In the organizer's words:

Concert info 18.01.2026
Sundays in the foyer: Town Portal (Copenhagen) + Crushing Swans (Dresden)
Admission 6 pm, start 7.30 pm
Town Portal from Copenhagen have stood for instrumental progressive rock music since the release of their first EP in 2011.
for instrumental progressive rock music.
"Pigeonholes are always such a thing, here it would perhaps be: instrumental
post-math rock with hints of post-hardcore. The sound is a sophisticated mix of changing
changing rhythms, jazzy playfulness and the melodic influences of the noise rock and post-hardcore
rock and post-hardcore of the 90s. A constant alternation between heavy, even
dull sounds, which in the next moment meet light and playful dynamic elements again.
elements in the next moment." (awayfromlife.com)
With "Grindwork", Town Portal released their fourth album in October.
and are going on tour again for the first time after a break of almost five years.
tour for the first time.
https://townportalband.com
https://townportal.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/townportalband
Crushing Swans try to be loud and fragile at the same time, moving between loud, intense
between loud, intense moments and quiet, dreamy moments. A very
independent mix of influences from Slowdive to Nu-Gaze and Noise ala Julie and
Lovesliescrushing's ambient shoegaze - the feeling of losing yourself completely in the music
and then finding yourself in it again.
https://www.instagram.com/crushingswans