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Most Wanted Music Festival & Conference is coming round again

+++ MW:M Live 2024 +++Berlin’s Music Showcase Event is back:for the first time on two days! Get ready, music lovers: For the first time, MW:M Live will spread the excitement across two nights. Join us on November 13 and 14 as we spotlight a...

Gewalt are back

After receiving the unexpected news that their beloved bass player had decided to quit the band, Gewalt are ploughing on: The third single off their album, "Schwarz Schwarz," dropped on the 27th of September 2024, right before their new album "Doppeldenk" is about to...

Lor – Cameroonian sensation – live this weekend – don’t miss this one

* Weekend live special * Welcome LOR GOLDEN on Guitar, Looper, Vocals Lor on Audomack | Lor on Instagram Uplifting, empowering, and raw, Lor Golden is a rising star from Cameroon with an underlying gift to craft authentic lyrics derived from her experiences as a...

Mone in interview – appearing at Feral Folk Festival 21.9 Weissensee

The first edition of the Feral Folk Festival, put on by Roxy Rawson in cooperation with Famous Gold Watch Studio, with support from Music Board Berlin and presented by indie.berlin, is set to become a feral fixture in your calendar as it displays the best in folk,...

Miles East in Interview: renowned NYC session drummer turns songwriter

Miles East has spent over a decade as a top-of-the-league and in-demand session drummer in New York City. But he's much more than that: as his recent singles and brand new album show us, he's also a craftsman of a songwriter with a delicate touch and a voice to match....

Big Bang KI Festival 2024

This week (11th and 12th September) sees the DUP Unternehmer Day become the Big Bang KI Festival. Everyone's hopping on the AI bandwagon, it's true - or at least talking about it - but at the same time various aspects of AI (catapulted into the limelight as of two...

Indie Newcomers Atomic Lobster Speak Out

Atomic Lobster is a band from the lively Stuttgart music scene, consisting of Ella Estrella Tischa (guitar/vocals), Daniel Herrmann (bass/vocals) and Armando Bleher (drums). Inspired by greats such as PJ Harvey and Radiohead, they have developed their own unmistakable...

Lotta St. Joan at Feral Folk Festival

Appearing at the 1st Edition of the Feral Folk Festival in collaboration with Roxy Rawson and Famous Gold Watch Studios, presented by indieBerlin, will be one of Berlin's most mesmerising folk-noir artists, Lotta St. Joan. Lotta St Joan makes modern folk music for...

Feral Folk Festival 1st Edition 21.9

The Feral Folk Festival, a groundbreaking event dedicated to showcasing the exceptional talent within Berlin's alternative, folk-noir and singer-songwriter scene, will be held on 21st September at Freilichtbuehne in Weissensee. This inaugural festival aims to elevate...

1amDonny in interview: Say hallo to A man with a plan

indieRepublik: Tell us a little bit about your musical background 1amdonny:  My background comes from a mix of being in a church choir and taking piano lessons as a kid. I didn't really do it for that long because I was more focused on basketball at the time. But once...

NEWS; REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS

abracadabra – Guess who’s back

abracadabra – Guess who’s back

There's a lot of good things and a lot of bad things that you can say about Eminem aka Slim Shady, and I'd have to agree with all of them. But before he lost his sense of humour, he was always...

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Billie Eilish new album out now

Billie Eilish new album out now

Third Billie Eilish album Hit Me Hard And Soft came out this week with no pre-singles. Spoiler: we love it. At the tender age of 22 Billie Eilish has already impacted the pop music industry to the...

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