Party with a purpose
The second Reclaim the Beats festival invites Berliners to dance out their identity politics issues, Oct 5-14 at Gretchen, Burg Schnabel and Werkstatt der Kulturen.
View ArticleMore than just Manchester: FITH
INTERVIEW The post-punk poets of FITH tell us the difference between Manchester and Berlin before their show at Privatclub on October 24.
View ArticleJazzfest: Jazz without borders
Ready for a world of jazz? From the genre's roots in the US to its far-flung offshoot in Norway, Jazzfest gathers 150 musicians at the Festspiele, A-Trane and Lido to celebrate its 54th edition (Oct...
View ArticleDestroying perfection: Meret Becker
INTERVIEW! Meret Becker, star of German stage and screen, tells us why she’s still taking music lessons after all these years. She and her Tiny Teeth turn Heimathafen Neukölln into a circus on Nov 24.
View ArticleFrom Bandung to Berghain
Palmer Keen gets us ready for the third Raung Raya showcase on Dec 5 with his desert-island Indonesian albums.
View ArticleOriginal Sin: Susanne Sachße and Xiu Xiu
Berlin stage and screen starlet Susanne Sachße joins forces with Xiu Xiu and artist Phil Collins for a tribute to her rebellious, taboo-breaking grandmother who lived in the GDR.
View ArticleRatchet - 1 Year Anniversary
Caramel Mafia and Offbeatsupportah invited Lenki Balboa and Steve David to celebrate the first anniversary of their queer hip hop shindig behind the decks at St. Georg.
View ArticleThe Best of Ennio Morricone
What do Uma Thurman, Clint Eastwood and Samuel L. Jackson have in common? All their badass onscreen action was enhanced by Morricone’s scores. At the Philharmonie, conductor Marco Seco and 100...
View ArticleMFA Kera & Black Heritage feat Mike Russell
Mfa Kera & Black Heritage Blues goddess Mfa Kera takes the stage at Quasimodo. Her incredibly powerful voice will be accompanied by her backing band Black Heritage as well as Mike Russell.
View ArticleGiorgio Poi + Rachel Glassberg at Monarch
Still hooked on Ricchi e Poveri, Germany? Try to stay a little more current with the next big thing from Italy playing his chilled-out tunes at Monarch.
View ArticleA. Savage
Taking a break from Parquet Courts, frontman Andrew Savage decided to lower the BPM and aim for a little more country-esque melancholia. Catch him live playing songs off his solo album Thawing Dawn at...
View ArticleLina Tullgren/Adam Torres
Tullgren’s laid-back, minimalist tunes meet Torres’ dreamy, falsetto-drenched arrangements at this indie double booking at Kantine am Berghain.
View ArticleThe year in review
Our culture editors take a look back at the highlights (and lowlights) of 2017.
View ArticleTransmediale 2018: face value
Swedish curator Kristoffer Gansing describes this year’s theme, “face value”, as “more ‘current affairs’ related than usual”, with a particular focus on race, class and gender identity issues and quite...
View ArticleCTM Festival 2018: Turmoil
The former electronic music festival is broader than ever this year, taking on the social and political zeitgeist under the banner of “Turmoil” with a clash of all disciplines from art to music to...
View ArticleBerlin's queens of pop: Eat Lipstick
The electro-punk duo behind Eat Lipstick prepare to glamourously ring out the new year on Dec 29 at Wild at Heart.
View Articlealt-J
Back in 2013 when drummer Thom Green said he’d “be lying if I said I was excited” about Bowie’s return to the stage. This year’s album Relaxer might not hit the heights of “Life on Mars?”, but they at...
View ArticleNoisekölln
Skilfully switching between A and B sides, the tape-focused Berlin label celebrates its resurrection from a two-year hiatus at Sameheads.
View ArticleBordel Winter Spécial
Wilde Renate’s Bordel des Arts techno debauchery once again ventures to snowy winter wonderlands with Aquarius Heaven, Schlepp Geist, Mimi Love and others in the DJ booth.
View Article