Nunofyrbeeswax write and play a bunch of pop songs as raw as their hearts in a minimal set up. Their music escapes easy associations, however, their sound has been described as an idiosyncratic blend of garage rock, post punk and proto indie -for whatever that means. The essence of their sound channels raw energy, melody and charming amateurism.

Formed in 2016 in Berlin as a duo with common love for Beat Happening, Minimalism and Rock and Roll, Nunofyrbeeswax started composing and performing restlessly. Since then the band has toured Europe several times and the U.S. They supported acts such as Toody Cole of Dead Moon, Chain and the Gang, Shopping, Nobunny, Martin Bisi, John Davies and The Cicadas, Cocaine Piss, as well as played at national and international festivals like Down By The River in Berlin, Millionaire’s Club in Leipzig (DE), Double Jeu Festival, Marseille (FR), Festival de La Cour Denis (FR).

Since their formation the band released two albums and an EP, plus singles and live albums. Stratotoaster, their most recent studio effort, was released on vinyl in 2021 via Et Mon Cul C’est du Tofu, Twintoe Records, S.F.S, Pied de Bieche in Europe, and Youth Riot Records in the U.S. Stratotoaster melts seamlessly into one greater musical entity without holding back on arrangements and experiments. The album’s backbone is made by rhythms driven by pounding percussions and coloured with primitive guitars, unexpected collaborations and vocal harmonies.

Nunofyrbeeswax has two new releases on the way: a split 7” single with Top Down (out in June 2024) and a new LP album titled Hablo Raro (out in September 2024).

Oiro ist eine Punkband, die ohne Staub und Schleim erfreulich weit weg von Blackpool beheimatet ist, nämlich Düsseldorf. Eine Stadt, aus der viele gute Bands kommen und auch viele schlechte.

Mit Jamaican Jazz und handfesten Reggae-Grooves bringen  Wood In Di Fire bei ihren Live-Sessions die Dancehall zum Toben. Was  als Jam-Projekt von Musikern aus verschiedenen Berliner Bands begann, hat sich zur festen Formation entwickelt. Doch  der Session-Gedanke ist  immer noch lebendig: Die Bandmitglieder und Gäste bringen die verschiedensten Einflüsse aus Reggae, Jazz, Ska, Latin und Afro-Beat mit und sorgen damit immer wieder für überraschende Kicks. 
Auf zahlreichen Touren durch Deutschland, Österreich, Frankreich, Spanien, Ungarn und der Schweiz begeisterten Wood In Di Fire ihr Publikum mit ihrer außergewöhnlichen, interkontinentalen, musikalischen Fusion auf treibenden Reggae Beats und Jazzy Grooves.
Seit das Projekt im Jahre 2000 startete, spielt Wood In Di Fire traditionell im Berliner „Schokoladen“. Der bis heute monatlich stattfindende Reggae-Jam wurde schnell vom Geheimtipp zum etablierten Termin der Berliner Reggae-Szene.

little league shows prsnts:

ATOMIC LOBSTER / indie/alternative rock, stgrt
atomiclobster.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/atomiclobsterband_ 

+ tba.

at Schokoladen. doors 19 uhr, concert starts 20 uhr. pre-sale tickets available --> vvk.link/35uz500 

aftershow djs tba.

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ATOMIC LOBSTER  ist eine Band aus der lebendigen Stuttgarter Musikszene, bestehend aus Ella Estrella Tischa (Gitarre/Gesang), Daniel Herrmann (Bass/Gesang) und Armando Bleher (Schlagzeug). Inspiriert von Vorbildern wie PJ Harvey und Radiohead haben sie ihren eigenen Sound entwickelt. Ihre Musik, eine geschickte Fusion aus Grunge mit Nuancen von Soul und Trip-Hop, zollt ihrer Nostalgie für die 90er Jahre Tribut und bringt gleichzeitig neue, unverwechselbare Klänge mit ins Spiel.

CLAWS - das Debütalbum von ATOMIC LOBSTER, ist ab dem 17.05.2024 überall zu hören. Das Album ist das Ergebnis eines dynamischen Schreibprozesses zwischen Stuttgart und Berlin und reflektiert die Spannungen unserer Zeit, ohne dabei in Resignation zu verharren oder zynisch zu werden. Mit seinen verspielten Arrangements und experimentellen Sounds, die eine Atmosphäre von Sensibilität, Wut und Leidenschaft erzeugen, begibt sich das Trio auf die CLAWS TOUR 2024.

M:Soundtrack presents welcome for the Upteenth time with a long anti-wierd-folk musical connection to Berlin, Seth Faergolzia (Dufus / Multibird) comes back to the Schokoladen stage, he will be joined by a gaggle of Berlin locals (Heiko B HorrorMe, Susie Asado, Brian Speaker and more) covering the songs of the inimitable Purple Organ RIP. Following this musical memorial, Faergolzia will pull surprises from his 25 year career for you astounded listeners. After Show with DJ Sibsi Sibsi (Fourtrack on stage/  Down by the River Fest)

Andreas „Spider“ Krenzke, Tobias „Tube“ Herre, Uli Hannemann, Eva Mirasol und Ivo Lotion präsentieren Geschichten, Lieder und Gäste.

