Last night I had the pleasure of visiting Comedy Club Kookaburra for an evening of burlesque and cabaret entertainment titled "Fish and Whips". Sometimes in life you just have to accept that there are people who are naturally...read more
Whether skinny, boyfriend, bootleg, flared, coloured, drainpipe, stonewash or ripped - SOJEANS has every kind of denim you jean- jeanie fans can think of, and then some more (1500 styles more to be exact). They have all the cool hipster brands...read more
By Mike T West
This Saturday Kreuzberg will be host to the nostalgic ones and zeroes of French nu-disco wunderkinder, College, or David Grellier as his Mum calls him.
Founder of the "retro-futurist" record label Valerie, College is...read more
This weekend a fashion classic and hot potato topic will be arriving to Berlin, The gang from BOY LONDON and LONG X Clothing will be joining forces with the lovely guys from CAMP! to create a fashion forward party BOY LONDON: CAMP.
Starting...read more
Oh do I have news for you! The heavenly world of the very popular underground party from London "Gutterslut" will be stepping foot on German soil tonight when it throws Gutterslut in Berlin!
Gutterslut started in 2007 and it has...read more
Tomorrow night, singer-songwriter Hanni El Khatib is performing his fusion of garage rock, blues and doo-wap at Berlin's Bassy Club. We sent Anastasia Lévy to find out about what the multi-instrumentalist and ex-skateboarder calls...read more
With the Berlin International Film Festival wrapping up for another year, we thought it would be a good idea to reflect on the film festival madness and give our verdict on some of the best (as well as the mediocre) films we got a chance to...read more
Amongst the hustle of film producers, the brief appearance of a movie star - was that Angelina Jolie? - and the cold shuffle of those mere-mortals queueing up on the curb awaiting their inevitable fate of a seat behind an Iron Lady-inspired bouffant...read more
So you survived another Valentine’s Day! Congratulations. Whether you were celebrating the day with the ‘one you love’ (apologies for any implied cynicism), or dousing lonely sorrows in your cheaper-than-cheap Neukölln...read more
Unless you've all been living under a rock for the past couple of years, you may have noticed a German DJ duo by the name of Pan-Pot, sky-rocketing to the very top of the techno game. Playing sold-out international festivals? Check. Playing their...read more
I know we are pushing the boundries of arts and culture...Isn't that what art is about? Maybe I've spent too much time cramped at the desk and the smell of permanent markers is getting to my head, but this growing sport/ cultural experience is...read more
Saturday saw the launch of the new Dolce and Gabbana store at Ku'damm 187, Making it the second Dolce & Gabbana store in Germany, Naturally I threw my glad rags on and went to see whats the scoop and who"s chins are wagging.
I...read more
Your chance to pitch your movie idea directly to a panel of top film executives. These are the people who matter. They are the people who buy scripts - they are the people who decide what will be made and what won't. This is your chance to pitch...read more
The party itch. It lingers at the back of your brain with a prickly presence throughout the week, infiltrating and muddying sensible thoughts of staying in and stabilising with a sudden boom and a delicious lick of melody that has been stuck in...read more
Every week, for about the last 2 years, I get messages from people asking me questions about Berlin, where to stay, where to go etc
As much as I would love to show everyone the Berlin I know and love, unfortunately there are not enough hours in...read more
Every narcissistic hipster club kid gets a secret little back-handed thrill out of spotting what looks like themselves out on the Berlin dance floor. It may sound absurd, but with a limited array of standardaised ‘club looks’ out...read more
The dreary-eyed man in the dull grey suit caught you bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at 7am on the morning train as you drifted home from the club – your cheeks glowing with satisfaction, the mischievous remains of a grin lingering softly...read more
Chasing your weekly dose of thrills can start to feel a bit like perpetually perusing the child within. Reaching for that repeated rediscovery of the curious little dreamy-eyed creature with shoulders free of the weight of responsibilities,...read more
The dawn broke on the 1st of January last weekend, and so began a new year. At some point during all the action your dancing energy hit its peak and broke, your bank account reached its limit and broke and now you’re, well, broke. But...read more
If you hail from outside of Germany (and surrounding areas of Europe), it’s a possibility that the first thing that springs to mind when you hear the word ‘Silvester’ is a washed-up, over-muscled action movie star dubbed...read more
In the city where everyone comes from everywhere, there occurs a kind of mass evacuation phenomenon come Christmas time. Hordes of Berlin-based stowaways scurry home obligingly to blander pastures and provincial German towns, or to their...read more
Somewhere on the mantelpiece of a cosy Berlin living room, an advent candle burns brightly. Somewhere amongst the tethers of your lustful party-loving heart, the desire to dance burns a little more fiercely. While a mythical Santa Claus packs an...read more
Sandra Amarie (a Canadian-born New Yorker) has been doing a lot of gigging around on the cool club + bar scene in Berlin and she's been getting herself noticed by all the right people (including BANG BANG BERLIN, ha!). Together with her four-piece...read more
Tomorrow night, OneBeat's experimental sessions goes into its second round, as beatmaker KYSON squares up against visual artist RTZ23. Expect a concert-length audiovisual experience as Kyson's atmospheric downtempo beats blend with RTZ23's animated...read more
By Mike T West.
It is not hard to see why Skindred are popular with the Germans. However, it is clearly hard for them to understand frontman/legend Benji Webbe’s onstage banter. He is, after all, Welsh.
What language the audience does...read more
