Music

Bobby Champs stormed in the scene with his debut Moonlight earlier this year, universally praised by publications like RA (4/5), Mixmag and DJ Mag. Follow up EP Drag Queen shows that he’s a force to be reckoned with – a more mature but still raw sound explores Berlin’s midnight and London’s 3AM.

The Pin Sharps play straight up fifties rockabilly with a female fronted edge – guaranteed to shake up those Monday blues.

Micachu and the Shapes are probably best described as a naturally divisive band. Upon first glance you could be forgiven thinking that they represent just another tiresome scene group. After all, they wouldn’t be the first to attempt to achieve novelty by distorting rhythm, eschewing choruses, throwing in vacuum cleaners and then calling the result ‘pop’ music.
The problem is, as time goes by, this scepticism is hard to maintain.

Kitty’s erstes offizielles Album “Future Air Hostess” veröffentlichte sie auf ihrem selbst gegründeten Label Solaris Empire und bekam Air-Play auf Radio Eins, Radio Fritz und Motor FM. Seitdem arbeitet sie nicht nur als Musikerin und Labelchefin, sondern organisiert auch die Konzertreihe “Lofi-Lounge” im Berliner Club Schokoladen, wo Sie spielt heute live – highly recommended!!

Alberta Cross have supported Oasis, Neil Young, The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Mumford And Sons, The Shins, Bat for Lashes, Simian Mobile Disco, and Findlay Brown: And if you’re asking yourself the question why all of these big name bands asked them to open for them, the answer is: That everybody knew that one day they’d be the hottest ticket in town, and wanted to be able to hang on their coattails when their own star had faded, because they knew that Alberta Cross would be standing up strong long after the weaker bands had lain down to die.

Between songs she works up an easy rapport with the audience and by the third song in has them eating out of her hand. And the thing with Laura Bean is that she’s worldly wise enough to make her Kentucky girl thang both ironic and authentic at the same time (favourite in-between-song comment: “I’m so happy to be in a place where other people can get as excited about fried chicken as I can”).

Micachu and the Shapes revolve around musician Mica Levi. While studying as a classical musician in Guildhall, UK, where she had one of her compositions recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – she also DJed around the grime scene in London where she put out a mixtape called Filthy Friends that enlisted the help of the likes of now-famous Ghostpoet and other luminaries of the scene. Concentraing on experimental pop music with her new band the Shapes she recorded their debut album Jewellery with influential electronic musician Matthew Herbert as producer.

Pimpernuckel ist Alec Troniq’s zweite Sommer-EP in 2012. Und sie ist nicht nur heiß und steigert den Appetit nach einer großen Sommer-Party-Nacht, sondern ist mit dem Video zu Pimpernuckel auch einfach das perfekte Stück, um sich für so eine Nacht fertig zu machen. We love it und wollen euch an unserer Liebe teilhaben lassen. Also schreibt uns eine Mail an info@indieberlin.de, wie ihr euch am besten aufs Ausgehen vorbereitet und mit etwas Glück bekommt ihr die “Pimpernuckel” EP von uns geschenkt!

P.S. Im Vinyl ist ein Download-Code für die elektronische Fassung enthalten!

Alec Troniq has just brought out his second 2012 EP called “Pimpernuckel”. Like on his recent “Rueffel EP” ALEC TRONIQ had fun with real whistling, playing guitars and making a lotta noises on his own in “Pimpernuckel”. “KKrock” is a remix for KONRAD KUECHENMEISTER, who is globetrotting with his awesome one man live show. “Mumpitz” is a collaboration with Alec’s boogie fellows Schoebel & Meusel. A fresh’n’sunny remix is made by PURPLE DISCO MACHINE who already delivered great remixes e.g. for Raumakustik, but is better known as STEREOFUNK who worked for Bonaparte, Electro Ferris from Deichkind, Fukkk Offf, Philipp Poisel and many more.

Der Schwede Petter Ericson Stakee traf seinen britischen Band Kollegen Terry Wolfers vor sieben Jahren in einem Londoner Pub, als Wolfers den –liebevoll ausgedrückt- etwas „überselbstbewussten“ Stakee vor ärgerlichen Stammgästen retten musste. Das war die Geburtsstunde von Alberta Cross. Seitdem ist das Duo mit seinem Southern-Rock-artigen Sound à la Kings of Leon mit Neil Young anmutendem Blues-Einschlag fester Bestandteil der Rockszene.

The kid from Minnesota who was one of the first early viral hits on myspace, whose album went platinum in 2010 in the US and is still doing his thing very much his own way – tonight in Lido.

Lovelite has always been a cool venue, it doesn’t go out of its way to woo the hip crowd, neither does it dismiss said hipness. It just does its thing in the knowledge that in the end it’s all going to be worth it. The Lovelite Festival reminds us of why we love the place.

Now, Now – Audiotree Live – Complete from Audiotree Live on Vimeo.

Miss Laura Bean hails from Louisville, Kentucky, where Bourbon and Bluegrass were born. A Southern Belle far from home, with one foot in Berlin and the other in LA, Laura Bean is one of the most promising upcoming Roots acts in town. With her new band “Laura Bean & The Spanish Inquisition” Miss Bean has just released a new album which shows us why she’s soon going to be bursting out all over the place…

Collapse under the Empire release Closer, first single from the new album Fragments of a Prayer

I met Cameron Laing in a bar with red curtains and a tardy sound engineer. We talked about the devil. Before the hour was up we had discussed the conventions of love songs, men with antlers, mean landlords, sinking ships, windmills and rabbit masks, our distance from heaven….you know, the usual kind of things you talk about with a stranger in a bar with red curtains. Not coincidentally, many of these themes are included in Quixote’s debut album: Devil in a Bunny Suit, Angel in a Cocktail Dress.