Berlin art-psych-noise-something-pop kids Ghostandthesong haven’t been around that long, but it normally takes a band a little while to get to the stage where you need to start keeping an eye on them. Which is precisely where these guys are right now. The material is ambitious without being pretentious somehow, dark and psychedelic but accessible
The band that never stops being amazing, KMFDM are one of the first bands to bring industrial rock to the masses, which at first probably doesn’t sound that cool given that nobody likes something as much once everyone likes it, but remember that if it weren’t for bands like these guys the likes of you
The thing about the Berlin music scene is that everyone is so transient and the bass-player is just about to get on a plane to Italy, that it’s hard to keep up with who’s here and playing with at least a small view to hanging around and then on the other hand who’s just doing
Lovelite in Friedrichshain have always been the quiet achievers of the Berlin music scene, not making too much fuss but always putting on ace shows and outrageously rambunctious parties, hosting touring acts and doing their bit to support local bands. This is why when they say they’ve got a festival on, you should really prick
Micachu & the Shapes front woman Mica Levi has never been one to shy away from the adventurous. The new album from them, simply titled Never is not just a small example of that, but a great roaring and extravagant one, throttled noisiness riding over pop hooks that make it into instant-favourite status, out July
Most famous for his 70′s proto-punk garage band The Modern lovers, Jonathan Richman has been for the longest while doing his solo stuff, most often acoustic and most often to much approval from loving audiences. Wikipedia this time round says it more succinctly than we can… Richman’s work with the first incarnation of Modern Lovers is a
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We’re not normally into Magnet Club and pretty much try not to send you there, but every once in a while something decent comes on there that’s worth a look and, well, here we are. Party-thrash band Municipal Waste out of Virginia headline a solid lineup of rock-the-fuck-out bands where if you don’t hear your
Local Berlin folk-prog act Fauns are doing a little show at Junction Bar, being a bit Middle Earth and a little bit dancing naked at Stonehenge during the Equinox, but with keeping their clothes on most probably. Somewhere in the same territory as Midlake, although less poppy and more psych, Fauns feature flute, viola, keys
Brooklyn being the home of all things new-indie these days and with the usual flood of bands that make it here to play every summer, it’s good that the flow is peppered with some big hitters like these guys. Here We Go Magic are responsible for maybe the catchiest indie pop numbers since like, forever,
