photo: Luuk Wouters
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – as much as I appreciate Berlin’s party culture, I find it a shame that while sex and drugs seem to be all the rage, the rock’n’roll part is usually replaced with techno. It just doesn’t seem right when you consider the tremendous legacy of our Hauptstadt as the place where David Bowie used to share a flat with Iggy Pop and where he was inspired to record his astounding Berlin Trilogy. In fact, many other rock musicians followed into the footsteps of the late Starman and acknowledged Berlin as an inexhaustible source of creative energy, be it for its unique atmosphere or poignant history.
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by Michalina | Music
This weekend the Greenville Festival is on for the first time and the best thing about it is, it is almost in Berlin! You got the chance to see headliner Iggy & The Stooges as well as The Flaming Lips, Gogol Bordello, Bodi Bill, Mike Skinner und Cro by winning 2×2 tickets here. How to win we are telling you after the jump. Read on…
by Suz | Events, Music
After a long night of partying, you are standing on your balcony, smoking a last cigarette and thinking about all the bad things you did during the last hours. The Berlin-based band Mittekill has the soundtrack for this situation. Just recently they published their third album All but bored, weak and old. Again, they combine electronic music, 80s synthie pop and Krautrock. In our interview, we asked band founder Friedrich Greiling about music by Iggy Pop, Sóley, Apparat and Madonna. More after the jump.
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by Jens | Entertainment, Music
