Things going on in Berlin that carry my official seal of approval. Check back regularly to see where you may bump into me (or how you can avoid me). Let me know in the comments section if you are planning on going!!
Tue 26 Jan – This is Spinal Tap (the movie!) and Eat the Rich (the movie) @ Wild at Heart
Wed 27 Jan – Iris Romen @ Schokoladen Mitte – just don’t call it jazz!
Thu 28 Jan - Henry Rollins Spoken Word @ ASTRA Kulturhaus – I need not say more cause Henry will do that for me.
Fri 29 Jan – Slamtilt @ Wild at Heart – old school punkrock from Berlin
Sat 30 Jan – The Untamed, Hola Ghost and Deadman’s Suit @ Wild at Heart – psychobilly, surf et al. from Denmark.
Sat 30 Jan - Lange Nacht Der Museen
Wed 3 Feb – The Low Anthem @ FRANNZ Club – brooding folk
Sat 6 Feb - Cherry Poppin Daddies @ Lido – swing the night away!
Mon 8 Feb - The Dillinger Escape Plan @ Magnet – the original mathcore band
Tue 9 Feb – Mastodon @ Columbia Club – a little bit of prog-metal never hut anyone
Thu 11 Feb - Amy MacDonald @ ASTRA Kulturhaus – This is the life (and other very decent songs…)
Sat 13 Feb – The Swell Season & Josh Ritter @ Admiralspalast – sweet, sweet folk music!
Sun 14 Feb – Cobra Starship @ Postbahnhof am Ostbahnhof – disco-punk-emo-pop for screaming girls
Sat 20 Feb – Lacuna Coil @ Columbia Club – Italian melodic metal
Sat 20 Feb – Joey Cape, Jon Snodgrass & Tony Sly @ Magnet – the lead singers of Lagwagon, Armchair Martian, and No Use for a Name – acoustic!
Sat 20 Feb - Spoon @ Frannz Club – SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!! But really, watch out for those things…
Tue 23 Feb – Imogen Heap @ Lido – haunting pop music.
Tue 23 Feb - Zukunft und die Lichter @ Kaffee Burger
Thu 25 Feb – Skindred @ Magnet – raggametal!
Sat 27 Feb - We vs Death @ Schokoladen Mitte – instrumentalists from Utrecht
Sat 27 Feb – The Temper Trap @ Postbahnhof am Ostbahnhof
Tue 9 Mar – Paloma Faith @ Postbahnhof am Ostbahnhof – girl swing music with an edge
Sat 13 Mar – Scooter @ Arena Berlin – FASTER… HARDER… SCOOTER!!
Sun 14 Mar - Modern Earl @ Country Music Messe
Wed 17 Mar - Les Claypool @ Lido – LES F***ING CLAYPOOL!! Hooray!
Fri 19 Mar - Underoath @ Lido – rock/screamo
Mon 22 Mar – Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band @ Tempodrom – probably gonna be slightly neurotic, but the man is a very decent clarinet player!
Wed 24 Mar – Mika @ Huxleys Neue Welt – happy music!
Fri 26 Mar - I Am Kloot @ Lido – melancholy pop with a folky edge
Sun 28 Mar – Reverend Horton Heat & Kamikaze Queens @ Columbia Club – rockabilly
Mon 12 Apr – Hayseed Dixie @ Roadrunners Paradise – country covers re-imaginings
Tue 20 Apr – John Butler Trio @ Huxleys Neue Welt
Mon 26 Apr - Nada Surf @ Lido – some of the sweetest songs you’ll hear in April, I promise that much!
Wed 28 Apr - Eläkeläiset @ ASTRA Kulturhaus – HUMMPA + covers = awesome!
Sun 2 May - You Say Party! We Say Die! @ Lido – name says it all, really…
Sat 8 May – Schoenholz @ Arcanoa
Tue 11 May – Madness @ Huxleys Neue Welt
Wed 30 Jun – Pearl Jam @ Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide
DISCLAIMER: This list is in no way comprehensive! If you really really want to know everything that’s happening, check out Koka36, eventim.de or 030 Berlin Magazin. And remember: the mere fact that you don’t know a band, does not mean they suck! It does make it harder to keep track of them, though, so feel free to inform me of anything I may have missed and might be interested in!