Warsaw Electric are a dynamite new(ish) unapologetic rock/hard rock band based out of Berlin – with four members from four different countries (Italy, Australia, Denmark/Germany, UK), they represent the epitomy of the Berlin music scene, with its huge international...
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Interview: Oktober “When she sings, my heart tingles”
Oktober is a female singer and songwriter living in Berlin. Singing jazz and in choirs as a teenager, it took her until her 20s to release her quiet, quirkily melancholic songs. We chatted to her last month after she'd released her latest music. indieRepublik: Tell us...
Phileas in interview: “Almost Flawless”
The artist known only as Phileas – French-born, Berliner by choice – has been impressing people wide and far with his sonorous, rather sombre music over the last few years. His 2022 debut album was described by Rolling Stone as "almost flawless" and was "Album of the...
Mone in interview – see her live on 16.11
Mone is the artist name of a singer from the Netherlands who came to Berlin a couple of years ago. Her unique style and haunting, penetrating voice has marked her out as one of the major musical talents bubbling under in this city. Her Bandcamp tells it best: "A...
From the archives: Trevor Daniel on his breakout success – “Shout out to TikTok!”
From TikTok to top of the charts - it’s no mean feat breaking through in today’s crowded music industry, but right now trevor daniel is doing just that. A year after its release, ...
Cat Powers New Album Covers convinces with powerful, sensual new interpretations
The US-American singer/songwriter, musician and producer Cat Powers aka Chan Marshall released her new album Covers on January 14th 2022. Covers is a bull's eye - no surprise for all those who know previous albums Powers Known for your exceptional sense of...
US band Jeweler on their debut album Tiny Circles: It’s not rocket science…
On their debut LP Tiny Circles, Minneapolis-based quintet Jeweler mine the iconic sonic palettes of lush U.K. shoegaze, melodic noise-pop, and expansive, psych-tinged art rock to build a melodic vocabulary both uniquely their own and eminently engaging. Chief...
Mykket Morton: Kassel is not Berlin (and doesn’t need to be)
Mykket Morton had their breakout hit EP Traveller back in 2019, getting a quarter million plays on Spotify and appearances at a range of festivals including Dockville. They could have taken the money they made from this and moved from their hometown Kassel to a...
Riah Knight in Interview: Between Roma, Sinti, Sussex and Berlin
Your EP that comes out on April 26th is called Knight in Neukölln….what’s behind the title? Does Neukölln inspire you particularly, and why? After a residency at the London Roundhouse saw her opening for artists such as Jimmy Webb and Portico Quartet, UK artist Riah...
Interview: PIHKA Is My Name – Imaginary Friends & Digital Water
PIHKA Is My Name is a cinematic electronic group fronted by an abandoned imaginary friend. Starting as a purely studio affair in 2017, their introduction more recently of live Youtube streams initiated a taste for playing live. As they release their debut offering,...
Introducing Lunar Bird: Wales + Italy = finest indie
Formed in 2017, and based in Cardiff (Wales), the Italian/Welsh band Lunar Bird deliver an atmospheric mixture of ethereal Dream Pop and mesmerizing Indie Psychedelia. They've been making waves in Wales and the rest of the UK, playing popular venues in Bristol,...
“I see creativity as a way of being”, an interview with Ksenia Parkhatskaya
“In authentic jazz dance music is not an ambient atmosphere for the abstract movement. The dance and music are closely connected.”
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