Unknown Pleasures #1 implies we can look forward to several nights of this series and judging by the fine line-up for this evening we can rest assured it’s in good hands. 5€ for four acts on a Friday night, what more could you need

The Magnificent Brotherhood provide your Saturday night with a psychedelic kick start courtesy of their excellent self-proclaimed “fuzzfisa” sound. Yes, they love their farfisa and fuzzy guitars and coupled with a classic 60s garage spirit it all makes The Mag’ Bros one of the best live bands around. And where else but Bassy Club to

Eleanor Friedberger, the sister side of The Fiery Furnaces family band, seems to have found some kind of missing link between Destroyer’s Kaputt and Beach House’ Teen Dream. Her debut solo album Last Summer (click here for full stream on Merge Records) is awash with the kind of warm synthy/moogy sounds coupled with honeyed pop

Words: Gerd Steiger Now that summer is offcially over and death and decay of autumn are lurking pretty much everywhere, it’s about time for you to stop fooling yourself and to once again realize that we are all doomed. That’s the bad news. The good news is that Marissa Nadler is back to add some

Esmerine is an experimental instrumental group started by Bruce Cawdron and Beckie Foon, who have contributed to other Montreal-based bands as Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Set Fire to Flames, and Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band. Beckie and Bruce met in 2001 while working on the first Set Fire to Flames record

Moon Duo was formed by Ripley Johnson of Wooden Shjips and Sanae Yamada in San Francisco in 2009. Inspired initially by the legendary duo of John Coltrane and Rashied Ali, Moon Duo counts such variant groups as Silver Apples, Royal Trux, Moolah, Suicide, and Cluster as touchstones. Utilizing primarily guitar, keyboards, and vocals, the Duo

Catholic Spray are from Paris. They play dirty garage music and they’re gonna make you shit a reverb. They have shared the bill with Moon Duo, Sic Alps and many others. They have dirty friends such as Yussuf Jerusalem, JC Satan and Crash Normal. Their first album is now out on Teenage Menopause. Right, so

Charming poster don’t you think, well, I suppose we all better wear eyeliner then because it promises to get hot and sweaty at Schokoladen tonight. Edie Sedgwick and Sissters seem like they formed to perform together. Edie Sedgwick formed in 1999 when El Guapo bassist Justin Moyer and ex-Panoply Academy Glee Club drummer Ryan Hicks

That’s Aniaetleprogrammeur doing what they do best, being awesome on stage. It’s CCCP Bar folks, do you need another reason cos it’s late and i wanna go see some bands. Thank you, now enjoy the show

Sun Araw return to us as part of Kometenmelodien 2 at Berghain Kantine. For those of you who witnessed their show last autumn at West Germany this will be a chance to revisit that particular part of your memory to confirm that, yes, it was probably the best show you saw last year. Before you