Tickets: https://vvk.link/3r7ubm8

thirsty & miserable present: 40 years BIRTHDAY PARTY czech PUNK legends (curated by MadameMacario)

UŽ JSME DOMA { pronounce «oosh∼smeh∼dough∼ma» } is a group originally founded in 1985 at Teplice (czech republic)  with some flesh & brain pieces of F.P.B.…

• Hard to resume soon 40 arghtivism years : Nine studio albums, two re∼recorded & re∼arranged studio recordings, three live albums { last & new one starring Randy of The Residents }, two DVDs, one lyrical book, one pop∼up book & around 3000 shows around the earth… The band’s approach to arrangements & style is unique in the world of «rock». They bring instruments & vocals in different directions within the same scales and keys to create a dense melodic atmosphere. In addition, their rhythms often accent off∼beats and half∼beats, throwing the listener into unexpected directions. The music seems to be an exhausting juxtaposition between beauty and ugliness, as songs will frequently shift between modes to create tumultuous, powerful hooks. The combo is also fond of shifts between time signatures and the insertion of extra beats in the shaping of the mood of the song…

• The lyrics of Miroslav Wanek are considered as deep sweet crazy poetry. And all artworks are well∼done by permanent non∼musician member, painter Martin Velíšek. Without any doubt : «We are well in their home» !
https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/jeskyne-caves

F.P.B. { short for Fourth Price Band } was one of the most influencial precursor band, from czech «punk» movement, formed in 1980 at Teplice —town bordering germany— by bassist, singer and poet Miroslav Wanek & his friend Petr Růžička, who improvised sort of «manager». These two amigos  were soon joined by drummer Milan Nový and, later, by guitarist Romek Hanzlík. This line∼up scoured nearly 40 concerts { including a unique & epic date at the polish Jarocin festival } until 1985, when Mirek & Romek joined and truly launched the stammering collective Už Jsme Doma…
In 1986, the «manager» tried to reboot (under the same name) with a new members around the original drummer, who broke up in 1987…

• Since 2008, Wanek & Hanzlík  let Už Jsme Doma play 21 songs from F.P.B. repertoire during exceptional, fusional passionate concerts…

puschen &  little league shows prsnt:

THE GOTOBEDS / indie-punk, pittsburgh/us
thegotobeds.bandcamp.com / instagram.com/thegotobeds 

+ tba

at Schokoladen. doors 19 uhr, concert starts 20 uhr. presale tickets available at --> https://vvk.link/3uro374 

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I first encountered the Gotobeds in August 2014, at a benefit for the great rock bard Karl Hendricks in their mutual hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The Gotobeds went on fashionably (if not voluntarily) late and proceeded to lay waste to anything else anyone tried to do that evening. 

I took an abnormal number of photos and was made a fan for life. 

This kind of instant affection happens to me, particularly in my jaded dotage, so very rarely that I feel it is worth noting.

Almost inevitably, an attempt to describe an unnameable jolt will devolve into predictable cliches. 

I'm talking about old chestnuts like:

            Bouncing off the walls

            Spending about half an hour in a washing machine full of bolts and rose petals

Having sand thrown in your eyes just before being kissed vigorously on the neck

All of which are a) barely better than nothing on the word front but b) do apply, if lazily so, to the Gotobeds’ various, terrific issuances: on 12XU (to which they have happily returned), their erstwhile label Sub Pop, etc. And the latter two apply perhaps most especially to their terrific new record–Masterclass.

The Gotobeds have an unwavering commitment to bending and breaking things in the process of remaking them into something bolder and better (and, a couple of lineup changes to the contrary, not laying anyone off wantonly from critical government jobs). "Goes Away," to wit, is remarkably fractured, chomping up the minutes, 0% rounded off as is their default setting--do not toy with perfection.

The Gotobeds are aggressive, cannily disjointed, occasionally raw propellent, with an ear for melody that leavens the entire enterprise with a reasonable, non-diabetes-inducing amount of sugar. The lovely-yet-scaly "Mirror Writing" is nearly six minutes long and somehow too short. "Second Sight" doesn't pass for mellow but has guitar lines in the chorus that I'm pretty sure were written by Richard Carpenter on PCP (please fact-check).

All of the guitar playing that comes out of this band is 100% whacked (a wildly positive modifier, not to be confused with its opposite of "wack")...oh what can I say to pique your interest, that you might understand through reference. 

Hmmm...how about...Rowland S Howard riding on the shoulders of Lee Ranaldo through a house of mirrors. Hack move on my part. But perhaps it leaves the right taste in your mouth.

The complements to this wrangling and strangling are warm and charming vocals (albeit semi-buried), with perhaps surprising heart and richness to them, plus (crucially) an insistent, melodic bass guitar and beguilingly slushy drumming that together invite that most welcome and rare of rock sense-memory tingles (The Clean).

