The first edition of the Feral Folk Festival, put on by Roxy Rawson in cooperation with Famous Gold Watch Studio, with support from Music Board Berlin and presented by indie.berlin, is set to become a feral fixture in your calendar as it displays the best in folk, folk-noir and indie and independent music in Berlin ..read more

Miles East has spent over a decade as a top-of-the-league and in-demand session drummer in New York City. But he’s much more than that: as his recent singles and brand new album show us, he’s also a craftsman of a songwriter with a delicate touch and a voice to match. We talked to him about ..read more

This week (11th and 12th September) sees the DUP Unternehmer Day become the Big Bang KI Festival. Everyone’s hopping on the AI bandwagon, it’s true – or at least talking about it – but at the same time various aspects of AI (catapulted into the limelight as of two years ago with the Rise of ..read more

Atomic Lobster is a band from the lively Stuttgart music scene, consisting of Ella Estrella Tischa (guitar/vocals), Daniel Herrmann (bass/vocals) and Armando Bleher (drums). Inspired by greats such as PJ Harvey and Radiohead, they have developed their own unmistakable sound. Their music, a skilful fusion of grunge with nuances of soul and trip-hop, pays tribute ..read more

Appearing at the 1st Edition of the Feral Folk Festival in collaboration with Roxy Rawson and Famous Gold Watch Studios, presented by indieBerlin, will be one of Berlin’s most mesmerising folk-noir artists, Lotta St. Joan. Lotta St Joan makes modern folk music for melancholic souls. Composing, producing and performing her songs since 2019, her music ..read more

indieRepublik: Tell us a little bit about your musical background 1amdonny:  My background comes from a mix of being in a church choir and taking piano lessons as a kid. I didn’t really do it for that long because I was more focused on basketball at the time. But once I realized I wasn’t growing and that basketball wasn’t going to be a route for me, music kind of popped up in front of me again, and the universe was like, “here you go.” My school built a studio, and I was in there almost every single day, writing songs for people. My dad even helped me as well. I was just writing for other ..read more

With plenty more insanely good songs coming out from the indie landscape, we’ve listened carefully and found our darlings for this week: here they are… This Time for Real In the heart of Hamburg’s underground scene, This Time For Real emerges as a raw, unapologetic force, wielding pop-punk like a weapon against the superficiality of our times. Their latest single, “Without You,” is a gut-punch of emotion wrapped in a catchy-as-hell melody that would make Blink-182 proud. These hometown heroes – Gerrit Skott on drums, Philipp Ebener slapping the bass, Arne Thamer shredding guitar, and Fee van ..read more

Nilipek., a singer-songwriter from Turkey, released her fourth album, “Uydurdugumuz Oyunlarla,” in May 2024.  Nilipek.is known for blending complex emotions with poetic Turkish lyrics and her soft voice with minimalist, yet compelling arrangements. Her debut album, “Sabah,” was one of the best albums of 2015. Since then, Nilipek. has continued to shape the Turkish alternative music scene with her unique arrangements and vocal style. The album consists of a total of 11 tracks and thousands of feelings: “Regretting, questioning, independence, lies, burning …”  Yalan Söyledik (We Lied ..read more

Aqualine are a young indie band from Guildford, UK who have developed their own unique sound that mixes lofi rap, electro indie and shoegaze in a way that’s all their own. With their new video and single ‘Tomb’ they’re staking their claim to be the next UK breakout indie band. indieRepublik: How did you come up with the name Aqualine? Aqualine: From the beginning, we always had a dreamy floaty sound, and the theme of water seemed to capture the way we flow between genres in a kind of borderless state. Although we have developed to have a grungier sound, we have kept that ethereal quality and m ..read more

Vinyl Floor are one of the smorgasbord of great Scandinavian bands (how do they do that? Is it the exorbitant price of alcohol and the darkness??) with an authentic feel for some deeper level of the Americana vibe. We listened to them and loved what we heard so we decided to ask them some questions… indieRepublik: How did you come up with the name Vinyl Floor? Thomas Charlie Pedersen: My brother lives in an apartment on the 1’st floor. He has a lot of vinyl records and I think one day I just jokingly referred to his floor as being ‘the vinyl floor’. Simple as that. It doesn’t really mean anyth ..read more