by John Hennessy | Feb 16, 2020 | indieBerlin
“How many of you motherf**kers been to a TDE gig before?” were the first words uttered by a smooth-talking DJ in a red hoodie in Astra Kulturhaus on Wednesday night. TDE stands for Top Dawg Entertainment, the record label that houses Schoolboy Q, his support act Jay...
by Will Macmaster | Feb 5, 2020 | indieBerlin
Angel Olsen’s sold-out show at Huxley’s Neue Welt on January 30th cemented her, in my mind at least, as one of the great voices and songwriters of our generation. If that sounds gushingly dramatic so be it, that’s the mood Angel put me in. The night started out with...
by admin | Apr 5, 2019 | indieBerlin
Jessica Pratt sits nearly still onstage at Heimatafen for a hair over three-quarters of an hour on Tuesday night. Leg over leg, pitched a little into the cubic(3) of her wide-body acoustic, with one boot glossy in the Aperol light, its couple tucked away dry under a...
by admin | Nov 30, 2018 | indieBerlin
Northern Irish electronic music duo Bicep delivered clean, deliberate tracks that led to a night of sweaty, psychedelic pandemonium Wednesday night. I was never really interested in techno music, but now that I’m living in Berlin, I think it’s time to expand my...
by Noel Maurice | Aug 17, 2018 | indieBerlin
Tuesday night saw us hitting the Astra Kulturhaus where the much-loved band Rhye were playing. We weren’t there to see Rhye though, instead we’d come to see what all the fuss is about a young singer called Hak Baker. An English folk singer. Guitar and...
