Skunk Anansie
Even though Skunk Anansie frontwoman Skin has enjoyed a fairly decent solo career since her band of Britrock provocateurs split up in 2001, she got on board for a 2009 reunion that brought us three...
View ArticleEmiliana Torrini & The Colorist Orchestra
Emiliana Torrini might be most famous for her “Jungle Drum” single in 2009. But true 1990s kids will remember her trip-hoppy 1999 album Love in the Time of Science.
View ArticleMexed emotions
From January 27 through February 5, brainy experimental music festival CTM brings us fear, anger, love and a trip to Mexico.
View ArticleBringing down the house
Dutch electro avant-gardist Thomas Ankersmit explains infrasound, the inaudible frequency range featured in his CTM piece Infra at Berghain.
View ArticleLeaving the DJ name behind: Phillip Sollmann
Phillip Sollmann (aka Berghain's DJ Efdemin) goes from the club to the avantgarde with the premiere of new microtonal piece Monophonie. Check it out Wed, Feb 7 at the Volksbühne.
View ArticleAustra
Go and check out the show at Astra Kulturhaus to see if Austra’s idea of an anti-capitalist Gesellschaftsentwurf speaks to you – and satisfy your dancing needs while you’re at it.
View ArticleAlles Klar!
Electronic porn-punk band Alles Klar!, whose debaucherous performance some of you might remember from last year’s Exberliner Berlinale party, no doubt – godmother-in-spirit Peaches would be so proud of...
View ArticleSchnipo Schranke
Hailing from Hamburg, lo-fi indie duo Schnipo Schranke might have been around since 2012, but it was their 2015 debut Satt which got them widespread attention. Prepare for material off their second,...
View ArticleFemale Voice of Iran
Female Voice of Iran is a political statement in itself. Since women were banned from singing solo in public after the 1979 revolution, the country apparently has seen a turn for the better.
View ArticleLifelong immigrant: Mary Ocher
Tel Aviv-raised, Berlin-based singer Mary Ocher talks politics, building walls and her brand new album The West Against the People, which will be released at this Friday's Ich bin ein(e) Berliner(in)...
View ArticleUnfolding paths: Eva Reiter
INTERVIEW! Austrian composer, singer and musician Eva Reiter returns to Maerzmusik (Mar 16-26) with a performance of The Lichtenberg Figures. Catch it Mar 18 at Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
View ArticleTelefon Tel Aviv
When his bandmate Charles Cooper suddenly passed away just days after the third album’s release, Joshua Eustis decided to retire the project indefinitely. He’s now coming out of retirement with a bunch...
View ArticleNurse With Wound
Nurse With Wound's live appearance at Sophienkirche this month will be his first in Berlin since 2007. If there’s one not-to-be-missed show this month, it’s this one.
View ArticleThe Jesus and Mary Chain
Even though The Jesus and Mary Chain have somewhat rested on their laurels since their reunion, not all’s lost, though, and 2017 could mark the year of quite a decent The Jesus and Mary Chain rebirth.
View ArticleChristiane Rösinger
After her sombre solo debut Songs of L. and Hate and a six-year hiatus from songwriting, the veteran musician (Lassie Singers, Britta), author and hostess of Südblock’s Flittchenbar concert series...
View ArticleRösinger returns
INTERVIEW! After a six-year hiatus from song-writing, veteran musician Christiane Rösinger makes her comeback at Hebbel am Ufer, April 1, debuting material from new album "Lieder one Leiden".
View ArticleInternet Explorer Opens!
Just when you thought Internet Explorer was dead, it pops up again as a brand-new Neukölln club in the same labyrinthine auto repair complex as Bei Ruth and Schrippe Hawaii. It opens May 6 with live...
View ArticleXJazz Festival
Kreuzberg’s five-day festival for all things kinda-sorta-jazzy boasts a line-up full of local flair and unconventional approaches to the genre, opening with Irish folkie Wallis Bird and the Berlin x...
View ArticleXenia Rubinos
Brookyln-based Xenia Rubinos isn’t on the XJazz line-up, but with funk- and soul-inflected jams that split the difference between Chaka Khan and Dirty Projectors, she might as well be. Catch her...
View ArticleDiamanda Galás
The world’s scariest classically trained soprano is also a jazz fan, but use this year’s standards album All The Way as a dinner party soundtrack at your own risk. Her concert is accompanied by Schrei...
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