Bright Loft is a new song by the band Mosaiqs. Itโs on the surface lighthearted, a classic composition of verse and chorus in a classic indy style. Thereโs something almost retro about the song with a rolling bassline, higher-pitched chords and a quick riff played...
Music Reviews
Review: Fabian Holland – Another Monday – live this Saturday in Moabit
Fabian Hollandโs latest track, โAnother Mondayโ is a beautifully crafted folk song and a touching meditation on the experience of early parenthood. It has been almost five years since the artist released his last solo album - the critically acclaimed โA Day Like...
REVIEW: WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT MAUDLIN BY THE ROMANTIDOTE
The Romantidote's Christmas single, "(Have Yourself) A Very Maudlin Christmas!" is not only a hilariously bleak anti-festive hit - but also a rich soup of linguistic leftovers. With his first ever release, Calum Bolland - "the Romantidote" - has joined an illustrious...
Review: Minutes to Midnight – After 1989 – a journey of choices & consequences
Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Minutes to Midnightโs new album โAfter 1989โ is a daring biographical concept album that sets out to address the cityโs tumultuous history head on. With a dark and melancholic rock backdrop, the singer-songwriter uses...
Review: Ran Nir’s debut album Obsession: intimate and confidential
Obsession: is the title of the album and its first single. Obsession is what sums up Ran Nir's life in the last years. An Israeli singer and musician who has co-founded, co-written and toured with two successful indie bands (Asaf Avidan & The Mojos - who had a big...
Review: Sivan Talmor + Immigrants of Lace: genre-bending, deeply personal
A pitch-perfect singing voice, a touring career from the age of 10 and a performance on Israelโs โThe Voiceโ seem like the perfect ingredients for a mass-produced, commercial pop princess. This makes it all the more impressive that Sivan Talmorโs new album โImmigrants...
In review: Alex Spencer – Shine
If you, music lover, have the chance to live in the amazing city of Berlin, youโve certainly already noticed that the scene offers a huge range of different musical styles. By Emilie Assoun I like to think that everyone can find his/her happiness here. Anyway, this is...
Ducks! – Things That Were Lost: Album Review PLUS Ticket Giveaway for Friday
Berlin-based Australian electronic duo, Ducks! landed their third album Things That Were Lost in Spring 2019. Following up on the success of 2016'sย Ding Ding Ding (nominated for the Australian Music Prize) and 2017's Nak Nak, album number three has been a coming of...
In review: Thin Lear – Death in a field
If you're feeling a little sorry for yourself and need a meditative pick-me-up, we've found the perfect remedy to your troubles. Having previously been likened to The Kinks' ineffable Village Green era, throw in a bit of Joni Mitchell-esque lap steel and you've got...
Sail By Summer – ‘Facing Dullness’: Single Review
Sail by Summer might be our new Scandi-favourites. 'Facing Dullness', the latest track from the duo, comes during what seems to be another booming period for Scandinavian indie folk (see also our Tilde Hjelm review from last year). With a sound that they describe as...
Victoria Mishchenko – ‘Human Nature’: Single Review
It's not that often that the worlds of indieBerlin and 'The Voice of Germany' collide. Yet that kind of collision is exactly what we've got for you today. Victoria Mishchenko, probably most publicly recognised for a 2016 appearance on Germany's answer to 'The X...
Dengue Dengue Dengue brings to Berlin afro-peruvian sounds with modern languages.
The Peruvian duo Rafael Pereira and Felipe Salmรณn are coming to Gretchen to teach us about Landรณ, Festejos and Marineras - Afroperuvian traditional rhythms that Dengue Dengue Dengue uses to narrate their actual story with a modern sound. Dengue Dengue Dengueย will be...