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Kodaline at Lido
For Kodaline, music isn’t just music. “It’s therapy,” says singer Steve Garrigan. Two years ago, Steve and his childhood friend Mark Prendergast helped each other through respective recent break-ups by shaping their thoughts into songs about love and loss. “Break-ups make it really easy to write,” laughs blonde-haired Steve. “When we write music, the first thing…
Yesterday Shop at Waschhaus Potsdam
Yesterday Shop are a young band based in Berlin and Hamburg and they are more than worth the trip to Potsdam. With the release of their self-titled debut album in November 2012 (via Trickser) they join the fold of promising shoegaze and new wave bands from Germany such as I Heart Sharks and In Golden Tears. While the first…
Roxanne de Bastion at Junction Bar
Roxanne de Bastion is a young singer-songwriter born and raised in Berlin who moved to London a couple of years ago to kick off her musical career. Last year she came back to Berlin to record her debut album The Real Thing with Gordon Raphael (Regina Spector, The Strokes) which was just released on her…
Arionce and Something Golden at Comet Club
Arionce and Something Golden are two local bands who have decided to throw a little end of the year party. Arionce were previously around under the name Goose On Fire playing numerous gigs in Berlin’s clubs. Their music is strongly influenced by brit pop acts such as Oasis. Something Golden have released their Youth EP…
VIMES at Berghain Kantine
Arising from Cologne, Germany’s Mecca of techno music, VIMES have gained international recognition for their unique electronic, yet organic sound and a stirring visual live set made for dancing to and falling in love with – seamlessly combining live instruments with digital elements and blending their deep mesmerizing sound with uplifting pop elements and fragile…
Augustines at Privatclub
Augustines was born upon the ashes of the Brooklyn rock band, Pela. That combo called an end to its collective trip in 2009, but founders McCarthy and Sanderson reunited to record a series of deeply personal songs chronicling despair, depression, and the untimely death of McCarthy’s brother. Last year, (We Are) Augustines toured Germany twice.…
