Formerly leader of The Czars, John Grant now gone solo takes his tour through Berlin in support of his debut album “Queen of Denmark”…….which definitely is in the lead in the “Scariest Album Cover of the Year” competition(this photo isn’t it, Ed). Don’t let the cover put you off though, Grant excels in piano driven
Swedish indie-pop, late 70s infused power-pop and romantik-punk (never heard of that one, Ed) should make for an evening of ass-shaking poppiness with more hook-laden tunes than you can shake a stick at in the lovely Lovelite. Eating Pebble [indie//swe] www.myspace.com/eatingpebble The Pikes [mod//powerpop] www.myspace.com/thepikesfromberlin Skeptik in Perspektiv [romantikpunk] www.myspace.com/skeptikinperspektiv DJs Chris Caramba & Dr.
Australian born Ned Collette, along with his mates Wirewalker, take the stage at NBI, giving you a listen to their brand new material.
http://www.arielpink.com/ http://www.myspace.com/arielpink
An experiment in indie music and seaworthiness at the same time!
Berlin's City Slang label (Yo La Tengo, The Flaming Lips, et al) celebrate 20 years of awesome with an understated lineup at Festsaal
San Francisco's psych-rock scene sends some love Berlin-way in the shape of Wooden Shjips, the best shape of all
Dream pop indie duo Beach House play a massive show at Lido, due to sell out just quickly as all their other splendid shows have.
http://www.themorningbenders.com/ http://www.myspace.com/themorningbenders Sounding like they’ve been listening a lot to Grizzly Bear (probably seeing as they toured with them last year, Ed) with multi-vocal layers of swooning and aahhing and oooing over the top of lazy guitars and hazy orchestration, think The Shins if they got stoned more. The Morning Benders recent album “Big Echo”
Shearwaters are medium-sized long-winged seabirds. So, you might not know this about Shearwater but they are birdwatchers. Yes, real birds. Main man Jonathan Meiburg is a part-time ornithologist, for real. He’s spent periods living on the remotest islands of this planet studying birds and when he’s not studying birds he’s just hanging out in extremely