In closing, I will suggest:

Apprise your ears, brain, and genitalia of this brazen, scabrous, lovingly made record–the Gotobeds’ fourth or fifth depending on how many fingers you have left on your counting hand.

Masterclass was spat out during a low point of recent human history–the Great Plague of 2020-2022–but as we should all know from watching the History Channel, there’s always a sub-sub-basement. And beautiful art, great music, good books–these things are necessary for survival, as well as being prime antidotes to the scourge of psyops-enabled doomscrolling.

If you've access to a better (or even marginally equivalent) ball of punk, surf, no-wave, Beat-adjacent literature (ala John Fante, namechecked herein) and bubblegum, a) I have serious doubts that you are telling the truth, but b) please let us all know because we can surely use it.

- Tim Midyett

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dynamite konzerte & lls prsnt:

LOW KEY ORCHESTRA (indie-pop/folk) + tba.
instagram.com/lowkeyorchestra / linktr.ee/lowkeyorchestra 

at Schokoladen. doors 19 uhr, concert starts 20 uhr. tickets at the doors or in pre-sale --> https://vvk.link/3r5iqcw 

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Präsentiert von Kulturnews und Sounds & Books

low key orchestra. Mehr Understatement in einem Bandnamen geht nicht. Der wirklich unpassendste – und damit passendste – Name wurde da von Sönke Torpus für etwas gefunden, das, ohne übertreiben zu wollen, musikalisch wirklich Großartiges birgt.

Aber erstmal kurz von vorne. low key orchestra ist das neue Bandprojekt des eben genannten. Allen Indie-Folk-Connaisseuren unter uns wird seine ehemalige Band Torpus & the Art Directors ein Begriff bzw. in guter Erinnerung sein und die Freude ins Gesicht geschrieben stehen, dass nun neue Musik vor der Tür der Lieblingslieder steht.

„maybe words“ hieß der erste von mehreren low key orchestra Songs, die dieses Jahr veröffentlicht werden und es ist schlichtweg ein wundervolles Lied. Sönke ist eine kleine Hymne für all jene gelungen, die eine ausgestreckte Hand oder ein offenes Ohr benötigen. Als hätte er sich gedacht: „Wenn ich nicht in deiner Nähe sein kann, dann bekommst du immerhin einen Refrain, der mehr Trost spendet als 1000 Umarmungen.”

Maybe words can help you / Maybe lines that care
I can sense your trouble / And I feel you there

Aus jeder Zeile spricht aufrichtiges Mitgefühl. Zusammen mit dem Produzenten Helgi Helgasson hat Sönke es geschafft, einen unausweichbaren Text in warme und facettenreiche Musik zu übersetzen. Soundtechnisch schwebt das low key orchestra – vor allem hierzulande - sehr eigenständig in einer Klang- und Gefühlswelt, die von Bands wie Bright Eyes, Whitney und den Flaming Lips geprägt wurde. Im Songwriting hingegen fnden sich Parallelen zu frühen Alben von Coldplay oder Keane. Sönke sagt über sich selbst, er habe die Musik für eine lange Zeit verloren. Zu unserem Glück hat er sie – oder vielleicht auch sie ihn – wiederentdeckt. Im Oktober geht das low key orchestra zum ersten Mal in voller Bandbesetzung auf Tour.

Tickets: https://vvk.link/3omd9n4

20 Jahre KOBITO (Rap aus Berlin) & friends
Die Zusatzshow
https://kobitoberlin.bandcamp.com

Soli für Seapunks + No Nation Truck
https://seapunks.de
https://nonationtruck.org

nach 22:00: DJ Lenki Balboa (Dancehall/UK Garage/Breakbeats/HipHop...)

GOATBURNER - Unleashing the raw fury of death metal with a relentless, primal force. This dynamic duo merges savage, high-octane riffs, delivering a sound that's as catchy as it is merciless. Prepare for a sonicassault that’s brutal yet unforgettable, where every note burns with intensity and every beat drives deepinto the abyss.Formed in 2017, GOATBURNER, has been touring constantly around Europe and even in Brazil in 2023. They have shared stages with Mantar, Cryptic Hatred, NervoChaos, Warfuck, Test, Benighted, Barren Womb, Implore, Death Crusade and many other bands. The duo is currently writing their 3rd full-length album in between the tours while finalizing their collaboration album with experimental grind duoTest from Brazil. The band released their 2nd full length album "Fatal" in October 2023. Discography includes also "Timeto Burn" EP from 2018, "Extreme Conditions" LP from 2019 and "Danger" EP from 2022.

