livia Rodrigo has never been particularly interested in playing it cool. Since her seismic debut single drivers license broke streaming records in early 2021 and announced her as one of pop’s most emotionally unguarded voices, the Los Angeles-born singer-songwriter has built an entire career on the radical act of feeling things too much and writing about it anyway.
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NEWS; REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS
RAPK – Mond – Sehnsucht, Rückzug und Weitergehen (DE)
RAPK – „Mond“ RAPK richten den Blick nach oben und bleiben doch mit beiden Füßen in Kreuzberg: "Mond" ist eine neue Single, die weniger auf laute Rap-Gesten setzt als auf nächtliche Atmosphäre, Melancholie und dieses typische Großstadtgefühl zwischen Sehnsucht,...
Live in Prachtwerk 2.7 – Molly Mogul + Leon The Singer
Into crossovers between live music, experimental pop, performance, and queer stage art? Then don't miss this - a special concert featuring Molly Mogul and Leon the Singer - in this format somewhere between intimacy, theatre, and club aesthetics. In the organizer's...
FOOD & DRINK
Stubborn, Brilliant, Broke: Berlin’s Food Scene Has the Same Soul as Its Music Scene – And the Same Problems
Walk into a Vietnamese spot in Lichtenberg run by the same family for thirty years, then into a Mexican-Japanese tasting counter operating out of what used to be a Neukölln laundromat, and you'll...
Berlin’s Food Scene in 2026: Still Chaotic, Still Brilliant, Still Somehow Surviving
Nobody tells Berlin's food scene what to do. Not the Michelin inspectors, not the venture capital crowd, not the landlords jacking up rents for the fourth consecutive year. The city eats on its own...
Indie Beer: Now that’s what I call indie #1
While we've spent countless years devoted to the concept, vibe and lifestyle of what we consider the indie approach to life, I have to admit this is a new one on me: indie beer. #MyBetterHalf...
THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC
Your EPK: The Full Package That Actually Opens Doors
The Indie Berlin Music Marketing Playbook — Week 3 Last week we talked about the one-sheet — your single-page snapshot for a quick introduction. This week we go one level deeper: the EPK, or...
Bandcamp bans AI songs + brings back Bandcamp Fridays
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Bandcamp Takes a Stand: Putting Human Creativity First - plus Bandcamp Fridays! While Bandcamp looks ahead to an expanded 2026 schedule,...
Building a Killer Instagram Presence: A Musician’s Guide to Social Media Growth
Hey there, fellow music makers! This week, we're focusing on the world of Instagram. That magical platform where visuals meet your music and where fans can get a glimpse into your world. I know what...
INDIE BIZ & THE STARTUP SECTOR
Berlin’s startups tackling the climate crisis
Berlin and Germany have become especially strong climate-tech hubs because they combine a wealth of engineering talent, strong public and private funding (although there could always be more haha),...
Grit in the Capital: The Real Challenges Facing International Startups in Berlin
Berlin has long worn its cosmopolitan identity like a badge of honour. Cheap rents, a deep creative gene pool, and a "come as you are" culture turned a reunified city into one of Europe's most...
Berlin’s Industrial Ruins Are Incubating Europe’s Most Ambitious Startups
The future of European tech is being forged in the skeleton of its industrial past. In Berlin's startup epicenters, century-old factories aren't just being preserved—they're being weaponized as...
WTF POLITICS BY INDIEBERLIN
WTF Politics #2 – Our weekly roundup of what’s up in German politics
Spring is edging its way warily into the room, back against the wall so that winter motherfucker doesn't jump it from behind, as it has been known to do in the past…but this time spring's ready for...
Introducing our new weekly WTF Politics
Welcome to the beginning of our series WTF Politics from indieBerlin where we take a weekly meander through what's happening in German politics, every Tuesday - especially for expats and...
New German Government’s Housing Playbook: Rent Caps, Tax Tweaks & Building Blitz
Germany's Housing Revolution: Rent Caps, Tax Shake-ups & Building Bonanza Germany's property market is getting a serious makeover, folks! The new coalition government has rolled up its sleeves...














