluesiana Rock Cafe / Velden / AustriaConcert date: 03.12.2009Attendance: 50Ticket price: €30
Can you believe it? Richie Kotzen has once again paid a visit to the town of Velden, or rather to Bluesiana, the club…
Robben Ford Closes Rončel’s Series in Šiška (2009)
Venue: Kino ŠiškaConcert date: 29.11.2009Attendance: 500Ticket price: 15 eu
Before Ford's show at Šiška kicked off, organizer Brane Rončel took the stage and solemnly announced that after a long wait and plenty of failed…
An Unforgettable Evening with Alice in Chains (2009)
Author: Urban Bolta
Location: Gasometer / Vienna / AustriaConcert date: November 28, 2009Attendance: 3000Ticket price: €28
They've finally made it to our neck of the woods! Okay, not exactly our neighborhood, but Vienna isn't exactly the…
8. Fuck Off Commercial at Gala hala (2009)!
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Nina Grad
Venue: Gala hala, LjubljanaConcert date: 27.11.2009Attendance: 150
Ahead of the December madness, Gala hala drew people into its bosom with a tasty lineup. What did they serve up? The answer is waiting…
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band vs. Uriah Heep in Munich (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Tonhalle / Munich / GermanyConcert date: 26.11.2009Attendance: 2500Ticket price: €40.00
Uriah Heep and Manfred Mann's Earth Band on one bill. Two legendary bands. The former turn up…
Ana Popović Wins Over Slovenian Hearts Too! (2009)
Venue: Jamski dvorec / PostojnaConcert date: 26.11.2009Attendance: 400Ticket price: 16 €
If it seemed not so long ago that the Postojna blues festival was short on acts with a bit more name recognition to offer fans of quality music, then…
Italian Prog Rock Gem Takes the Stage Smack in the Middle of Perla (2009)
Author: Peter PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Hit Casino Perla / Nova GoricaConcert date: 11/25/2009Attendance: 200Ticket price: €10-20
A noticeable share of our western neighbors is famous for contradictory, often hedonistic…
Lackluster Sonata Arctica Play to a Fired-Up Milan Crowd (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Palasharp / Milan / ItalyConcert date: 25.11.2009Attendance: 4,500Ticket price: €25.00
One of the biggest touring juggernauts sailing the power metal waters on European soil this fall is surely the tour…
Funk Metal Mayhem Hits Slovenia for the Fifth Time (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Kino Šiška / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 24.11.2009Attendance: 600Ticket price: €25.00
Living Colour in Ljubljana. For the third time in their career! And the fifth time in…
Alice Cooper’s Theatre of Death Hits Bratislava (2009)
"A decent bit of fun from an old tomcat, who served Bratislava an hour and a half of rock'n'roll treats. Only the sound stumbled a little — Pasienky hall, too, suffers from the famous Tivoli syndrome of non-acoustics"
A New “Saga” Is Born (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Kino Šiška / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: November 21, 2009Attendance: 800Ticket price: €25.00
Well, the day has finally come. A little Slovenian festival day in the capital,…
Kee Marcello, Marco Mendoza, Mike Terrana and K2 Throw an Orgy at Rock Club in Ronke! (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Rock Club / Ronchi Dei Legionari (Ronke) / ItalyConcert date: 20.11.2009Attendance: 100Ticket price: €20.00
Kee Marcello, that excellent Swedish musician who tasted plenty of glory…
Bajaga Celebrates 25 Years in Zagreb! (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: dvorana Dražen Petrović / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: 20.11.2009Attendance: 0
At a time when countless acts are fighting for their place under the sun, when plenty of them are…
Johnny Winter – Keeping Company with an Immortal Blues Legend! (2009)
Venue: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: November 19, 2009Attendance: 900Ticket price: 200 kuna
Johnny Winter, the Texan albino stallion known to every serious music fan, is one of the few still-active figures in blues (or blues…
Eros Ramazzotti Roots for Slovenia (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Hala Tivoli / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 19.11.2009Attendance: 8Ticket price: 79,00€ (floor) / 69,00€ (stands)
Eros Ramazzotti: Italian superstar and pretty much the only one from over there that…
Alice Cooper Meets His Maker in Bratislava (2009)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Urban Bolta
Location: Športova hala Pasienky / Bratislava / SlovakiaConcert date: November 18, 2009Attendance: 5,000Ticket price: €25 / €29
Catching a show by the legendary Vincent Damon Furnier goes straight…
Woven Hand Only Found Salvation in the Eye of the Storm! (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Gala Hala, Metelkova, LjubljanaConcert date: 18.11.2009Attendance: 0
