The man with a guitar and a hat from Hessian has criss-crossed his way across Germany, playing stages big and small and supporting any number of acoustic starbursts. With his debut album Avalanche...
D4vd is pronounced David. To get that out of the way. And D4vd is the 17 year old from Houston, Texas who's jumped from nowhere to having 39 million plays of his debut indie single, Romantic...
This changes everything. This blows everything else out of the water. Astounding. Both song, performance and video. Stay with it through the classical-esque intro and listen to the lyrics. 'kin...
August gemstone is Peridot, which symbolizes lightness and beauty, qualities espoused in the new music released this month. Here are our Top 10 tracks to be released in August: Ezra Furman - Poor...
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...
Demonic Possession in a small community Spooky rock’n’roll artist Black Pope has just released a 7 minute animated music video for his track ‘Demon Stomp’. This ambitious video was animated by the...
May was yet another unforgettable month for new music, it's almost impossible to narrow it down to just 10, but someone has got to do the job! So here are my Top 10 tracks to come out in May: black...
The London based 21-year-old has won an army of supporters over the last couple of years and has already supported Yungblud, Griff and Thomas Headon on the road. Her latest EP ‘No Romeo’ is her...
We talked with Matt Kovac of Munich-based indie band Matija who told us all about the music scene in Munich, future visions of the band, the Importance of the fashion-music connection and how to...
As we entered springtime in April and the time of optimism, this sentiment was also felt with some exciting music releases. Here are my Top 10 tracks to come out in April: Interpol - Toni The kings...
When you buy a cashmere sweater for a fraction of the cost of a designer one,...
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Many trends fell out of style in 2021 and for some of them, we are thankful...
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The man with a guitar and a hat from Hessian has criss-crossed his way across Germany, playing stages big and small and supporting any number of acoustic starbursts. With his debut album Avalanche Dream approaching, the artist known as Light and Rain gives us new...
D4vd is pronounced David. To get that out of the way. And D4vd is the 17 year old from Houston, Texas who's jumped from nowhere to having 39 million plays of his debut indie single, Romantic Homicide, on a range of platforms. The video, inspired by his love for anime...
This changes everything. This blows everything else out of the water. Astounding. Both song, performance and video. Stay with it through the classical-esque intro and listen to the lyrics. 'kin 'ell. I'll say no more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4R9Vk5_CbU Find...
August gemstone is Peridot, which symbolizes lightness and beauty, qualities espoused in the new music released this month. Here are our Top 10 tracks to be released in August: Ezra Furman - Poor Girl A Long Way From Heaven "Poor Girl A Long Way From Heaven," see Ezra...
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, ...
Demonic Possession in a small community Spooky rock’n’roll artist Black Pope has just released a 7 minute animated music video for his track ‘Demon Stomp’. This ambitious video was animated by the artist himself, with backgrounds designed by Cork-based artist Tony...
May was yet another unforgettable month for new music, it's almost impossible to narrow it down to just 10, but someone has got to do the job! So here are my Top 10 tracks to come out in May: black midi- Welcome to Hell UK-based experimental post-rock trio Black Midi...
The London based 21-year-old has won an army of supporters over the last couple of years and has already supported Yungblud, Griff and Thomas Headon on the road. Her latest EP ‘No Romeo’ is her biggest work to date, featuring singles ‘Nineteen’, ‘Someone Else’ and...
We talked with Matt Kovac of Munich-based indie band Matija who told us all about the music scene in Munich, future visions of the band, the Importance of the fashion-music connection and how to manage the corona pandemic as an artist. The Sound of Matija is a mixture...
As we entered springtime in April and the time of optimism, this sentiment was also felt with some exciting music releases. Here are my Top 10 tracks to come out in April: Interpol - Toni The kings of moody indie-rock "Interpol" are back with the song "Toni", destined...
...and throw a MASSIVE PARTY! Yes, that's what Thursday night in Berlin looks like: At Marie Antoinette, in Holzmarktstrasse in Friedrichshain (near S-Bhf Jannowitzbrücke) Robert Grant and indieBerlin are throwing a launch party for his new poetry collection. SEE...
Time, the latest track by Monique Barry, wafts in, somewhat nervous breathing mixed with delicate, wistful piano notes that blend into high vocal sighs. Her vocal line comes in straight and almost too present; it turns, for me, the song into something that you would...
“This is your life. Do what you love, and do it often. If you don’t like your job, quit. If you don’t have enough time, stop watching TV. If you are looking for the love of your life, stop; they will be waiting for you when you start doing things you love. Stop over analyzing, life is simple. All emotions are beautiful. When you eat, appreciate every last bite. Open your mind, arms, and heart to new things and people, we are united in our differences. Ask the next person you see what their passion is, and share your inspiring dream with them. Travel often; getting lost will help you find yourself. Some opportunities only come once, seize them. Life is about the people you meet, and the things you create with them so go out and start creating. Life is short. Live your dream and share your passion.”
– The Holstee Manifesto.
Until we finish our own, this one works pretty well as a placeholder 🙂
“Together with my partner Mia Morris I started indieBerlin in 2008 as a blog covering independent culture in and of Berlin. By 2019 we’d become a blog network, booking & events company and PR agency – focused mainly on music.
Towards the end of 2019 my partner left to focus on new adventures. Fast forward to 2020 and I realised I wanted to change some things.
I love the independent music and culture scene in Berlin but I’m also excited by fashion, innovation, indie tech, alternative living models, indie travel and more.
At the same time I realised I wanted to look beyond Berlin; while indieRepbublik is meant to remove our geographical limitations, so that we can focus on the amazing things going on all across the globe, still of course we’re (presently) based in Germany; so we’d also like to shine a light on stuff happening in places like Leipzig, Hamburg, Munich and the Ruhrgebiet.
As we extend beyond indie music/film/fashion to look at sustainable living and life choices, roads less travelled, unusual people doing unusual things – while still celebrating the best independent culture from all over; and as we focus our events section across Germany (and hopefully soon even further afield), I dearly hope that you’ll stay with us as we embark on the next leg of our journey. And I’d like to thank our reader who have stayed with us this far – and of course all the amazing reviewers and other team members who have been with us over the years, and who have made indieBerlin/indieRepublik what it is today.
– Noel Maurice, founder and chief editor, indieBerlin/indieRepublik, March 2020
Chief Editor / Instigator
UPDATE 1.8.22
Since 2008 indieBerlin – and since 2019 indieRepublik – has been a blog / online magazine, featuring the best and newest in indie music, art, film, books and events.
But you know, it’s time to move on.
Are we still going to blog?
Sure. It’s in our blood 🙂
But the focus of indieRepublik is no longer going to be our blog.
We want to refocus our energy onto the other stuff we’ve been spending more time on lately: offering services for the indie community.
We’re focusing more on our new NFT store; we’re spending more time on our indie shop; and we’ve just launched our indieAcademy, offering courses and workshops to creatives.
We’ll also have more time and energy to put into our marketing services.
As well as running campaigns on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest, we’ve recently been experiencing great success on behalf of our favourite artists with promoting music videos on youtube.
And added to that, we’ve recently been running our first campaigns on Tiktok, the upstart that has turned behemoth – and discovered that the platform is designed for creatives – musicians, peformers, artists – like no other.
If you’re interested, then please: sign up to our regular newsletter; drop by here; and if you’re interested in chatting about what we can do for you, then drop us a line here.
As ever, I’d like to thank you for staying with us on our journey; for being part of the indie community; and for keeping those independent artist fires burning brightly.
