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Pop-Kultur Festival Berlin, August 26: A Night of Sound, Light and Other Worlds
Our first day at Pop-Kultur Festival takes us through experimental performances, unexpected sounds, and different worlds of music at silent green. Poster by Pop-Kultur Festival 2026 The first thing I noticed at Kino Arsenal was the silence. The room was properly filled, but nobody seemed particularly interested in talking. Instead, the audience appeared almost paralyzed by what was happening in front of them. A cello, flute, guitar and voice were surrounded by electronic soun
Anne
1 hour ago5 min read
The artist behind the music.
Sesame Girl: Finding Something Real in the Softness
Dreamy guitars, honest feelings and the memories behind Sesame Girl’s new EP Interview Feature There’s something very personal about the way Sesame Girl write. Their new EP, "Butterfly Wing in a Silver Locket", holds onto memories, friendship, insecurity and love without trying to make any of them bigger than they are. Instead, the Australian band lets those feelings sit alongside dreamy guitars, fuzz and softer moments, giving the songs enough room to breathe. Photo credit:
Anne
5 days ago9 min read
Artist of the Week: Dummy
Album Art by Dummy This week’s Artist of the Week is Dummy. The Los Angeles band are entering a new chapter with "do you love the color of the sky?" (out 16th of October), their first album for Polyvinyl Record Co. and their follow-up to 2024’s "Free Energy". Where that record drew from the optimism of Madchester and rave culture, the new album moves into a more uncertain space, bringing together post-rock, drone and bright pop influences without losing the restless character
Anne
Aug 142 min read
Dummy - "Full Spectrum Dominance" Is a Lot More Human Than It Sounds
Distorted guitars, restless synths and a song that somehow manages to put everything in the same room. Artist Feature | New Release “Full Spectrum Dominance” doesn't ease you into Dummy's new era. It starts with distorted guitars, then immediately puts a synth pattern right at the front of the mix. The pattern keeps returning throughout the song, almost like an anchor, while everything around it continues to change. Site note: I initially heard far more synthesizers in this t
Anne
Aug 133 min read
New music, heard first.
On This Track: Midweek Listening #6
Five new discoveries spanning indie dance, punk history, strange synths and folk. Five releases, five very different ways of looking at music. This week's On This Track Midweek Listening 6 moves from Friendly Fires' first new music in seven years to Basement's hard-won return, then steps outside the usual song format with Naomi Petersen's newly announced photography book. From there, Studio G takes us somewhere considerably stranger before Steve & Ginie Jackson bring things b
Raven
18 hours ago6 min read
Three tracks. One week. No skips.
Three Track Week #31: From Hypnotic Alternative to Melodic Rock
Three songs that build momentum in completely different ways This week’s Three Track Week 31 moves between hypnotic alternative, driving Southern rock and melodic emo. Samuel Virgo keeps things stripped back on “ICU”, NorthFork bring the energy with the hook-heavy “Last Call”, while Time Spent Driving build “The Red Dress” around warm guitars, strong vocals and a steadily growing arrangement. This week's tracks are available in our playlist INDIENOXZINE | Selections, updated
Raven
4 days ago8 min read
Music, identity and culture - thought through.
Punkfilmfest Berlin - “GENERATION Y PUNK”
Did the Internet Kill Punk? “Generation Y Punk” Looks Back at a Subculture in Transition Punk has been declared dead countless times. For the generation that entered the scene around the turn of the millennium, one of its biggest changes came from somewhere unexpected: the internet. "Generation Y Punk – Update einer Subkultur" looks at German DIY punk between 2000 and 2020 and asks what happened when a scene built on personal connections, fanzines and self-organization sudden
Anne
3 days ago4 min read
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Pop-Kultur Festival Berlin, August 26: A Night of Sound, Light and Other Worlds
Our first day at Pop-Kultur Festival takes us through experimental performances, unexpected sounds, and different worlds of music at silent green. Poster by Pop-Kultur Festival 2026 The first thing I noticed at Kino Arsenal was the silence. The room was properly filled, but nobody seemed particularly interested in talking. Instead, the audience appeared almost paralyzed by what was happening in front of them. A cello, flute, guitar and voice were surrounded by electronic soun
Anne
1 hour ago5 min read
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Human Imperfection as Protest: The Lovekiller Release “Stop Prompt Music”
A dark rock duo from Düsseldorf releases “Stop Prompt Music” as a statement on AI, creativity, and the value of human imperfection. Photo by Patrick Jelen Düsseldorf-based alternative dark rock duo The Lovekiller have released “Stop Prompt Music,” a track positioned less as a conventional single and more as a direct statement about the growing role of artificial intelligence in music creation. According to the band, the release responds to what they see as an industry incre
Editorial Staff
Mar 62 min read
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