Texas post-rock group This Will Destroy You might be a bit slow in getting their new album out, the one that was finished in January this year and still doesn’t have a release date, but what they lack in forward momentum in that department, they certainly make up for in touring stamina. 54 dates across

British indie pop as taken a bit of a back seat recently in favour of all this New York hipster shit, but to be honest, US bands try too hard. As a metric: American bands only celebrate success when they’ve sold a million records and done an endorsement deal with a trouser company. A British

Celebrating the rich and varied 20 years of the Ninja Tunes label, the Ninja Tunes XX Tour hits Berlin with a massive lineup of forward thinking electronica, hip hop and future-jazz artists. Allow us to illustrate through moving picture: …and allow us to illustrate through song: Cinematic Orchestra – To Build A Home Andreya Triana

This is the shit. A solid indie festival with a bunch of world class bands spread across four of Kreuzberg’s best venues. For a not entirely unreasonable price. Which is important since we’re all here living at the poverty line, romantic as that is, it does make one money conscious. Our favourite Canadian kids Wolf

A Mystery Jets video playlist for you, leading into what will be a great gig from them tonight at Magnet Club… The Boy Who Ran Away: You Can’t Fool Me Dennis: Half in Love with Elizabeth: Dreaming Of Another World

Goldfrapp makes it to Berlin for a gig at Astra, showing off the tunes from her latest album Head First, out January this year

On the back of Option Paralysis released earlier this year, The Dillinger Escape Plan bring the noodly mayhem to Columbia Club for a night of blood, sweat and dramatic changes in tempo. The masters of mathcore are back. And here’s a track, just to get you in the mood: The Dillinger Escape Plan – Farewell,

Kooky french beat pop from local band The Purcells here for your Saturday night at White Trash. Think Brian Jonestown Massacre cheers up a little and starts listening to too many Mancini soundtracks, with a very big dash of the cheerful end of the Libertines thrown in, or something. In anycase, the songs are really

Hilfiger Denim Loud at E-Werk, Berlin. A cracking gig for your Thursday night, Thursday night being the first night of the weekend, you’re undoubtedly looking for something lovely and just a bit stylish. Headlining a night of intelligent pop, The Ting Tings out of Britain have been working dilligently on their upcoming second album, a

Virgianian skuzz lords Pontiak make it here to Berlin on the back of their new album Living, hitting little Jgerklause with a wall of, surprisingly pleasant, jammy noise rock. With so many noise albums, they’re not the sort of thing that you can give an ear to regularly, the intensity and abrasiveness making it so