LSD – Liebe Statt Drogen ist eine der bekanntesten Lesebühnen Berlins. Jeden Dienstagabend gestalten die 5 Mitglieder von LSD und eingeladene Gäste im Berliner Schokoladen ein Programm aus neuen Texten und Songs. Gegründet 1996 besteht LSD heute aus den Mitgliedern Andreas „Spider“ Krenzke, Tobias „Tube“ Herre, Uli Hannemann, Eva Mirasol und Ivo Lotion. Alle 5 genannten Künstler sind als Autoren und Musiker auch in anderen Bereichen aktiv.

LSD bietet jeden 1. & 3. Dienstag ein Offenes Mikro für Menschen an, die spontan etwas vortragen wollen. Beachtet bitte, dass der Beitrag selbstverfasst sein muss und nicht länger als 6 Minuten dauert. Wer am Offenen Mikro liest, braucht keinen Eintritt zahlen und bekommt ein Freigetränk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u33Pn5ih8b4&t=26s

https://staumusic.bandcamp.com

https://andthewiremen.bandcamp.com

And The Wiremen is a Berlin-based band, centered around singer/songwriter and New York session luminary Lynn Wright and with a revolving cast of musicians. Playing their first show in 5 years and with a brand new constellation, their atmospheric, joyous music spans a range of influences from blues and jazz to indie, post-rock and electronic music.
 
https://andthewiremen.bandcamp.com

Stau are a music group from Berlin. Three friends playing lo-fi downer pop - "a nocturnal car ride into the horrors of everyday life and the dreary reality of late capitalism" - like a doomy, ambient Mac Demarco, or something.

https://staumusic.bandcamp.com

Mad Kate | the Tide are a post punk conceptual performance project with the Tide on guitar, loops, electronics and Mad Kate on vocals, poetry, contact mics and performance.

Now joined by Sara Neidorf on drums, Mad Kate | the Tide has just finished an EP This Morning Waking about genderbased violence and is working on an LP sexWORKperformanceART about the relationship between labour, art and the body. Their Discography also includes ALIVE:ness (LP/eBook 2014), Combinatorics (EP/eBook 2013), will be ready – the Teufelsberg session – (LP Freudian Slit Records 2013) and Leather Jacket (Single/remix 2012)

Composed in dialogue with conceptual explorations and texts, Mad Kate | the Tide’s dynamic sonicscapes mix punk, acoustic folk, psychedelic rock and spoken word. They form the backbone for honest, sometimes darkly provocative performance art and movement which provokes and stirs its audiences.

In their multimedia work ALIVE:ness they ask: To what extent are we alive in each other’s lives —physically, emotionally, electronically, living or dead — taking into account our contemporary context of virtual interaction, shape-shifting and polyphysical interpretations of our own identities? What does it mean to be present when the terms of our own existence are relative to how we interact physically and virtually with those most close to us? What does it mean to queer our identity in a global context in order to be more effective activists and global citizens?

 SPITPLAY are a new Berlin post-wave noise duo, Godzilla meets Eurythmics. Their music features: a relentlessly straight 90's drum machine, a distorted mantra-monotone bass, synthwave and noise sprinkles and vocal acrobatics oscillating between dreampop sweetness and Diamanda Galas performance. A flowery neologism for a feuilleton drawer would probably be Alien Goth Pop.

Founding members from the Cuntroaches and Chrome Animals.

SPITPLAY - Coming soon to a dry ice disco near you.

a Fake-Four-Inc.-Night, more infos soon
https://fakefourinc.com/

puschen & little league shows prsnt:

EXEK / dub-post-punk/lofi, aus
exek.bandcamp.com  / instagram.com/sound_exek 

& BALM / minimalist lofi indie-rock/post-punk, bln
mangelrecords.bandcamp.com/album/s-t-4 / instagram.com/balmbalmbalmbalm 

at Schokoladen. doors 19 uhr, concert starts 20 uhr. pre-sale tickets available --> vvk.link/33axivk

+ djs kick'n'rush & itty minchesta!

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EXEK are returning to Europe and the UK in May/June 2024! The Australian post-punk outfit will be promoting their latest record ‘The Map and the Territory’ released October 2023 on Foreign Records. The other reason for the tour is that the band is now ten years old. In that time, EXEK have released six albums, and have toured Japan, the USA, and Europe. Their sound is difficult to pigeon hole due to a wide variety of influences (punk, trip-hop, RnB, dub, kraut, avant-garde), but the general consensus is something in the lineage of The Fall, Happy Mondays, ESG, and PIL. 

For the band, the highlights are not fame and fortune (well aware of their slim odds), but more so finding recognition amongst the artists they admire and are influenced by. Whether it's supporting Liars and Anika, or being added to playlists by late greats like Mark Stewart and Andrew Weatherall. Come find them playing a town near you!

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»BALM is a trio from Berlin. Balm has a mild post-punk approach with a warm and personal/emotional focus. They might swap Instruments to serve the song. Balm just released an LP on mangelrecords.«