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ICU at CTM 2012: Spectral

2012’s CTM rightly lives up to its ‘Spectral’ sobriquet with a gaggle of icy chillwave superstars and well-handled, grizzled tech-hands. D. Strauss' one-a-day picks are here: make sure to reserve an extra seat for your ectoplasm.

Feb 1, 2012 by in Nightlife

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Land of the lox: Can you get deli food in Berlin?

The odds of finding an authentic Jewish delicatessen in Berlin are about the same as those of stumbling upon a bratwurst stand in Kabul. D. Strauss investigates what we got.

Jan 9, 2012 by in Restaurants

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Top 10 records: 2011

2011 was dominated by the ubiquity of Kanye and the persistency of “Friday”; it’s no wonder, then, that D. Strauss was generally drawn to records in which moody ambiguity cloaked personality.

Jan 3, 2012 by in Reviews & Interviews (3 Comments)

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Peaking at Midnight

What are we going to do on New Year's? Funny you should ask, tourist from Barcelona. For a city in which nothing ever really changes, Berlin remains the New Year’s capital of the world. Let’s dig in.

Dec 19, 2011 by | in What's On (2 Comments)

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Nite Life/Nite Death: How low can you go?

YOUR WEEKEND: A few years ago it would have sounded like the title of a police series, but 48 Stunden Neukölln promises to be the deb ball for an area that, once only settled by artists and bohemes after cost-benefit analysis, now appears more infinitely satisfying than what Mitte has to offer.

Jun 25, 2010 by in The Berlin Blog

Nite Life/Nite Death: Garbage in, garbage out

YOUR WEEKEND: A short study of Berlin history will reveal the Trümmerfrau, the women who cleared up the rubble left behind by the war – Teufelsberg, for example, is just a giant pile of pig bones and condom wrappers mounded by these women...

Jun 18, 2010 by in The Berlin Blog (2 Comments)

Nite Life/Nite Death: Rich man, poor man

YOUR WEEKEND: It’s no secret that a schism through Berlin nightlife has built up over the last year. On one hand, a recently-arriving moneyed and aristo class is mixing with the increasingly aspirational, well-established dirt-glamour crowd...

Jun 11, 2010 by in The Berlin Blog

Nite Life/Nite Death: Me and you and a BBQ

YOUR WEEKEND: With the influx of the Easyjetset made up of weekend Good Time Charlies into Berlin clubs such as Berghain, their gay+ mandates are slipping into a general gestalt of laddish (if foppish) effluvia...

Jun 4, 2010 by in The Berlin Blog (1 Comments)

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EXB Wednesdays at Kaffee Burger

Tune in, turn on and drop a beer stein on your big toe this month as psychedelic jam-masters Hot Pocket and Saposcats light a jay and reach the enlightenment superhighway.

Nov 17, 2011 by in What's On

EXB Wednesday at Kaffee Burger

This month’s edition of our legendary night features a pair of acts that revel in spear-tipped words sure to kill the wails. Don't miss Danielle De Picciotto and The Methylated Spirits on Oct 26.

Oct 19, 2011 by in What's On

EXB Wednesdays at Kaffee Burger

Exberliner's night of riot grrrls takes to the stage with the Haute Areal label night. Mary Ocher and Doctorella perform and DJ Shiner ladles on the 'pop till you drop' this Wed, Sep 28.

Sep 26, 2011 by in What's On

EXB’S Wednesday at Burger: Infinite Livez and Wynton Kelly Stevenson

Summer break is over and our Wednesday series returns on August 24 with a couple of knob-twiddling emoters; grandfathers of the current trend of art-damaged hip hop.

Aug 22, 2011 by in What's On

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It’s back-to-Berlin school with legendary Ashra guitarist Manuel Göttsching returning to his psychedelic roots to collaborate with Joshua White’s Joshua Light Show.

Feb 1, 2012 by

An eclectic amalgamation, including an exotica DJ set by Andy Votel at the Kantine, acid house legend Baby Ford applying likewise at Panorama Bar, Iceland’s Ben Frost, rapidly ascending toward Arvo Pärt status, leading an ensemble and many others.

Feb 1, 2012 by

A witch haus extravaganza featuring three Tri Angle label mates: the 20-year-old Balam Acab, creator of one of 2011’s finest album, along with the yooouthful oOoOO and Holy Other. Kuedo and Puzzle also feature.

Feb 1, 2012 by

Icy and oblique, the music of Touch Records celebrates 30 years on the austerity program, with Norway’s Jana Winderen, The Eternal Chord, Eleh and a group improv by Organology. A fitting end to a week of “The Wire, The Wire, pants on fire”.

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