Oscar D'León
This (ri)bald, ‘stached and TV-smiley Venezuelan salsa legend is a superstar in Latin America, known to all as El Sonero del Mundo (The Song Singer of the World). With his large orchestra in tow,...
View ArticleKiss Akabusi (Gold Panda & Infinite Livez)
Gold Panda and Infinite Livez resurrect their farcical high energy, improv-hop collaboration Kiss Akabusi with high entertainment, low-brow rap laid over experimental noise, under their stage logo: a...
View ArticleGala Drop / Hype Williams
These Panda Bear-endorsed Portuguese play hypnotic tropico-kraut mashed faux lo-fi, while London/Berlin split chillhop duo Hype Williams’ chase waterfalls as they loop glitchy waves with 1990s’ R&B...
View ArticleWooden Wand / Alexander Tucker
Sad songs are where James Jackson Toth aka Wooden Wand resides, singing warm stories from a cold place. A fuzzy country vibe like what you’d hear on late night AM radio will make for a somber Sunday...
View ArticleTrans Am / Camera
Trans Am – long the the reclusive step-brother of LCD Soundsystem – is finally, in the band's absence, being dragged blinking into the spotlight. Or something resembling it, at least. Krautstalgic...
View ArticleFête de la Musique 2011
Long celebrated as Berlin’s peaceful riot, institutional creep has infected the annual street music fest Fête de la Musique over the last couple of years, which isn’t to say that your day won’t be...
View ArticleRE: ECM electro-acoustic salon
The artificial meets the organic and falls in love (or at least blows it in the bathroom) at Berghain tonight in this joint production by Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer. Jazz and acoustic merge...
View ArticleOpera Chaotique
Dance your way to Marienplatz and get cultured with the "Jazz up Opera Show", which combines elements from opera, jazz, cabaret and musicals in multiple languages. Free entry.
View ArticleKraut und Rüben Record Release Party
Any excuse for a party, right? A DJ mix CD is being released. I mean, it's Friday anyway, it's not like you were going to stay in.
View ArticleAmok Mama: Going Deutsch
Jacinta Nandi asks whether German men are the stingiest men to have ever existed in the whole entire history of stinginess, ever. And the answer is: probably.
View ArticleNap Concert
"Nap Concert" is not an acronym. You're supposed to snooze the night away as Italian and Kiwi droners Fausto Maijstral lean on their keyboards, stretching notes for minutes at a time. Don't try to...
View Article9 danke! Exberliner Birthday Bash!
Nine years of EXB! Help us celebrate and inebriate! Ex-ATR-ist Hanin Elias and Mz Sunday Luv live, karaoke contests, special guests and DJs Shiner and Walter Crasshole.
View ArticleRapping with your pianist
Having reinvented himself in Paris as Eric Satie Mark II, the eccentric, prolific and hirsute Chilly Gonzales has worked with Peaches and Boyz Noize. He defaces the Volksbühne on Sunday, June 26.
View ArticleTalibam!
The “patriotic” Brooklyn improv-duo combine blitzkrieg free-jazz drumming with horns, synth and avant farce, like a speed-addled Battles self-destructing. With guests Sam Kulik and Alan Wilkinson...
View ArticleYuksek
With new album Living On The Edge of Time, French-born producer Yuksek’s high-energy glam disco jams are crowded with synths, FX boards and squirmy dancefloor beats.
View ArticleTV On The Radio
Despite an three-year hiatus of interminable side-projects, a pro jump and losing bassist Gerard Smith in April, the Brooklyn outfit’s maturing Siouxsie-cued post-punk electronica rolls on with new...
View ArticleArtConnect Berlin Opening Party
It's a little bit like Facebook – but everyone's an artist, your friends are collaborators, and your profile is a live, up-to-date CV of all your work. The launch party features a discussion, videos...
View ArticleBend Over Magazine Release Party
The sixth issue of the feminist and queer-art magazine features interviews with Austra singer Katie Stelmanis, founder of webzine Tokyo Wrestling Yuki Keiser and photographer Eva Weiss. The party is...
View ArticleManu Chao
As half of former fiery family duo Manu Negra, the French-Spanish global superstar drifts from Clash territory towards sunny ska, rai and latino sounds, with simply-strummed multilingual songs,...
View ArticleThe Pains of Being Pure at Heart
With song titles such as “Kurt Cobain’s Cardigan”, the Brooklynites stand as today’s vanguard of twee, plying an earnest nostalgia for the jangly indie pop of Black Tambourine to Field Mice to the...
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