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Berlin startup That Was Easy AI shows how easy AI can be

Welcome to our brand new series featuring the best and coolest startups in Berlin and Brandenburg! Cool Berlin Startup #1: That Was Easy AI While "AI" - more than an artificial intellect, but a truly intelligent AI - is being bandied around so much at the moment that...

Video Premiere: Bookie Baker – The Ideal Expiration of a Stubborn Man

Having been a fan of Bookie Baker for years, ever since coming across their brilliant pseudo-western video for single Autumn Wind, we're delighted to be able to premiere their brand new video single "The Ideal Expiration of a Stubborn Man"....

The Cure: Songs Of A Lost World album review

By Ameena Ceesay If asked to name the most iconic alternative bands, or even iconic bands of the past 40 years, The Cure would and should spring to mind. After 16 years, the goth pioneers return with a new album, and all anticipation is met with brilliance. THE...

US chooses a dark path

I'm writing this early in the morning of the 6th November, and the truth is that not all the results of the US election are in yet. But, shockingly, disappointingly, frustratingly, it looks all too much as if Trump is set to win.* What happened to you, USA? For...

Red Dot Design Awards Best Brands & Communciation Exhibition from 2.11

Museum für Kommunikation Berlin presents the winners of the Red Dot Design Awards - exhibition opening on 2 November 2024 On 2 November 2024, the studio exhibition ‘Best Brands & Communication Design - Red Dot Winners Selection 2024’ will open at the Museum für...

Listen to Berlin Awards 12.11

On the 12th November the hoi polloi of the Berlin Independent music scene will gather once again for the year's highlight that is the Listen to Berlin awards, the night kicking off the Most Wanted Music conference and festival that starts the next day. And you get to...

Band of Freedom – 700 musicians and the Berlin Wall 9th November

The 9th of November is a date to remember in Berlin: because this is the day that, 35 years ago and almost by accident, the iron curtain broke, the Berlin Wall opened, and the two Berlins became one (okay that did take a while but this was definitely a dramatic...

Get Ready for MW:M24 – Workshops, Networking, and More at Most Wanted: Music 2024!

MW:M24 is back and better than ever! This year's edition brings hands-on workshops with experts from various fields in the music industry, covering topics from sustainability and AI to booking and monetization models. Don’t miss the chance to boost your industry...

Coma 54 lay down the gauntlet with debut EP Punkt Eins

Berlin-based, Irish-origin indie-rock band COMA 54 is set to release their first EP Punkt Eins on October 10th 2024, marking a significant milestone in the band's journey. While previously released singles have embraced more melodic set pieces, Punkt Eins, the single...

MW:M Empowering Local Music Markets X Balkan

Balkan x MW:M This year for the first time MW:M is running a pilot project in cooperation with one of the leading music business and showcase festivals in central and eastern Europe, MENT in Ljubljana, Slovenia and the Balkan wide initiative New Faces. Dogaja project...

“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 – WHICH WE EMBRACE

The Berlin Music Video Awards are upon us again

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!

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 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...

We reopen indielit with an interview with robert grant

After taking a break from featuring independent literature for the last 2-3 years, we decided that it's time to get back to things with words in them. And what better way to restart our indielit section than with an interview with the very wordy (but in a good way :))...

Review: Lucy Kruger live in Lido

Review: Lucy Kruger live in Lido

Lucy Kruger played in Lido on Friday 5th May. Lucy Kruger is a singer from South Africa, and until not too long ago was known more for acoustic guitars and more classic singer songwriter stuff. Recently though she seems to have gone through something of a sea change:...

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....