What's cool in the Balkans?

August 19, 2024 6:08 PM

Please recommend music, movies and other contemporary pop culture from the Balkan countries.

We're planning a trip that will include Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, maybe Serbia, and would like to get a taste for their current music and movie scene, or other forms of current (say past 10 years) pop culture.

posted by signal to Society & Culture (5 answers total)

It is probably not Lepa Brena, haha (although revisiting her, she’s amazing). People at r/AskBalkans would know
posted by cotton dress sock at 6:37 PM on August 19

In case you didn't see this fantastic post, a history of Croatia's punk collective Let 3.
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 7:51 PM on August 19

The coolest song I know out of the Balkans in the last 10 years is Bonbon by Era Istrefi (who is Kosovo-Albanian).
posted by sigmagalator at 10:55 PM on August 19

Love this dreamy psych album from about 10 years ago, from the Croatian band Pridjevi

https://pridjevi.bandcamp.com/album/pridjevi
posted by bendybendy at 10:31 AM on August 20

I once had the opportunity to go to the Guča Trumpet Festival (SLYT). A weird damn vibe live, use that as a basis to see if you dig the music.
posted by BReed at 1:48 PM on August 20