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How to use tiktok as an independent musician to grow your audience
While Facebook, Instagram and Twitter have been around for donkeys years now, there's one platform that has gained massive popularity in recent years but that not every musician is yet using to promote their music: TikTok. With its unique format and massive user base,...
Wie man tiktok als unabhängiger Musiker nutzt, um sein Publikum zu vergrößern
Während es Facebook, Instagram und Twitter schon seit Jahren gibt, gibt es eine Plattform, die in den letzten Jahren massiv an Popularität gewonnen hat, die aber noch nicht jeder Musiker nutzt, um seine Musik zu promoten: TikTok. Mit seinem einzigartigen Format und...
No Trigger kommt diesen Juni ins Badehaus!
"Wir brauchen keine Biografie", sagen No Trigger über sich selbst. Sie lassen ihr neues Album, Dr. Album, für sich sprechen. Das erste Album seit zehn Jahren ist vollgepackt mit anarchischen Hymnen, Antifaschismus, Antitheismus und krawalligen Hooks. No Trigger wurde...
No Trigger coming to Badehaus This June!
“We don’t need a bio”, No Trigger say about themselves. They allow their new album, Dr. Album, to speak for them. The first full-length in ten years is jam-packed with anarchic anthems, anti-fascism, anti-theism, and riotous hooks. No Trigger formed in...
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...
The Berlin Music Video Awards are upon us again
What started as a happy little local event, the Berlin Music Video Awards have grown into a monolith of a global happening, attracting attention from every corner of the music video world. Taking place on the 14th - 17th June 2023 at Club Gretchen (Obentrautstr....
The Beths coming to frannz club!
Indie rock band The Beths will take us on a narrative tour of their dying specialist field on June 04th at Berlin’s FRANNZ Club. The Beths are no strangers to Berlin. Heading the long way from Auckland, New Zealand, they’ve played Berlin annually – when Covid allowed...
Pokey LaFarge slays ’em at Lido
Pokey LaFarge is possibly the most well-known proponent of the recent resurgence of American roots music, and easily the most lovable. Pokey LaFarge played in Lido, Berlin last Sunday and tore the place up. Watching him, it was obvious that he is a man who has found...
Wir eröffnen indielit mit einem Interview mit Robert Grant
Nachdem wir in den letzten 2-3 Jahren eine Pause bei der Vorstellung unabhängiger Literatur eingelegt haben, haben wir beschlossen, dass es an der Zeit ist, sich wieder mit Dingen zu beschäftigen, die Worte enthalten. Und wie könnte man unsere Indielit-Rubrik besser...