Black Mountain at Festsaal Kreuzberg

Canadian psych-rockers Black Mountain make it to Berlin touring their brand new album Wilderness Heart

Blonde Redhead at Festsaal

New York three piece Blonde Redhead hit Festsaal on the back of their new album Penny Sparkle

Faust at Festsaal

Classic kraut rock band Faust come together for a rare concert at Festsaal in Kreuzberg

Damien Jurado at NBI

Hot on the heels of his latest masterpiece Saint Bartlett, prepare to be bathed in the brilliance that is Damien Jurado

The Frank and Walters at Magnet

90's Irish alt-rockers The Frank and Walters make it to Berlin, playing and drinking at Magnet Club.

Festival: Off Fest, Katovice, Poland

The Flaming Lips

We’re a bit starved for really awesome festivals here in Berlin, so the likes of you and I are going to have to travel a little bit. Since you’re probably working for €6 an hour in a backpacker hostel or sumfink, money is important to you (although in today’s wintery economice climate, who is that not true for, I ask), so cheap is best.

With one of the strongest lineups of the european festival calendar and held in one of the cheaper of the states local to us, OFF FESTIVAL in Katovice, Poland is perfect for you. I don’t really know you, but I stand behind my wild allegations. €30 for a three day pass is absurdly thrifty, and check out the lineup:

THE FLAMING LIPS (USA)
DINOSAUR JR. (USA)
TINDERSTICKS (UK)
THE FALL (UK)
LENNY VALENTINO (PL)
19 WIOSEN (PL)
A HAWK AND A HACKSAW (USA)
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS (USA)
ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM (USA)
APTEKA (PL)
ARCHIE BRONSON OUTFIT (UK)
ART BRUT (UK)
ATLAS SOUND (USA)
BEAR IN HEAVEN (USA)
CASIOKIDS (NO)
CIEŚLAK I KSIĘŻNICZKI (PL)
DAMON AND NAOMI (USA)
DARKSTAR (UK)
DIGITAL MYSTIKZ (UK)
DUM DUM GIRLS (USA)
EFTERKLANG (DK)
ECSTATIC SUNSHINE (USA)
FENNESZ (AUT)
FM BELFAST (IS)
HAPPY PILLS (PL)
HEY (PL)
INDIGO TREE (PL)
JOKER feat. NOMAD (UK)
KIM NOWAK (PL)
KRYZYS (PL)
KUCZ/KULKA (PL)
LACHOWICZ (PL)
LALI PUNA (DE)
LAO CHE (PL)
MATMOS (USA)
MEMORY TAPES (USA)
MEW (DK)
MITCH AND MITCH WITH THEIR INCREDIBLE COMBO (PL)
MUCHY (PL)
NATHALIE AND THE LONERS (PL)
NIWEA (PL)
NO AGE (USA)
O.S.T.R (PL)
PABLOPAVO I LUDZIKI (PL)
PHILIP JECK (UK)
PINK FREUD feat. JERZY MILIAN (PL)
PLUM (PL)
PRAWATT & MIRNA RAY (PL)
PULLED APART BY HORSES (UK)
PUSTKI (PL)
RADIO DEPT. (SE)
RAEKWON (USA)
SHEARWATER (USA)
SHINING (UK)
SOMETHING LIKE ELVIS (PL)
SZELEST SPADAJĄCYCH PAPIERKÓW (PL)
TAKEN BY TREES (SE)
THE HORRORS (UK)
THE PSYCHIC PARAMOUNT (USA)
THE RAVEONETTES (DK)
THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH (SE)
THE VERY BEST (MW/UK)
THESE ARE POWERS (USA)
TIDES FROM NEBULA (PL)
TORO Y MOI (USA)
TRANS AM (USA)
TUNE-YARDS (USA)
TUNNG (UK)
VOO VOO plays “SNO-POWIĄZAŁKA” (PL)
WILLIAM BASIŃSKI (USA)
ZS (USA)
ZU (ITA)

…I’d pay thirty quid alone to see Trans Am, but headlined by Flaming Lips with The Raveonettes and The Fall, holy shit.

You can grab tickets from the website here: http://2010.off-festival.pl/?dz=13

…with all the infos that you could ever eat here: http://2010.off-festival.pl/?

PUSCHENFEST at Festsaal Kreuzberg

So it’s Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Puschen!!!

Looks like a lovely little night of indieness as only Puschen can do…..good bands, good venue.

http://www.myspace.com/puschen

http://www.puschen.net/

More Gigs In Berlin Tonight: Sunday 1st August 2010

Date Artist City Venue
01/08/10 nevAmind nevAmind in Berlin Rickenbackers Music Inn
Time: 8:00pm. Address: Bundesallee 194b, 10717. Venue phone: 030 81898290. nevAmind, nevAmind
01/08/10 The Black Seeds The Black Seeds in Berlin Arena Glashaus
Time: 9:00pm. Admission: 20.00+. Address: Eichenstraße 4, 12435. Venue phone: 030.533.20.30. Google Translate from German: With “Slingshot” and “Cool Me Down,” the guys have done what only very few troops is reserved: right to land two hits. And not with silly Sunshine Reggae, but 70’s-rootsy sound, packed with funky grooves, fat Blaesersaetzen, Ish Buy tickets
01/08/10 Milton Bradley Milton Bradley in Berlin Suicide Circus
Time: 11:00pm. Address: Revaler Str 99, 10245. MILTON BRADLEY ‘do not resist the beat’ HENNING BAER ‘grounded theory’ MARC FM ‘freaks’
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