Nirvana’s Nevermind – which was released 30 years ago – offered a subversive outlet for a global audience, writes Arwa Haider, who discovers its impact on people from countries including Brazil, Poland and Japan.
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Never Forget What Hate Can / Ruth Ben-Ghiat
I am pleased to bring you this interview with Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, a member of the Polish psychedelic post-punk band Trupa Trupa, and the author of several books of poetry that address history, remembrance, and ethics. His latest poems will appear in the review Rain Taxi in November. Kwiatkowski’s musical and literary works have been published and reviewed in The Guardian, Modern Poetry in Translation, Rolling Stone, and the BBC and other places. Trupa Trupa’s songs have denounced Holocaust denialism, as in the tracks Remainder and Never Forget. The band has performed at Desert Daze Festival, South By Southwest, Iceland Airwaves, and Haldern Pop Festival. In 2020 they took part in an NPR Tiny Desk session. Their latest EP is I’ll Find. Our conversation was held on March 23, 2021, and has been edited for clarity and flow.
Stanford University
Stanford University serdecznie zaprasza na ““I Say It Burns”: Poet/post-rock musician Grzegorz Kwiatkowski in Conversation with Cynthia Haven”. Spotkanie odbędzie się w piątek, 8 października.
It Sings Therefore We Are: Philosophy and Music in Conversation
Uniwersytet Oksfordzki serdecznie zaprasza na wydarzenie “It Sings Therefore We Are: Philosophy and Music in Conversation.”, które odbędzie się w środę, 20 października o godzinie 20.30. W spotkaniu prowadzonym przez profesora Paula Lodge’a udział wezmą: pisarka Sylvie Simmons, David Frickie z magazynu Rolling Stone, Gideon Coe z BBC Radio 6 Music i Grzegorz Kwiatkowski.
Haldern Pop Festival / Louder Than War
Ploughing up this Garden of Good Intentions, like some industrial digger carving through a site of special scientific interest, were Trupa Trupa. The four piece rock band from Gdansk have a formidable new record in the offing, and we got the odd number: poppier and more direct in approach.
My Favourite Album / Gigantic
Speaking to those with excellent taste, My Favourite Album connects with musicians around the globe to ask about the records that inspire them. We are very pleased to talk to Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, leader of experimental rockers Trupa Trupa.
Haldern Pop Festival
Trupa Trupa wystąpi 13 i 14 sierpnia na Haldern Pop Festival.
Spotkanie w Żydowskim Muzeum Galicja
Żydowskie Muzeum Galicja zaprasza na spotkanie autorskie z Grzegorzem Kwiatkowskim poświęcone książce “Karl Heinz M.”. Spotkanie poprowadzi profesor Karen Underhill z Uniwersytetu Illinois w Chicago. Wydarzenie będzie miało formę online i odbędzie się w piątek, 2 lipca o godzinie 18.00.
Fitzcarraldo
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
Witness Trupa Trupa’s postpunk triptych in the video for “Fitzcarraldo”.
The music made by Gdańsk’s Trupa Trupa covers a wide range, both musically and emotionally. “Fitzcarraldo,” from their 2020 EP I’ll Find, is more on the blissed-out side of things, juxtaposing nimble guitar melodies with an airy musical backdrop. The brand-new video (also available below) finds the band crossing the United States, and includes some footage shot at their show at Union Pool.