Puschenfest part deux brings us Papa M, a living legend if I may be so bold. Having played in several influential bands from Slint to Tortoise to Royal Trux to Palace Music to a little known but excellent band called The For Carnation, David Pajo has left a trail of excellent albums in his wake.
Poster: Eva Herold & Leo Zylberberg Cranky Booking continues with it’s Kugelbahn series of shows this month with Ruins Of Krger and Mother Of The Unicorn who make their Berlin debut. That mysterious beast, Ruins Of Krger, play the latest in their “we only play on 23rd of any month” series of shows, coincidence or not this month the
Delta Love headline at the Lo-Fi Lounge at Schokoladen tonight and it will also be their debut appearance at this most indie of all Berlin’s small excellent indie venues. Gathering a decent following already across Berlin, this is your chance to catch them play at the top of a three band line-up and should not
A very full line-up of local bands at Brunnen 70 tonight all in the name of telling GEMA to go and fuck itself, what better way to get out on a Friday…maybe you’ll like one of the bands or more than one of them even. Line-up is: Little Room Redlake Circus Sunflowerstarfish Natasha In Forest
Photo: Hilde Mesics Einar Stray headlines the 1st Anniversary celebrations of Ink Music Berlin at Festsaal tonight along with Petula and one of Austria’s finest, Garish. Stray’s compositions are truly advanced and tracks some times go on for up to eight minutes without the listener ever feeling the slightest bit of boredom or inattentiveness. The music
Kids of Zoo storm the restaurant at White Trash this Saturday, fresh off the plane from Melbourne. Of course, when I say fresh I really mean they’ll be jetlagged, tired and very very cranky. Which is exactly the way you want a band to be on a Saturday night, especially a band that’s made as
Dirty Beaches does a great line in this type of photo, it’s like Chris Isaak meets a Wong Kar Wai film, you have to love it. The Maze Festival continues at West Germany with this most talked about act stopping by on his European tour. A one man show, Alex Zhang Hungtai combines reverb and
Blitzgigs.de presents a night of garage rock mayhem with the return of King Khan & BBQ Show who bring their unique, raucous and much-loved two-piece show to the Festsaal Kreuzberg. Supported by Bikes and Delta Love this will surely be remembered as one of the best shows in Berlin this year or anywhere remotely close to Berlin for that matter.
Image: Leo Zylberberg Cranky Booking presents the next in its monthly Cranky Night at Antje Oklesund and this month we have something very special indeed with Baby In Vain from Copenhagen and Berlin’s very own Mother Of The Unicorn. Baby In Vain are gaining quite a reputation as one of the most exciting and intense
With what is definitely the naughtiest poster of the year, Jimmy Trash presents Trashfest V. I don’t think more needs to be said after being confronted with this poster every time you turn a corner in Berlin over the past week, it’s a must-go show. Good bands, djs and lord only knows what Jimmy Trash
