Their new album “Dream Seeds” (due May 7th 2012 on Africantape) marks a dramatically new creative direction Extra Life’s still-young but prolific career. It is perhaps their most clearly-defined concept album: seven songs dealing entirely with the twin themes of dreams and children. In a lyrical left turn away from the morbid sexuality and black humor of “Made Flesh”, these … more

KEEP SHELLY IN ATHENS will finish Kopflos Fest. Their swirling ambient sound captures that serene feeling you get on a gloomy, rainy day as your car glides over the slick city streets. With airy beats that are repetitive, but never trance-like, KSiA is an accessible and lighthearted entry into the world of down-tempo electronica. As enigmatic as they are talented, … more

Endre Faurik Aalrust, Timothy Davies, Richard Lockett & Benjamin Klunker, Benedicte Sehested

“On May 19, BERLIN ART LINK (BAL) launches its Night & Day Series, extending their international contemporary art platform into the Sur la Montagne project room on Torstrasse. The new series presents emerging artists from Berlin and abroad, offering another dimension of engagement to the work of artists and curators that BAL has collaborated with or featured on their website. … more

J.A.W presents Robert GLASPER EXPERIMENT (Blue Note/ NY) w/ BILAL (Plug Research/ LA) Live DJ AKALEPSE (Truth & Soul/ NY) Aftershow Party After they blessed Berlin for the very first time last October, Robert Glasper & his Experiment are back in town to celebrate the release of their widely acclaimed new album “Black Radio” bringing this time not less than … more

For the 3rd Live Confession of Month of Performance Art 2012 we have the opportunity of discovering the world and wonders of Dolanbay. Come down to Soupanova and witness the unpredictable unfolding of the conversations unfold and give us an insight into the artist himself. http://dolanbay.com/

LINE-UP @ KaterHolzig: Feadz, DJ Pierre, Elax, Housemeister, Strip Steve, Djedjotronic, Shadow Dancer, Bobmo, BS1, Gunrose plus very special guests !!! 7 YEARS OF BOYSNOIZE RECORD 17.05. @ KATER HOLZIG (Michaelkirchstr. 23, Berlin) / 18:00 – open end Celebrating the 7th anniversary, BNR is inviting you to a party marathon you will never forget. Featuring the best of best of … more

HIGH PLACES who are playing on the first night create danceable pop music that is both artistic and refined. The consistent dialog between the duo over the span of three albums is always through rhythmic and melodic ambient space. The two mix their particular internal rhythms with a long-standing love of UK and US dance sensibilities such as that of … more

Shameless/Limitless presents… Yip Deceiver (of Montreal side project; USA) + Hush Hush (Berlin) After presenting their debut European show back in October 2011, Shameless/Limitless is happy to announce the return of  of Montreal side project Yip Deceiver for a show at much hallowed Westgermany. + Berlin-based R&B DANCE Hit Machine HUSH HUSH!

Shameless/Limitless presents… Blackbird Blackbird (USA) + Molly Nilsson (Berlin) After playing a fantastic set at Naherholung Sternchen’s opening party in July 2011, Shameless/Limitless is happy to present the return of chillwave hero Blackbird Blackbird (San Francisco) to Berlin. + Holy hell! Special guest DIY hero Molly Nilsson. Blackbird Blackbird: Blackbird Blackbird (formerly Bye Bye Blackbird) is the moniker/musical outlet of San Francisco, California wunderkind … more

After the show at Kater Holzig, come drink and listen to a selection of songs by ex Wolf Parade front man Spencer Krug (Moonface) and Finnish rockers of Olympian ambitions, Sinaii.

The canadian singer, producer and artist Grimes will play in Berlin at Berghain on 25th May. See below her latest video and read the Don’t Panic interview from July last year here.  

‘C/O Berlin, International Forum For Visual Dialogues, will be presenting the C/O Berlin Book Days publishing event for the second time. In the courtyard of the historic Postfuhramt, more than 20 publishers will be introducing their latest publications on the subject of photography. The C/O Berlin Book Days will take place by the occasion of the opening of the Larry Clark Retrospective. The program includes book presentations, screenings,discussions and book signings. After … more

Austra//Miike Snow//The Hundred in the Hands

  Berlin Film Society presents..A themed / fancy dress event, featuring Charlie Chaplin’s daringly satirical masterpiece, nominated for 5 Academy Awards: THE GREAT DICTATOR(1940)with thanks to MK2 and Association Chaplin cinema snacks in kind sponsorship by YELP.de : Doors Open & Drinks : 19:00 : Film Starts : 21:00 : After Party : 23:00 [Dress Code: Charlie Chaplin’s Tramp, see … more

‘C/O Berlin, International Forum For Visual Dialogues, will be presenting the C/O Berlin Book Days publishing event for the second time. In the courtyard of the historic Postfuhramt,more than 20 publishers will be introducing their latest publications on the subject of photography. The C/O Berlin Book Days will take place by the occasion of the opening of theLarry Clark Retrospective. The program includes book presentations, screenings,discussions and book signings. After … more

“New York, at the beginning of the 1980s. A gloomy urban sprawl between hedonism and abyss. The subway, in its dilapidated state, is a hazardous place. Fires in tunnels, muggings, murder and drug trafficking are the order of the day; overcrowded wagons, frequent delays, graffiti and dirt everywhere. The journey with public transport is a nightmare. The photographer Bruce Davidson … more

…To distance oneself physically the spectator needs to leave the building, but from outside, again, one sees nothing but excerpt- now framed by the window… Ivo Gretener’s  There’s Only Rumors, Nothing’s Decided,- is now open for visitors at the small but cosy Enblanco Projektraum. Once inside the space one is faced with an object almost as big as the room itself; a … more

’80 architecture magazines, fanzines and journals from over 20 countries will be on display alongside video interviews with their creators. ARCHIZINES founder and curator Elias Redstone has initiated this touring exhibition in collaboration with the Architectural Association School of Architecture. The German stopover, which is kindly supported by Artek, will be at the do you read me?! Reading Room on Potsdamer Strasse. … more

FUEL present: Original Works from the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia

‘Kavi Gupta Gallery in Berlin is proud to present Unblinking Eye, a group exhibition including the work of Adrian Buschmann, Aaron GM, Sonja Gerdes, Fabian Hartmann, Eric Legris, Maeghan Reid, and Jason Starr. Drawing from the histories of surrealism and symbolism in contemporary art, the exhibition is an acknowledgment of the value of quixotic folly, a nod to Shandyistic strategy, and … more

“The third exhibition of the “secret universe” series presents the work of the American artist Morton Bartlett (1909-1992). Central works of his oeuvre are fifteen semi-life-sized dolls, twelve girls and three boys. Having dropped out of Harvard in order to work as a commercial photographer, Bartlett began producing these dolls in the middle of the 1930s, attempting to make them … more