On Thursday most music-hungry folks were rushing to Hala Tivoli, where the charming Eros Ramazzotti was playing, though the ticket price…
Uriah Heep Plant Their Flag for Four Decades in the Heart of Vienna (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Szene / Vienna / AustriaConcert date: 17.11.2009Attendance: 600Ticket price: 29,00€ / 32,00€
Four decades on the scene, with a few short crisis gaps in the eighties when the band's…
Isis, Dälek, and Transitional Put Kino Šiška Under a Hypnotic Spell (2009)
Venue: Kino Šiška, LjubljanaConcert date: 16.11.2009Attendance: 0
Since Kino Šiška opened its doors again, it's been one top-notch gig after another. This time three masters of ambient and dark music paid our little country a…
A Magical Night with Requiem at Kranj’s Izbruhov bazen (2009)
Author: Rok Klemše
Venue: Izbruhov bazen / KranjConcert date: 14.11.2009Attendance: 0Ticket price: 12 €
Another Saturday and another gig at Kranj's Izbruhov bazen. All year long the hard-working Bazen crew kept the live calendar varied…
House Of Lords’ Bangin’ World Tour Brushes Past Slovenia Too (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Rock Club / Ronchi Dei Legionari / ItalyDate of show: 13.11.2009Attendance: 120Ticket price: €20.00
Finally, even if it had to be on Friday the 13th! Six years after House Of Lords came back and four…
Tide Play Regeneration (2009) Live at Sub Sub
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Ljubljana, Sub SubConcert date: 13.11.2009Attendance: 150Ticket price: 7 €
In the club under Tivoli Hall, which used to be called Palma and now, slightly spruced up, goes by the name Sub Sub, the Littoral…
Japanese-Style Revelry Takes Over Menza (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Menza pri koritu, Metelkova, LjubljanaConcert date: 11.11.2009Attendance: 0
Japanese bands don't stop in Slovenia very often, but fate clearly wanted Metelkova to host musicians I'd already come across, or…
A Wrecking Storm Plucks the Eagle Bare (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Backstage / Munich / GermanyConcert date: 09.11.2009Attendance: 370Ticket price: 20,00 (presale) / 25,00€ (day of show)
A three-week tour aimed at the "upper" part of the old…
Porcupine Tree Hypnotize Padua (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Teatro Tenda / Padua / ItalyConcert date: November 7, 2009Attendance: 3000Ticket price: €34.50
Here we go again. A new Porcupine Tree tour, a new album, "The Incident" (RockLine review…
Val 202 Presents Live Compilation CD Val 09 – We’ve Got Good Music! (2009)
Location: Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / SloveniaDate: 04.11.2009
With a live broadcast from Ljubljana's Kino Šiška, Val 202, the second program of Radio Slovenia, presented the live compilation CD "VAL 09 - Imamo dobro glasbo", which!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Revelry at Orto, Zmelkoow Style (2009)
Author: Urban Bolta
Venue: Orto Bar / LjubljanaConcert date: 04.11.2009Attendance: 180Ticket price: 10€
Hardly a calendar year goes by without the Littoral crew Zmelkoow dropping by Orto Bar. The last time was in January of last year,…
Val 202 Presents Live Compilation CD Val 09 – imamo dobro glasbo! (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Kino Šiška / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 04.11.2009Attendance: 150Ticket price: €0.00 (free entry)
With a live broadcast from Ljubljana's Kino Šiška, Radio…
An Evening of Unique Sonic Perfection, Courtesy of Porcupine Tree’s English Nitpicking (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Kino Šiška / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: November 3, 2009Attendance: 600Ticket price: €27.50
In the never-ending race against time that defines the new millennium, in keeping with the principle of…
Feedback Present “Pro mehanika” (2009)
Venue: Orto bar, LjubljanaConcert date: 01.11.2009Attendance: 0
Feedback are a jazz-rock (and blues-rock too) band from the Primorska region of Slovenia who've been delighting us for years with music packed with old-school concepts, themes…
Doro Fizzles Out in a Flat, Empty Zagreb (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Boogaloo / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: 10/28/2009Attendance: 250Ticket price: 160.00HRK
Doro Pesch is one of the few women whose name is known to every metalhead worth their salt. In other words, she's…
A Night of Triumph: Jazz Fusion Improvisation Brimming with Heart (2009)
Venue: Kino Šiška, LjubljanaConcert date: October 27, 2009Attendance: 800Ticket price: €23.00 in advance, €28.00 on the day of the show
Ever since its renovation and its switch from the original purpose of the building, Kino…
Gotthard Storm Cesena in Triumph (2009)
Location: Vidia Rock Club / San Vittore (Cesena) / ItalyDate: Saturday, October 24, 2009
