Viza • Loyal Tea

Drink your "Loyal Tea" and spit it up on the ground.

That's a snipped from the latest single by the LA gypsy folkish rock band VIZA (VI·ZA).
A band that continues to captivate the global music scene with an erratically amusing blend of energized international rock. Unique in its musical arsenal is the inclusion of oud and percussion blended with more traditional rock elements such as guitar, bass, and drums. This fascinating fusion, combined with dramatic and powerful live performances have garnered Viza significant success all over the world.

VI·ZA are:

K'noup - Vocals, Guitar

Shant Bismejian - Guitar

Andrew Kzirian - Oud, Saz, Vocals

Jivan Gasparyan Jr. - Duduk

Alex Khatcherian - Bass

Chris Daniel - Drums, Percussion, Vocals

The tune "Loyal Tea" is a song that brings back classic tones of the band while guest-starring former bandmates. Danny Shamoun, who was a vital part of the songwriting in the album "Maktub" is at the spotlight once again in "Loyal Tea", lending his percussive skills on all things Arabic.

As the frontman K’noup comments:

“I remember when I first wrote "Loyal Tea" it was honestly not with the intention of it becoming a VIZA song because the chords behind it had a different mode, but I had invited Danny to record on it, and the minute he did the whole complexion of the song turned its face to VIZA and I certainly couldn’t question it”.

The song features beautifully constructed oud melodies by theoudplayer as well catchy duduk licks by Jivan all the while Shant Bismejian rhythmically carries the belly of the song with his glistening guitars. “I recorded the guitars on my couch with 2 cats staring at me”. says Shant gleefully.

“Lyrically the song itself is an obvious pun that reflects the harshness and lack of loyalty within the music business that I’ve unfortunately felt first hand. One minute you’re the cool cat in town the next minute you’re the forgotten buffalo”. says K’noup.

VIZA continues to write and record throughout the new year, look out for more to come.

Keep an eye out for the band on Facebook (www.facebook.com/vizamusic) and Instagram (@vizamusic).

Enjoy today's tune!


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Kultur Shock - Refugee Song

KULTUR SHOCK is a Seattle-based gypsy punk band which specializes in mixing music like rock, metal and punk with traditional Balkan music. Even if the style is impossible to define- many critics throw SOAD, GOGOL BORDELLO, MANU CHAO, GANG OF FOUR, THE POGUES, Balkan folk music, punk rock, heavy metal as references to it, but nothing can prepare the unsuspecting listener to what is going to come out of their home stereo speakers or what's going to happen to them during the 90 minutes live shows that the band is known for. In two words- the description is a mix of all of the above in a seamless new sound, that takes the listener on a trip and never lets go.

Active since 1996, KULTUR SHOCK members hail from Bosnia, Bulgaria, and the United States. The band has performed over 1000 shows throughout the United States and Europe.

The band defines itself as "a live band of blue-collar immigrants".

KULTUR SHOCK members:

Gino - vocals, synth
Val - guitar
Amy - bouzouki, vocals
Chris - drums, percussion
Guy - bass
Matty - violin

Today's tune "Refugee Song" is taken from the EP "Drama", released April 1, 2018. The video was directed, shot and chopped by Dima Levanchuk. Enjoy!



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Gogol Bordello - Saboteur Blues

The Gypsy punk veterans GOGOL BORDELLO announce new album and share a frenetic lead single "Saboteur Blues". They also will hit the road with a trip to the states, the all the North American fall tour dates below.

This summer, GOGOL BORDELLO are returning with their first album in four years. It’s titled "Seekers and Finders" and serves as their seventh overall following "Pura Vida Conspiracy" in 2013.

Written over an extended time on three different continents, "Seekers and Finders" finds the nine-piece multi-cultural band in top form - an aural party of violins, accordions, trumpet, marimba amongst the standard rock basics of guitars, drum and bass. Single LP on 150 gram splatter colored vinyl with digital download redemption card.

Regina Spektor guests on the track "Did It All".

