I Drug Moi Gruzovik / И Друг Мой Грузовик

UA

Adult contemporary, Aor, Blues, Blues-rock, Classic rock, Garage Rock, Grunge, Indie Dance, Indie rock, Indie-pop, Madchester, Pop rock, Post-punk, Rock

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Four New Singles: Motorama, Man Bites Dog, Klub Zavtrak, and Gruzovik

These four new net-singles from Moscow, Rostov-na-Donu, Dnipropetrovsk, and Komsomolsk-na-Amure differ greatly in style. When it comes any audible worldview, however, a large overlap is evident.

Three Shades of Limelight: I Drug Moi Gruzovik, Pilar, and Ekam Sat

Three bands from Moscow, Perm, and Dnipropetrovsk mark three different stages of a musical career. They represent an unbridled romance, early struggles with audience affection, and a return to life away from the limelight

Pondering Rock's Future: Tarakany, Kirpichi, Green Pepper, and Uncle Boo

Recent events in Moscow have led some to question the "rebellious" nature of Russian rock music - and whether it even exists any more. If not, what are the new values that might replace it?

FARW: Exclamation Marks, Smiling Faces, and T-Shirt Philosophy

FARW are from the eastern Ukrainian town of Slaviansk. Founded in the seventeenth century, Slaviansk would grow to become a center of two very contradictory activities: heavy industry and health resorts. An equally vigorous combination of opposites can be heard in our band's name. Virtually unpron...

Gut Reactions to an Empty Stomach: "I Drug Moi Gruzovik"

Today marks the third occasion that we've written about Ukrainian funk-rockers I drug moi gruzovik ("My Friend Truck & I"). The reason for doing so is a happy one: the release of an album, entitled Zhivot (tr. "Stomach" or "Gut"). It first appeared not long after the New Year and is therefor...

Indiecator: The Second Compilation Album

The portal known as "Indiecator" has just released their second sampler or web-based compilation in order to bring thirteen bands into the public view. In doing so, in continues a long and important tradition from the West. After all, the socialist music industry wasn't exactly operating accor...

Negruzoviki: "They're Not Smiling"

Negruzoviki is an offshoot of Ukrainian funk-rockers I drug moi gruzovik. The latter band's name is a broken phrase that translates roughly as "...And my friend Truck." The back story here involves a long and fairly uninteresting discussion of nicknames, so we'll spare you the tedium. In...