"Prefab Sprout" - 40 years of albums Steve McQueen
Too smart to be stars
"When a man writes songs that make the loneliest souls in the world feel less lonely, he deserves that everyone knows his name," says Vladimir Skočajić
Music and politics
Cancellation of concerts on Tasmajdan: What is the real reason?
While festivals cancel the performances of some politically inappropriate performers, and others withdraw themselves out of solidarity, this season there will be no music even at Tasmajdan, organized by SkyMusic
In memoriam: Gabriela Novak (1936–2025)
Someone is watching over you.
It was only a matter of time, we all knew: Gabi, the widow of Arsen Dedić, recently, suddenly, lost her long-awaited only child, the pianist Matija. One of the best singers we had the opportunity to listen to has passed away, one of the most interesting resumes in local popular music has ended.
About the book
It's nice when the sun is out.
"these are not messages. this is not penkalo. this is a sleepless night; a sleepless night; Belgrade without sleep; reality - without - without - without". This is one of Margita Stefanović's letters which, together with Srđan Vejvoda's photographs, were published in the book MAGI:JA
New issue of Vremena
Saysi MC: This is everyone's struggle
The consequences of the student protests will be long-term because they created a feeling that something can really change, says musician Saisi MC for Vreme.
MUSIC
Goblin performance canceled in Zaječar: "We think you know why"
After Zrenjanin, the Goblins were also without a performance at "Gitariada" in Zaječar, and the band says that the reason is not difficult to guess. The cancellation comes at a time when the Goblins are openly critical of social conditions in the country
Rock and roll
Guns N' Roses concert: More than 50.000 fans in Usce await the November rain
During their career, GN'R sold more than 100 million copies of albums worldwide, and their debut album "Appetite for Destruction" is still considered one of the most successful debut albums in history.
EXIT 2025
Long live rock and roll!
When asked whether this country and current youth still need the EXIT festival, one of the answers is: what are the other options? Realistically
Interview: Dušan Strajnić Dukat, group "Oxajo"
It's best when the song overcomes me
I wonder how much art matters, how much anything matters in relation to what's going on. Currently, in the Museum of Contemporary Art, we have an exhibition of David Hockney, one of the greatest painters of today. It's the show of the year. I was just thinking about how I still didn't go see it, but I realized that you need a certain kind of peace to go to the exhibition. To be there for three hours and not look at your phone to check if the police are out front
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Land of dreams and hope - Bruce Springsteen's concert in Milan
At the age of 76, at an unbearable 36 degrees, for three full hours, The Boss drove his people to the last atom of strength. As always, he gave the audience everything - liters of sweat, 28 songs, several important messages, encouragement, encouragement and an evening to remember.
Concert: "Fontaines DC" in Port of Belgrade
Fire of pure energy
The Irish band "Fontaines DC" comes to us from a country with an obvious excess of history and culture, so we understand each other very well. When the singer Grian Chaten at one point discreetly shouts from the stage: "Free Palestine!", our young audience readily responds with loud approval and a swirl of Palestinian headscarves, which many proudly wear around their necks. But this is not really a demonstration of political activism at all, as one might think. Just a little reminder of how great it is when these great new stars at the peak of their careers come to town and share with you the joy of the extraordinary music they have created themselves, as well as their authentic human conviction against the orchestrated everyday life all around
Budva
Ban on music: How the Old Town in Budva became a quiet zone
In the heart of one of the liveliest resorts on the Montenegrin coast, within the ancient walls of Budva's Old Town, silence reigned. By the decision of the local government, music is banned from loudspeakers in the gardens of bars, and restaurateurs and cultural centers face the consequences - reduced business, quieter streets and guests who have nothing to offer.
Interview-reportage: YU Group in Jamaica
Bus to paradise and surroundings
Organized by the Consulate of Jamaica, and following the idea of Honorary Consul Mr. Mirko Miljuš, the YU Group packed its bags and flew to Jamaica in March. There she recorded old songs in the reggae genre, and the never-younger Jelići contributed to the current project called "The Transoceanic Bridge".
Inner voice
The power of music
Among psychoanalysts, a theory about the effect of music that relies on the idea of parallelism of movement has become popular. Namely, music is defined as a regular movement from one tone to the next, and feelings are defined as processes that consume energy, which is why they represent movement in our inner world. Hence, music is understood as an external mirror of our internal processes, as a way to express feelings, see outside ourselves and internalize them, and to experience them together with large groups of people.
Maja Gojković shuts down Exit
Exit 2025: The loudest, united cry for freedom
The jubilee 25th Exit may be the last one at the Petrovaradin Fortress. The reason: the organizers supported the student protests, so the government is denying them public funds. If this is the end — it will be the loudest, united cry for freedom
Documentary film
The cheerful melancholy of Zvonko Bogdan
Hey farms in the north of Bačka, directed by Maja Uzelac
Interview: Nenad Petrović, "Children of Bad Musicians"
Sparks in the darkness
Rock and roll has always existed to draw attention to what is happening in society, to criticize. That's why rock and roll is healing and rejuvenating
Research: Sokoj
Monopoly over music authors
The only organization in Serbia that collects fees for the use of music from broadcasters on behalf of musicians and then distributes them to musicians has been causing controversy in the public for years. The dissatisfaction of its members escalates because of the small, and sometimes double-digit dinar payments for the most popular hits. During that time, Sokoj pays its employees salaries up to three times higher than the average, lower real estate, invests the organization's money outside the rules - all this based on an invalid statute
Interview: Mario Knezović, frontman of the group "Zoster"
Everything can be music.
Mostar is divided in the minds of those who divide it. I live my life to the fullest. This is something that I fought for myself and for which I consider myself a free man. And I want everyone else to be free, but that's something they have to work out for themselves
Navigator
What did they do to my song, mom?
The British Parliament is set to debate legislation that will fully allow companies developing artificial intelligence to use copyrighted works for learning
On the occasion of the exhibition
You must be mine.
How a slip, which may not have been, revealed that in the entire macho heritage of rock music, the Partybreakers stand as a shining example of fair and honorable treatment of women, all on the occasion of the exhibition Party breakers Just be yourself.
The culture of memory
Vlada Divljan receives a bust in Zagreb
Musician, author and frontman of the cult band "Idols", Vlada Divljan, will receive a bust in the Rock and Roll Theme Park in Zagreb
TV Maniac
Silence on the streets... and then noise!
"Masts", Try a naked man, Excellent hamster, 2024
We never looked retro, but the way people who are not ready to humiliate themselves look. Who is to blame for the enslaved majority who humiliate themselves by following seasonal trends?
Interview: Peter Lovšin, Pankrti
Today, the average person is less than average
With some of our poets, a philosopher of anarchism and other friends, we made some happenings where we cooked spaghetti on stage. At two or three appearances of this happening, they kicked us off the stage, because it was too crazy. I was convinced that "Pankrti" would last as long as those happenings. But the following happened: when we played our first concert at Moščanska Gymnasium - which we advertised as "The first punk concert behind the Iron Curtain" - so many people came that we were surprised. If members of law and order stopped by on that occasion, they wouldn't even have been able to get inside, because everything in the hall was completely full, and even if they somehow got in, they wouldn't have understood anything.
Music reportage
I will burn in the campaign.
The escapist detachment from the banality of the modern world and the almost monastic dedication to the calling made Pogorelić a preacher who, in a time of general saturation with classical music, offered the audience its new meanings.
Ecology in music
Massive Attack: Environmental champions to role model
The popular UK electronic band Massive Attack has broken a specific record - not musically, but environmentally. In July, the band is visiting in Kragujevac