Barely a year and a half had gone by, and Swiss hard rockers Gotthard were already serving up a new record, "Need To Believe" (2009). New year,!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Gotthard March Triumphantly into Cesena (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Vidia Rock Club / San Vittore (Cesena) / ItalyConcert date: October 24, 2009Attendance: 500Ticket price: €20.00
Not even a year and a half had gone by and Swiss hard rockers Gotthard…
On the Road to Soul and Blues Heaven with Tad Robinson (2009)
Venue: Jamski dvorec / PostojnaConcert date: October 22, 2009Attendance: 250Ticket price: €14
Yesterday the Postojna Blues festival opened its doors in Postojna for the sixth year running. The honor of kicking off chapter 6 of the only…
A Whiff of Grunge at Kino Šiška (2009)
Author: Urban Bolta
Venue: Kino Šiška / LjubljanaConcert date: October 18, 2009Attendance: 500Ticket price: 20€ / 25€ (day of show)
Every now and then, a band you'd never in a million years expect to see in Slovenia sails into the sleepy…
A Stroll Down the Rainbow with Over The Rainbow in Bologna (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Estragon / Bologna / ItalyConcert date: 17.10.2009Attendance: 800Ticket price: €25.00
Over The Rainbow are one hell of a crew. It's a veteran rock'n'roll company pulled together from different eras of the…
Texas Blues Rock Legends Conquer the Tivoli Fortress (2009)
Venue: Hala Tivoli / LjubljanaConcert date: 16.10.2009Attendance: 5000Ticket price: 44 €
The wait for a show by Texas blues rock legends ZZ Top at Ljubljana's Hala Tivoli was a long one, and no doubt a nerve-racking one too. The big event…
Finnish-Style Pre-Winter Storm Rolls Into Križanke (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Križanke / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 14.10.2009Attendance: 1500Ticket price: €30.00
Former Nightwish singer Tarja Turunen, with the release of her studio album "My Winter Storm", has become a…
Philip Sayce – a funk rock explosion at Bluesiana (2009)
Venue: Bluesiana / Velden / AustriaAttendance: 60Ticket price: €25
The hunch that fans of uncompromising live music would hardly get through October without a trip to Velden has proven right once again. Case in point: this past Monday,…
Bratko Bibič and the Madleys Win Over the Crowd Once Again (2009)
Venue: Klub Cankarjev dom, LjubljanaConcert date: 05.10.2009Attendance: 0
Bratko Bibič is one of those musicians who has done a lot to put Slovenian music on the map. He started out doing that with Begnagrad, who are still sung about among…
David “Honeyboy” Edwards: A Living Delta Blues Fossil at Bluesiana (2012)
Location: Bluesiana / Velden / AustriaConcert date: 05.10.2009Attendance: 100Ticket price: 43 €
Last Monday, Bluesiana was visited by David "Honeyboy" Edwards, one of the few flag-bearers of the so-called Delta blues still alive. His…
Izbruhov Metalfest 2009 (2009)
Author: Rok Klemše
Venue: Izbruhov bazen, KranjConcert date: 02.10.2009Attendance: 0
The year flew by, October rolled around, and with it, of course, time for a new Metalfest at Izbruhov bazen in Kranj. The Bazen is and remains one of the…
The 9th Creative Guitarists Festival in Kranju (2009)
Venue: Rock bar Down townConcert date: 01.10.2009Attendance: 200Ticket price: 5 eur
A chilly October evening in the courtyard of Rock bar Down town in Kranj was anything but pleasant for loosening up your fingers and doing gymnastics on…
The Cult Give Love New Life at Dom sportova (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Dom Sportova / Zagreb / CroatiaConcert date: 30.09.2009Attendance: 3500Ticket price: €38
Yesterday it was a mass pilgrimage to Zagreb. The reason? Buying season tickets for the "reborn" Medveščak's…
Dedu za petami Nail Some Seriously Good Jazz Rock (2009)
Venue: Kavarna Slovenskega etnografskega muzeja, LjubljanaConcert date: 29.09.2009Attendance: 60
Plenty of rock fans will recognize the names in Dedu za petami from Slovenian rock history, since pretty much all of them are well-known…
The Return of the Greats – Mr. Big Reunite in Munich (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Tonhalle / Munich / GermanyConcert date: September 25, 2009Attendance: 2,500Ticket price: €37.70 / €40.00
The Mr. Big reunion is just one in a long line of band reunions from acts…
Legionnaires of Serbian Rock’n’Roll Pack Križanke (2009)
Author: Urban Bolta
Location: Križanke / LjubljanaConcert date: 24.09.2009Attendance: 3000Ticket price: 20€ / 25€ (day of the show)
The legionnaires of Serbian rock'n'roll, standard-bearers of the old Yugo rock school who stormed the top…
Rascal Rocker Ludwig Plays to an Empty Bluesiana (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Bluesiana Rock Cafe / Velden Am Woerthersee / AustriaConcert date: 24.09.2009Attendance: 20
Badhoven are melodic hard rockers from Graz (Austria). They follow in the footsteps of the eighties legacy, but…
The Southeast Shook Up Kino Šiška! (2009)