Release dates is set to August 23, 2017.

Today's tune “Saboteur Blues”. is a song about the full commitment to the moment and putting the end to this self-sabotage,” Hütz explains. “And going on a rampage with it. Our lives are royally sabotaged by our thinking being stuck in our past or future.”


Gogol Bordello 2017 Tour Dates:

08/26 – Port Chester, NY @ Capitol Theatre
09/16 – Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest
09/18 – Niagara Falls, NY @ Rapids Theater
09/20 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
09/21 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
09/22 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre
09/23 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
09/25 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre
09/26 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Theatre
09/27 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
09/29 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
09/30 – Madison, WI @ Breese Stevens Field
10/02 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
10/03 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
10/04 – Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom
10/06 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls
10/07 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
10/08 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
10/19 – Athens, GA @ Georgia Theater
10/20 – Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music HAll
10/21 – New Orleans, LA @ Joy Theater
10/23 – San Antonio, TX @ Aztec Theater
10/24 – Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey
10/25 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
10/27 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooley’s
10/28 – Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theatre
10/30 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
10/31 – Lawrence, KS @ The Granada
11/01 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
11/02 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
11/03 – Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall

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Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple

Balkan punk band Gogol Bordello from the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The band formed in New York in 1999 and quickly made a name in underground circles by their unpredictable live shows and has since been hailed as one of the world's most visionary punk band. Recent tireless touring and the band's seemingly inexhaustible energy has led to several sold out concerts in Sweden. Much of the band's sound is inspired by Gypsy music. The band incorporates minor-key accordion and violin (and on some albums, saxophone) mixed with punk and dub.

Yesterday did Gogol Bordello a show at Gröna Lund here in Stockholm, unfortunately I could not attending this time and this really is a band that you should experience live.

Tonight, they step up on stage in Gothenburg and the West Coast Riot at 22:50. Will likely deliver the season's most action-packed event!

Thetania are currently in Gothenburg on the West Coast Riot and Metaltown. She certainly gives a report after the weekend about how the festival was.

Todays tune "Start Wearing Purple" is a song from their third album Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike. It was written by frontman Eugene Hütz. The song was packaged as a double single along with "Sally", and released as the band's second single in February 2006. It also appears in the soundtrack for the 2005 film Everything Is Illuminated, in which Hütz stars as Alex.




Hütz said in an interview, "It's one of the very few songs I wrote for a girl. I just moved in with my girlfriend in New York. We had a neighbour: an old woman who was always dressed in purple head to toe. She was clearly bonkers. So whenever my girlfriend and I had an argument and she would start screaming at me, I would say: you might as well start wearing purple now”. In another interview, he stated that the song was written around 1995.


Other band at West Coast Riot!

Gogol Bordello touring dates
Thu, June 16th ’11, Gothenburg, Sweden, West Coast Riot
Sat, June 18th ’11, Scheeßel, Germany, Hurricane Festival
Sun, June 19th ’11, Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany, Southside Festival
Tue, June 21st ’11, Warsaw, Poland, Stodola
Thu, June 23rd ’11, Prague, Czech Republic, City Festival
Sat, June 25th ’11, Kazan, Russian Federation, The Creation of Peace Festival
Tue, June 28th ’11, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation, Tele-club
Wed, June 29th ’11, Moscow, Russian Federation, Green Theatre
Fri, July 1st ’11, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Club Kosmonavt
Sun, July 3rd ’11, Athens, Greece, Rockwave Festival
Wed, July 6th ’11, Rimini, Italy, Velvet Rock Club
Thu, July 7th ’11, Milan, Italy, Circolo Magnolia
Fri, July 8th ’11, Bari, Italy, L’Acqua in Testa Festival
Sat, July 9th ’11, Verona, Italy, Castello Scaligero di Villafranca
Sat, July 30th ’11, Newport, RI, United States, Newport Folk Festival
Sun, July 31st ’11, Malmesbury, United Kingdom, Womad Festival
Mon, August 1st ’11, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Melkweg (The Max)
Tue, August 2nd ’11, Oberhausen, Germany, Turbinenhalle
Thu, August 4th ’11, Lokeren, Belgium, Lokerse Feesten
Fri, August 5th ’11, Langres, France, Chien à Plumes Festival
Sat, August 6th ’11, Gignac, France, Le Festival Ecaussystème
Sun, August 7th ’11, Crozon, France, Festival du bout du Monde
Tue, August 9th ’11, Nürnberg, Germany, Hirsch
Wed, August 10th ’11, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, Den Atelier
Fri, August 12th ’11, 1hr SW of London, United Kingdom, Boom Town Fair
Sat, August 13th ’11, Cornbury Estate Deer Park, United Kingdom, Wilderness Festival
Sun, August 14th ’11, Budapest, Hungary, Sziget Festival
Mon, August 15th ’11, Vienn, Austria, Arena
Wed, August 17th ’11, Jena, Germany, KulturArena Festival
Fri, August 19th ’11, Exeter, United Kingdom, Beautiful Days
Sat, August 20th ’11, Farstad Gvarv Park, Norway, Kartfestivalen


