It’s not that it feels like it’s ever really going to shut down but it’s just that there’s always some drama that they’re dealing with. The long suffering campers at Schokoladen always seem to be dealing with some shit, neighbours complaints or council restrictions, add to that needing money to aid in running costs. Aiding

Rough Trade act and one that came in at #3 on NME’s Best New Band of 2011 list, they’re being compared to the Strokes and variously being hailed as the new saviours of rock’n'roll, that’s Minneapolis kids Howler. Whether the signing and all the attention are worth it, who knows, but they are a tops little

It must be hard being in a band with what’s nothing short of a hysterically bad name. Seriously, The Pigeon Detectives is just awful, but that fact’s not news to anyone, least of all to the band themselves. The rumours fly that they’re named after a pigeon that lives in vocalist Matt Bowman’s garden who

Swedish five piece dance folk band Golden Kanine are the kind of thing you would play at a wedding. A really fun wedding, one of those ones where everyone is drunk and we’re all dancing until 4am. Not to downplay them as just some wedding band, they’re far above that point, but that would really

With her funny Sesame St vibe and songs that sound silly although aren’t really when you think about them, Phoebe Kreutz has been kicking around Berlin for a while now, swinging back and forth between her native NYC and here. With the release of her new album The Age of Reasonableness, she celebrates with a massive

Classic punk/garage-rock act the Mobbs headline Bassy for a night of seriously exceptional music. Think Wild Billy Childish if you want to think anything at all, but you shouldn’t think too much into it, or anything else really, it never pays. Thunderous debut single on bb rex from a rocket fuelled three piece called the

Fuzzed out crash bandicoots Warm Toy Machine out of Brussels make it to Berlin for a wondiferous show in White Trash Fast Food as part of a big lineup supporting a clothing brand who we won’t make a shout out to unless they pay us. Which is fair. Playing on the night and being amazing

British deviant rockers Girls Girls Girls sing dirty songs loudly with wierdo musicality and cater to a very specific audience. Not to suggest that their specific audience is a small one, the market for songs about love gone wrong with loose women of low moral standing is quite a big one on a Saturday night,

Sparkly and shiny and noisy and somehow all the time a bit grim and helpless, Gauntlet Hair out of Denver are a two piece (four piece live) who’ve been at it since they were 15. Which, assuming that they’re not 16 and still in school, is quite a long time and enough to find a

Awesome noise punk from mysterious U.S act Fag Cop. Who are they? What do they want with us? In what specific jurisdiction of law enforcement is that you refer to yourself as Fag Cop and do you get a badge? Sensible questions all of them. They sort of sound like a super-distorted Hot Snakes with