Venue: Kino Šiška / LjubljanaConcert date: 23.09.2009Attendance: 400Ticket price: €6
Last Thursday, the renovated Kino Šiška (or the center for urban culture, if you prefer) saw the first part of the YU GO! concert series…
Laibach and Juno Reactor Open Kino Šiška with a Bang (2009)
Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Kino Šiška, LjubljanaConcert date: 18.09.2009Attendance: 800Ticket price: 20 Eur in advance, 25 Eur on the day of the show
Well, here it is. The new (or rather, renovated), glitzy, gleaming center of urban…
Artillery, Gonoba and Keller Bomb Channel Zero (2009)
Author: Rok KlemšePhotos: Nina Grad
Venue: Channel Zero, LjubljanaConcert date: September 18, 2009Attendance: 200
The September gig season is in full swing, and with it the dirty polecats have obviously crawled out of their holes. On top…
If If Between – Walking the Tightrope Between Madman and Genius (2009)
Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Rog / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 18.09.2009Attendance: 40Ticket price: €5.00
Some Fridays just come off the hinges, and total switch-off rules. Not chaos, not…
Alcohol Debauchery in the Packed Restrooms of Hala Tivoli (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Hala Tivoli / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 18.09.2009Attendance: 60Ticket price: €5.00
The Drinkers, Hala Tivoli! Doesn't that look good on paper? Slovenia's boozy beauties of party punk'n'roll rarely…
Rock in opposition 2009 (2009)
Location: Cap Decouverte, FranceConcert date: 17.09.2009Attendance: 600Ticket price: 80/100 €
That time of year has rolled around again, when all of us fans of the movement known as Rock in opposition make our way to France - a movement…
Stevie Salas, Bernard Fowler, Dave Abruzzese, Jara Harris – Dream Team Party (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Bluesiana / Velden am Woerthersee / AustriaConcert date: 17.09.2009Attendance: 100Ticket price: €30.00 (presale) / €33.00 (day of show)
Bluesiana Rock Cafe is a club that never lets a music connoisseur…
Strawberries on the Menu at Kranj’s Bazen (2009)
Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Izbruhov bazen / KranjGig date: 09/17/2009Attendance: 150Ticket price: €15
The Kranj pool has always known how to deliver good gigs and good acts who've turned out plenty of unforgettable…
Dan D Take Flight with the RTV Slovenija Symphony Orchestra at Križanke! (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Location: Križanke / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: September 13, 2009Attendance: 3Ticket price: €25.00
The idea of beefing up your own music, weaving in a new dimension, new wings, a new contour, a new meaning,…
Tank Rock Festival Rolls Out the Legends of Good Old Rock! (2009)
Location: Krpanov stadion / PivkaConcert date: 12.09.2009Attendance: 0Ticket price: 15 €
Tank Rock festival, an ambitiously conceived project that went down last weekend at Krpanov stadion in Pivka, served up a pretty tempting lineup.…
Jack Bruce and His Illustrious Friends Fan the Flames of Nostalgia! (2009)
Location: St. Veit a.d. Glan / AustriaConcert date: 11.09.2009Attendance: 300Ticket price: €38
Let's be honest: we're a lucky bunch! For a few years now St. Veit has been steadily spoiling us with a varied lineup of top-level concerts, so…
LaiBach Bach Bach Bach Bach (2009)
Location: Izbruhov bazen, KranjConcert date: 11.09.2009Attendance: 100Ticket price: €15
"Playing Bach is easy: all you have to do is open the right program on your computer and Bach will play itself." Laibach
The gig, announced for around…
Caught in the Storm of War with Sacred Steel in Ljubljana (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Ort Bar / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: 04.09.2009Attendance: 50Ticket price: €18.00
The very next day after the legendary New York hardcore crew Pro-Pain played a mere hour-long set at Gala Hala in…
Pro-Pain Blow Through Metelkova in a One-Hour Storm (2009)
Author: Aleš Podbrežnik
Venue: Gala hala (Metelkova) / Ljubljana / SloveniaConcert date: September 3, 2009Attendance: 70Ticket price: €18.00 / €22.00
September is here again. The start of everything new. Kids have to go back to school,…
Wacken Rocks South Festival: Day Three (2009)
Location: Rieden-Kreuth / Germany Date: 08/29/2009
The third day of Wacken Rocks South served up a weaker lineup than day two, which was closed out by thrash metal godfathers Slayer. Still, with names like Edguy, Stratovarius,!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Wacken Rocks South (Day Two) – A Salute to Thrash Metal Godfathers Slayer! (2009)
"A predictable show from the old cats. It ran smoothly and went just as expected. Since Slayer are always expected to deliver the most, it made for an outstanding finish to the night. We saw total command of the stage, charisma radiating…