Awesome post-punk from a band who go right back to the dawn of the genre, Blurt made their debut on Factory Records in the eighties, going on to produce a bunch of albums (I’m really not going to try and say a number, it’s too debatable) and just generally being a band that people are

In the lead up to his upcoming album, Lupercalia, South Londoner Patrick Wolf brings the magic to Berlin for a show at Lido in Kreuzberg. We don’t want glitter and twinkling lights, we demand it!

If you ever thought you wanted to like US group A Place To Bury Strangers but always found them to be a bit too fashionable given how desperately morose their music is, you might find related band Ceremony more to your admirably discerning taste. Made up of 2/3rds Skywave, predecessor act to APTBS, Cermony’s sound

“If they think you’re crude, go technical; if they think you’re technical, go crude. I’m a very technical boy. So I decided to get as crude as possible.” Experimental electronica artists Tatsumi Ryusui & Michael Chinen take over Loophole for a night of the ambient and the unsettling. Dabbling with the sonification of computer programs,

Baltimore psych rockers The Flying Eyes come back to Berlin with a show at White Trash, a show that’s just going to be fucking amazing, like every other one of theirs

One of the pioneering and/or standout artists of the Juke house scene, itself a pioneering movement within house music in total, Addison Groove makes it to Berlin for a night of bleeding edge live production at Horst in Kreuzberg. Footwerk! is headlined by Addison Groove accompanied by friends and conspirators DJ Rashad, himself instrumental to

Making all your punk rock dreams come true, Berlin’s Team Tyson play a local gig at Knochenbox in Friendrichshain with supports (TBA) & punkrock DJs

Portland indie rockers The Thermals hit Lido, headlining a pretty cool gig supported by The Coathangers, also from the US. The Thermals are one of those bands that people love to ask why they’re not bigger than they are. Which is fair, they are really good and there’s not many people at the pub table

Classic sounding pub rock for those who dig it, Mirramaze, straight out of Norway and at Intersoup for a Saturday night beer with you. And supporting new music is always a proper excuse for a hangover on Sunday morning

They’re really the ultimate indie pop band. Architecture in Helsinki. They’re certainly the first thing you reach for on a sunny Sunday morning when the air is fresh and you’re got a new favourite girl or boy or puppy or kitten or even an especially cuddly goldfish or whatever. But that’s just me. They’re apparently