Berlin once again does what it does best: brings together the most diverse heroes of the local scene on one stage, from an indie queen to jazz-inflected hip-hop and noisy songwriters. On September 26, Haus der Sinne hosts the Perfect Match Festival with Kitty Solaris,...
Pop-Kultur Berlin 2026: Seven Days of Music, Ideas and International Pop Culture Berlin is about to become even more Berlin. From 24–30 August 2026, the 12th edition of Pop-Kultur Festival takes over venues and neighbourhoods across the city for seven days of...
How to make friends - "Around the Block" How to make friends are back with Around the Block, the second single from their upcoming debut EP, and as with Divine, their previous single, it combines upbeat danceability with laconic vocals and a little touch of...
Phoebe Bridgers – Lost Weekend A spectral drift through longing and light Phoebe Bridgers has spent the better part of a decade making grief sound gorgeous. From her 2017 debut Stranger in the Alps through to the critically adored Punisher (2020), the Los Angeles-born...
Charli XCX – Music, Fashion, Film The pop provocateur turns muse into manifesto Charli XCX has spent the better part of a decade dismantling what mainstream pop is supposed to sound like. From her early mixtape run with Vroom Vroom and the era-defining Pop 2, through...
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.
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...
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...
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 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...
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,...
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...
Berlin remains one of Europe’s most important startup capitals, but the ecosystem in 2026 looks noticeably different from the exuberant, growth-at-all-costs era of the late 2010s and early 2020s....
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),...
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...
Two years is nothing in the life of a country and an eternity in the life of a government. Keir Starmer arrived at Number 10 in July 2024 with the biggest Labour majority in a generation and left...
.There are no membership cards. No annual general meetings. No treasurer, no bank account, no registered address. You cannot arrest the leader of Antifa because there is no leader of Antifa. And...
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...
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