Starting two years ago with a garage punk, Petar Martich’s band came to the moody American indie of the early 90’s in the spirit of Pavement, Dinosaur Jr., and even the Galaxy 500 (the title track is a piano instrumental at all).

Svidanie, one of the main breakthroughs of 2016 in Russian independent scene, released the album “No. 2”, this is obviously the second album of musicians.

Antoha MC is the most enlightening and upbeat person in the new wave of Russian music.

The second album of the Siberian post-punk band, which right now is able to score big clubs. As the band members report, the album is serious and sad. “Our lyrical hero goes off the rails,” says Buerak vocalist Artem Cherepanov.

A fresh release of flagship band of the Russian indie scene. The quick summary of them: brand of rock and disco is in vogue right now (see The Killers, Phoenix and more) and they are only getting better with each release.

The unusual creative tandem of the Belarusian dream pop band Young and Dramatic and the band with the far eastern roots Parks, Squares and Alleys released the melancholic track “Passenger” in June.

2016-2017 became years of hip-hop, so it’s quite impossible to skip the most important Russian release of this period.

The kings of Russian garage rock are massively productive this year. I, frankly speaking, lost count of how many albums they released this year, it seems that not less than 4 full-length and some Eps.

In the end of October, acclaimed Rostov-based band Motorama released their fourth album, “Dialogues“.

Moscow’s band Mana Island video “DOTS” stars Russian model Sasha Panic and was directed by Noir Films. Filmed in cold colours, the clip was shot in one of St. Petersburg’s abandoned mansions and on the countryside not far away from the “Venice of the North”.