Boards of Canada – Inferno Artist: Boards of Canada A haunting descent into the Scottish duo's most elusive sonic territory Boards of Canada, the reclusive Scottish electronic duo comprising brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin, have spent decades cultivating one of...
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NEWS; REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS
Review: Lemon Eye
There’s a particular kind of indie song that doesn’t need to reinvent music to completely justify its own existence. It just needs to arrive with enough confidence, enough conviction, and enough instinct for melody that you immediately understand the world it belongs...
Review – Holly Humberstone – Beauty Pageant
Holly Humberstone – Beauty Pageant The Lincolnshire singer-songwriter continues to sharpen her emotional blade Holly Humberstone has never been particularly interested in playing it safe. Since emerging from Grantham, Lincolnshire, with her debut EP Falling Asleep at...
FOOD & DRINK
Stubborn, Brilliant, Broke: Berlin’s Food Scene Has the Same Soul as Its Music Scene – And the Same Problems
Walk into a Vietnamese spot in Lichtenberg run by the same family for thirty years, then into a Mexican-Japanese tasting counter operating out of what used to be a Neukölln laundromat, and you'll...
Berlin’s Food Scene in 2026: Still Chaotic, Still Brilliant, Still Somehow Surviving
Nobody tells Berlin's food scene what to do. Not the Michelin inspectors, not the venture capital crowd, not the landlords jacking up rents for the fourth consecutive year. The city eats on its own...
Indie Beer: Now that’s what I call indie #1
While we've spent countless years devoted to the concept, vibe and lifestyle of what we consider the indie approach to life, I have to admit this is a new one on me: indie beer. #MyBetterHalf...
THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC
Your EPK: The Full Package That Actually Opens Doors
The Indie Berlin Music Marketing Playbook — Week 3 Last week we talked about the one-sheet — your single-page snapshot for a quick introduction. This week we go one level deeper: the EPK, or...
Bandcamp bans AI songs + brings back Bandcamp Fridays
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Bandcamp Takes a Stand: Putting Human Creativity First - plus Bandcamp Fridays! While Bandcamp looks ahead to an expanded 2026 schedule,...
Building a Killer Instagram Presence: A Musician’s Guide to Social Media Growth
Hey there, fellow music makers! This week, we're focusing on the world of Instagram. That magical platform where visuals meet your music and where fans can get a glimpse into your world. I know what...
INDIE BIZ & THE STARTUP SECTOR
The State of the Startup Scene in Berlin Right Now
Berlin remains one of Europe’s most important startup capitals, but the ecosystem in 2026 looks noticeably different from the exuberant, growth-at-all-costs era of the late 2010s and early 2020s....
Berlin’s startups tackling the climate crisis
Berlin and Germany have become especially strong climate-tech hubs because they combine a wealth of engineering talent, strong public and private funding (although there could always be more haha),...
Grit in the Capital: The Real Challenges Facing International Startups in Berlin
Berlin has long worn its cosmopolitan identity like a badge of honour. Cheap rents, a deep creative gene pool, and a "come as you are" culture turned a reunified city into one of Europe's most...
WTF POLITICS BY INDIEBERLIN
WTF Politics UK: The End of the Starmer Project, and the Manchester Man Walking Into Downing Street
Two years is nothing in the life of a country and an eternity in the life of a government. Keir Starmer arrived at Number 10 in July 2024 with the biggest Labour majority in a generation and left...
Antifa Isn’t an Organisation. That’s the Whole Point
.There are no membership cards. No annual general meetings. No treasurer, no bank account, no registered address. You cannot arrest the leader of Antifa because there is no leader of Antifa. And...
WTF Politics #2 – Our weekly roundup of what’s up in German politics
Spring is edging its way warily into the room, back against the wall so that winter motherfucker doesn't jump it from behind, as it has been known to do in the past…but this time spring's ready for...
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