I’ve always felt province can give us much more than it did. There are more “space” for musicians to dream, to think, to contemplate, and finally, to compose.

After changing her nickname a couple of time, Ukrainian electro pop singer INAIA seems to have finally found what she’s been looking for. But she keeps changing faces.

New rising star of “Masterskaya” label, founded by Ivan Dorn, with its studio debut.

Vlad Zarichnyuk is hardly a newbie on the Ukrainian scene. Kostopil-born lo-fi producer played in a number of original groups (The Pleroma, Night Dew Call, Kelbas), founded his own label “Dobryi Bober” (“The Good Beaver”) and… is barely known even to local critics because of his almost ideological devotion to underground movement.

Female-vocal garage rock with teenage sincerity, diluted by intelligent grungy punk – some kind of a bit more contemporary, a bit more lo-fi Ukrainian version of riot grrrl. The word “Mashlaw” is an alias of bassist/vocalist Maria Grigorieva, which comes from her short Masha.

If there’s one Ukrainian album this year you should pay attention to, that’s the debut effort of the Kyiv-based duo duo её titled “Чоловік-Муза“.

Kyiv-based duo Stepan I Meduza is notable for creation of their own genre – “science pop”. Although it’s just another low-profile branch of synth pop and new wave, maybe the only place where you can find similar aesthetics is Rush discography between 1982 and 1987: crystal clear, sublime, perfectly calibrated melodies with ultramodern philosophy and science fiction themes (originally brought to the music world by Neil Peart).

Traditional Chinese music meets contemporary Ukrainian folk on Hycz Orkestr’s new album, coming out today.

Blooms Corda, whose debut album we introduced a while back, recently released the second album called “GIGOTOSIA”.