Is Britpop on the way back? Does it deserve to after Oasis and over crimes committed in its name? Ignoring the politics and subtleties of questions like these, jangly indie pop is always a good party starter and the British have really been the only ones to consistently get it right. True that. It’s terminally
An awesome double headline show at the suitably awesome Monarch with Brooklyn duo Buke & Gase and New Zealand solo artist Bachelorette. Joining forces on the night Buke & Gase (formerly Gass) bring along their signature style of lofty albeit distressed indie rock, while Bachelorette aka Anabel Alpers inhabits the spaces around art pop and
If it somehow happened that the esteemed Jens Lekman managed to make a baby with the (entombed) Ian Curtis, I think what we would end up with is, not only a freak miracle of science and a story that would be covered in the kinds of tabloid magazines we don’t admit to reading, but also
Berlin post-rock kids Lonski & Classen have worked for almost two years at it, undoubtedly with a beer or two in the middle of course, but their second album is ready for you to listen to and love. Climbing On Branches is the title and because they’re so pleased with the way it turned out,
Getting to be one of the bands in Berlin that everyone knows about, celebrating their fifth birthday are the likely lads of Chuckamuck. Doing an ace beat rock thing with a dash of grunge pub music thrown in, this is the perfect thing for this time of year. 22nd of December and all the good
A drunken cowboy warmup for NYE, London based country-punk garage act Cowbell headline another TV Eye Labelfest at Bassy Club supported by too many DJs&#
They’ve been kicking around for two years and the general word is that U.S. act Cymbals Eat Guitars have done better than anyone expected, especially when you know that more than half the original lineup have changed through that period. In spite of that fact, or perhaps because of it depending on how you look
With the completely miserable weather we’ve been enjoying over the past couple of weeks, I cant suggest anything better to you for your Sunday night than to find some music to wallow in depression to. Thanks, or no-thanks depending on how you look at it, to the kids at Death Disco, British post-punk/shoegaze band KVB
If the idea of Berlin Fashion Week has given you that icky feeling in the bottom of your stomach that you sometimes get when you smell old milk, then what you need more than a stiff drink (and the strength of will to not punch the next person you hear blagging on about bread &
Berlin chip-tune experimental electronicists Psycho & Plastic headline a very civilised bar gig at the lovely Madame Claude. Support on the night from DJ 3 spinning garage & indie on the cranky decks of doom. 1999 (BBC live radio mix) by Psycho & Plastic 25-89 by Psycho & Plastic
