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Melt Your Worries And Your Hunger Pains At Paradiso

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Berlin History Archive: This article reviews the temporary Paradiso food pop-up in Kreuzberg in 2018. The featured pop-up format has ended and should not be read as a currently operating restaurant; the text remains as Berlin food history. I didn’t expect Paradiso at all. When invitations were extended I thought we’d be visiting just another … Read more Melt Your Worries And Your Hunger Pains At Paradiso

Nakhane’s “You Will Not Die” Lends Fashion To Trauma

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As a multidisciplinary artist, it’s hard to peg Nakhane to one artform. We met Nakhane for the first time last year when he and director John Trengrove brought their film The Wound, which Nakhane starred in and which was short-listed for an Oscar nomination, to Berlinale. Since then Nakhane has taken a break from acting … Read more Nakhane’s “You Will Not Die” Lends Fashion To Trauma

Berlin’s New Chinatown is Otherworldly

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Throughout March, Berlin has its own Chinatown and it’s a kitsch, neon success. After seeing their nebulous, hipsterific teaser campaign on social media, I wasn’t sure how ‘Berlin’s new Chinatown’ was going to work. But, after visiting the opening night at their Spreewaldplatz location, I’m sold on their kitsch Chinatown aesthetic, innovative use of space, … Read more Berlin’s New Chinatown is Otherworldly

Enter Shikari Talk to Us About New Album “The Spark”

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Enter Shikari have been tearing it up all over the world since their first demos in 2003. 15 years later and the band are deep into touring their newest album, “The Spark.” The album is slightly different from what loyal Enter Shikari fans have come to expect over the years, and I sat down with … Read more Enter Shikari Talk to Us About New Album “The Spark”

Rizzo & The Members Club on Bringing Hip Hop to Berlin Clubs

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Intense, incendiary and demented are just a few of the adjectives used to describe Rizzo & The Members Club Heard from another room, you might be forgiven for thinking that Rizzo & The Members Club are fronting six musicians. The UK trio crank out a surprisingly huge sound considering they’re generating music from nothing more … Read more Rizzo & The Members Club on Bringing Hip Hop to Berlin Clubs

Shortstraw Brings Bikini Weather to Berlin

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After exploding onto the Johannesburg music scene in 2013 with the release of their album Good Morning Sunshine, Shortstraw have been making waves not only in southern Africa, but on shores as far flung as Japan as well as Europe. Not your average happy-clappy indie band, Shortstraw have refined their sound with three studio albums, … Read more Shortstraw Brings Bikini Weather to Berlin

Kreuzberg’s Big Sur is California Dreaming Cuisine, on Such a Winter’s Day

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Opened less two months ago, Big Sur is a fun, modern and affordable dining experience in the “New American Cusine” or “California Kitchen” style, with a very strong focus on carefully crafted cocktails and craft beers. Back in the the hazy days of the early 2000s, a moderately successful Irish band by the name of … Read more Kreuzberg’s Big Sur is California Dreaming Cuisine, on Such a Winter’s Day

Monthly Tape Worm Cassette BBQ Scavenges Berlin’s Depths for Best of Indie Rock

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“Average-looking freaks,” indie rockers Mincer Ray, spent endless days and nights scavenging the depths of this rat-hole city to bring you the very best in indie music. The result? This Wednesday’s Tape Worm Cassette BBQ, featuring Strand Child, Mincer Ray (natürlich), and LA’s Kraftwööd. Together, they part the drudgery (and heroin dealers) in front of … Read more Monthly Tape Worm Cassette BBQ Scavenges Berlin’s Depths for Best of Indie Rock

Dig Deeper and Get Your Groove On at the Independent Label Market

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Archive note: Published in August 2016, this article previewed the Independent Label Market at Prince Charles and TAK Theatre on 13 August 2016. That market and its associated party have ended; the labels, venue information and original links remain as a historical record. Crate diggers of the world unite! The Independent Label Market makes its … Read more Dig Deeper and Get Your Groove On at the Independent Label Market

Dive into a Kreuzberg Comedy Summer Camp with Daniel Stern

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Berlin History Archive: This article previews Daniel Stern’s High Dive stand-up Comedy Summer Camp in Kreuzberg in August 2016. The event and programme information have ended; the text is preserved as Berlin comedy history. The Berlin English comedy scene has blossomed into a vibrant component of local nightlife in recent years. One of the latest … Read more Dive into a Kreuzberg Comedy Summer Camp with Daniel Stern

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