April 2013

  • Win tickets to Pelagic Fest, Berlin’s prog metal masterclass

    By Mike T West. Scheisse! We’ve barely had time to recover from the decadent sludge-gasm that was Desertfest before we once again don our capes for Pelagic Fest, an entire evening dedicated to pure European progessive metal. HEADBANGERS AND MUSIC GEEKS UNITE! On Friday May 10th, Berlin-based Pelagic Records are presenting the majority of their…

  • Music Montag: Blake Worrell

    Blake Worrell describes his concerts as “Mad Max meets Alice in Wonderland”, but the man himself is more like Chilly G-meets-Papa Lazarou. The Berlin-based Los Angeleno previously created, wrote and performed as the 10-piece muppet hip hop collective Puppetmastaz, and now he’s inhabiting his own cartoon character, with his second solo album The Beast Within. The…

  • Chipps Deluxe

    Chipps holds a special place in our hearts, as the first decent brunch spot we found in Berlin, and the team (also behind Cookies club and Cookies Cream restaurant) has recently extended its daytime offerings into the evening. Chipps Deluxe is a set menu of four delicious courses, presented with optional matched wines, and with…

  • Music Montag: Joy Division

    Wow guys, thanks for coming out to BLOG LOVE IS CREW LOVE last Friday. Shit was Off. The. Chain. This week I’m DJing AGAIN (sorry!), but at a very different kind of party: Feeling Gloomy Berlin,  ”the club that brings a tear to your eye.” I’m going to be playing Madchester classics, from New Order…

  • Daily Deutsch Doodle: Hasenbrot

    by Mariana, a miserável Daily Deutsch Doodles are a series of illustrations based on contributions to the #dailydeutsch Twitter hashtag, aimed at helping people trying to learn German. Hasenbrot by Mariana, a miserável, a Portuguese artist whose solo showroom exhibition opens today at idrawalot gallery in Neukölln (event details). Hasenbrot translates into “bunny bread” or “hare…