Also this year, for obvious reasons, we will witness a slightly different version of the now cult Styrian rock "chaga" Piše se leto. Also this year, renowned names or talented new local and regional names - Hladno Pivo, Straight Mickey And The Boyz and Alice Blue - have been selected and invited. This year, the festival will be on the schedule of the Lent Festival on Saturday, July 4 at the Večerovo odra venue.
Cold beer, one of the biggest Croatian rock bands, is once again taking to the Slovenian stage. The group, which recorded its beginnings as early as 1988, needs no special introduction to the Slovenian or Styrian audience. In more than two decades of creation and concerts, Hladno Pivo is still a relevant and coherent band that presented the audience with some almost cult albums (Džinovski, Desetka, GAD), and they also prove their authorial power with recent editions (Knjiga Žalbe, Svijet Glamura). In April 2015, the band released a new album Closed Doors Day (Gajba Records, 2015), with which they are also coming to Maribor, and in the meantime it has already met with excellent responses in the region, just like the first single and video clip "Believe in me".
Straight Mickey And The Boyz are modern representatives of the red thread that connects the groups Ekatarina Velika, Disciplina Kičme, VIS Idoli, Partibrejkers, Šarlo Akrobata and goes through Darkwood Dub all the way to Repetitor. Styles and genres as they are grunge, hard rock, garage rock, punk, hard core, avant jazz, funk and pop have melted into a fragrant stew in the hot pot passionately stirred by Straight Mickey And The Boyz, which has the smell of the good spirit of Belgrade, brimming with progressive musical ideas and positive energy. With numerous performances in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Straight Mickey & The Boyz established themselves as eon the most talented bands of the new and vital regional alter rock scene. Straight Mickey & The Boyz are a compelling trio that breathes in unison and hands deep. This time, they will perform for the first time in Maribor, precisely on Piše se Leto.
READ MORE: 23. LENT Festival 2015 (programme)
Alice Blue are a well-known quintet from Maribor to most Styrians, whose sound they portray through their music. Their music is loud and big, as they describe it best their positive outlook on the future. They want the powerful soundscape to hit people where they are most vulnerable and thereby trigger change in the listeners and themselves. For those looking for comparisons, you can find them in California melodic punk rock, which Alice Blue tackled in their own, adapted, daring and different way.
The fact that the 23rd repetition of ti Smiljan's concert, albeit in a shortened program version, but therefore no less interesting or attractive, will take place in the first place is thanks to the teams Piše se Leta and Lent festival, who joined forces and made it possible for the Piša tradition to live on for years.
More information:
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