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Gogol Bordello - Pala Tute

Gogol Bordello is a Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of New York City, formed in 1999 and known for theatrical stage shows and persistent touring. Much of the band's sound is inspired by Gypsy music. The band incorporates minor-key accordion and violin (and on some albums, saxophone) mixed with punk and dub. During this evening will Gogol Bordello perform at Berns here in Stockholm, If you like this kind of music, I recommend you warmly to get to Berns to see this, it will be absolutely fucking crazy. A Pouges childhood in the Balkans, yes you get the blast!

Todays tune "Pala Tute" is taken from the fifth album "Trans-Continental Hustle", released on April 27, 2010. Produced by Rick Rubin (Slayer, Public Enemy, Johnny Cash, Red Hot Chili Peppers, AC/DC, System Of A Down, Jay-Z, Dixie Chicks, Justin Timberlake, Metallica, Gossip, The Avett Brothers among others), Trans-Continental Hustle primarily draws inspiration from frontman Eugene Hütz's life in Brazil, where he has lived since 2008. This album is Gogol Bordello's major record label debut. The collaboration with Rubin was initiated after Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine saw Gogol Bordello perform at a live show in LA and told Rubin to check them out, after seeing the performance he offered to work with the band.

The Band
Eugene Hütz (vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion)
Sergey Ryabtsev (violin, backing vocals)
Yuri Lemeshev (accordion, backing vocals)
Oren Kaplan (guitar, backing vocals)
Thomas Gobena (bass, backing vocals)
Pamela Jintana Racine (percussion, backing vocals, dance)
Elizabeth Sun (percussion, backing vocals, dance)
Pedro Erazo (percussion, MC)
Oliver Charles (drums)



December 4th, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, Berns
December 6th, HELSINKI, FINLAND, Kulttuuritalo
December 8th, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN, Trädgår'n
December 9th, BERLIN, GERMANY, Huxley's Neue Welt
December 10th, STUTTGART, GERMANY, Longhorn
December 11th, COLOGNE, GERMANY, Live Music Hall
December 12th, TILBURG, NETHERLANDS, 013
December 14th, PARIS, FRANCE, La Cigale
December 15th, LONDON, UK, HMV Forum
December 16th, LONDON, UK, HMV Forum
December 28th, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, Jefferson Theater
December 29th, PHILADELPHIA, PA, Electric Factory
December 30th, WASHINGTON, DC, 9:30 Club
December 31st, WASHINGTON, DC, 9:30 Club
January 1st, NEW YORK, NY, Terminal 5
March 6th, PORTO, PORTUGAL, Oporto Coliseum
March 7th, LISBON, PORTUGAL, Campo Pequeno Bullring
March 14th, DUBLIN, IRELAND, Olympia
March 15th, BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND, Mandela Hall

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