Meet M.O.R.A., a hardcore band from the darkest pits of Hellsinki, Finland. his mayhem machine fueled by its members love for the sport has managed to create a healthy amount of buzz in the Finnish/European scene and managed to play over 100 energy-ridden shows since 2008. heir style can be described as a mix of old and new school hardcore accompanied with two female vocalists. he original cast came to be in 2008 and played until 2014, ater which their irst singer and bass player started families and decided to retire from music. he current lineup has been active since 2015.Lyric-wise M.O.R.A. dabbles in themes such as substance abuse, depression, poverty and other positive phenomenons of our time. his pondering is not done in a very light hearted fashion as can be expected from a group hailing from one of the most suicidal nations in the world. Although delivering their verbal onslaught in Finnish M.O.R.A. has gained popularity outside Finland which stands proof of their appeal as a live band as well as the strength of their sound in general.M.O.R.A. has published two EPs and played over 100 shows since 2008, including three European tours and a mini tour of the Baltic region. A devotee of the DIY ethic since the beginning, M.O.R.A. is currently in the process of recording a new album which is planned to be released in summer 2017. Naturally touring is also in the plans for this group is all about exporting their unique brand of madness and meeting like minded people in the process.

M:Soundtrack Birthday Party with Feminist Jazz, Cinematic Funk & Sonic Resistance

On November 8 ·  M:Soundtrack x Little League Shows prst: Seoi Nage (cinematic kraut funk, mmbrs of Messer) +  So Sorry (indie-jazz, bln)  +   DJ TBA

On the occasion of M:Soundtrack’s birthday, curator and cultural connector Melissa Perales joins forces with Little League Shows to celebrate live music that pulses with soul, resistance, and narrative power.

This special edition features two genre-blurring bands that reflect Melissa’s long-standing commitment to soundtracks, feminism, and radical community-building:

So Sorry So Sorry is not an apology—but a feminist call to arms. A Berlin-based FLINTA* band blending indie, jazz, and groove, their concept of caring music flips genre expectations and demands space in the male-dominated jazz, funk, and fusion scenes. Their performances are warm, radical, and rhythmically bold—songs that sing, dance, and fight for queerness, empowerment, and joy.

If you think femininely socialized musicians only write ballads—you're invited to be joyfully proven wrong.

Seoi Nage – Cinematic kraut-funk from Münster.
Named after a classic judo throw and formed by musicians with martial arts backgrounds, Seoi Nage is an instrumental four-piece—delivering a genre-hopping tour de force. Think: martial arts cinema meets Italian giallo, sleazy car chases, and psychedelic noir. Their debut feels like the soundtrack to a cult film that never existed—full of swagger, funk, and suspense.

* Expect a night of narrative beats, sonic storytelling, and music as action. Curated by Melissa Perales, whose work sits at the intersection of cinema, sound, and social impact, and co-presented with Little League Shows—champions of Berlin’s underground.

The queer vegan shitpunks, Joe & The Shitboys, formed with the intention of calling out shitty behaviour in the conservative Faroe Islands, where the rock scene is filled with boneless homophobes and meat-eating misogynists - and continue to take their aim at general vibe killers everywhere.  

The live shows are full of energy, with a barrage of songs often under a minute long, like “Save The Planet You Dumb Shit”, "Life Is Great You Suck" and “If You Believe in Eating Meat Start With Your Dog”, being broken up by the flamboyant frontman roasting the audience relentlessly.  The band (Joe, Ziggy Shit, Johnny Shit and Ollie Shit) have played every type of venue there is; roof tops, public toilets, opening ceremonies for North Atlantic sub sea tunnels, museums and skateparks, and have also appeared on their fair share of major festival line ups around Europe and North America.

Hof: Local Support [hc punk] + Ben Racken [punk] + Tiny Doris [postpunk]
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Kneipe: Earth Logoff [analog weird industrial body music] + Schwindel [indiepunk] + Belt [noiserock]
& aftershow w/ djs pris V + fragil:stabil [post punk darkwave obscure 80s minimal synth shoegaze]
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Club der Polnischen Versager: Britania Theatre 'live' & after djs
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Keller: BSM BerlimStampfMusikant*innen [hard trance techno]
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TheaterFoyer: SchockTails & Glitter Floor w/ djs Elmo, Eggeschegge & Don Caribou [indie rock funk soul]

// ANGELIKA EXPRESS //
Indie-Punk aus Köln seit 2002
Punkrock, Pop und kaputte Poesie - fürs 10. Album KÖLN IST KAPUTT tigern die Indie-Punk-
Styler*innen durch die Abgründe ihrer Heimatstadt. Hier finden sie den Rohstoff für ihre
euphorischen Gassenhauer: Wut und Hoffnung, verpackt in krisenkillende Slogans voll
diskursiver Frische.
Robert, Annick und Tscherno nehmen uns mit auf eine hart rockende Revue durch Punk und
PowerPop und Indie. Zitat von Toter Hose Campino: "Hohes Tempo, gewaltige Energie, schöne
Melodien und jede Menge Texte zum Mitsingen."
Freuen wir uns auf begeisternde Bühnenpräsenz voll schrägem Enthusiasmus und schönster
Aggression. Auf dreckige Sex Pistols Gitarren, Slogans voll diskursiver Frische, stampfende
Pogo-Power. Freudestrahlende Gesichter quer durchs Publikum sind garantiert.