w/ DIE FREMDEN HÄNDE Brezel Göring – die Grand Dame des Berliner Chansons bzw. des Chansons Kaputt, die funkelnde Punkprinzessin Kreuzbergs, die mit Glamour und anarchistischem Humor wie eine Flipperkugel an jeder musikalischen Erwartungshaltung abprallt – wechselt spielerisch und meisterhaft zwischen unzähligen Genres und saust ungebremst von einer Attraktion zur nächsten! Wo auf dem Vorgängeralbum Psychoanalyse Volume 2 Fragenzeichen den Plattenrücken zierten, müssten es hier eigentlich Ausrufezeichen tun, denn die Platte hat Schmiss, ist mitreißend, temporeich, macht gute Laune, ist sehr verspielt und extrem facettenreich. Vor allem ist sie extrem. Thematisch, lyrisch und musikalisch. Es finden sich Referenzen zu Klassik, japanischen Blues, Diskomusik, Punk, Hiphop und natürlich französischen Chansons. Friedhof der Moral ist ein musikalisches Feuerwerk, sprachgewaltig, voller filmischer Kurzszenen und bringt unsere Synapsen zum Glühen.

Dÿse, that's Jarii van Gohl and Andrej Dietrich. One should not waste time on their founding story, case in point, is probably not true anyway. You can find rather questionable legends about the meeting of the two with a quick search on Wikipedia. Everything sounds more like sailor's yarn instead of reliable hard facts. They have always preferred a good story to music-historical information, says Andrej Dietrich apologetically. But it doesn't really look like he's sorry about that in particular. Why should he be?

Dÿse, that's Jarii van Gohl and Andrej Dietrich. One should not waste time on their founding story, case in point, is probably not true anyway. You can find rather questionable legends about the meeting of the two with a quick search on Wikipedia. Everything sounds more like sailor's yarn instead of reliable hard facts. They have always preferred a good story to music-historical information, says Andrej Dietrich apologetically. But it doesn't really look like he's sorry about that in particular. Why should he be?

w/ ANDREW COLLBERG Co-founded by Detroit natives Rahill Jamalifard and Lenny Lynch, Habibi got its start in Brooklyn in 2011, earning early raves everywhere from Pitchfork and NME to All Things Considered and The New Yorker, who praised the band for infusing “the Colgate-white glisten of sixties-girl-group pop with an uncensored edge.” Dreamachine, Habibi’s mesmerizing new record releasing on Kill Rock Stars, marks a major sonic evolution for the band, rising beyond the critically acclaimed five-piece’s garage rock roots to arrive at a singular swirl of analog and digital elements that underpin their search for spiritual and physical transcendence.

In 2024 wird das selbstbetitelte Debütalbum der Hamburger Band „Trümmer“ 10 Jahre alt. Dieses Jubiläum nimmt die Band zum Anlass, um ausgiebigst mit ihren Fans zu feiern und sich auf „10 Jahre Trümmer“ - Tour zu begeben. Kurzer Rückblick: 2012 gründen sich TRÜMMER auf St. Pauli und mischen Hamburger Schule mit New Yorker Punk und britischem Indie. TRÜMMER werden dabei jedoch keine nostalgische Stimmung aufkommen lassen, sondern Songs aus allen drei Alben TRÜMMER (2014), INTERZONE (2015) und FRÜHER WAR GESTERN (2021) spielen.

w/ TOM ASHFORTH Stella Rose introduced her debut album “Eyes of Glass” in 2023 on the heels of two well-received singles, ‘Muddled Man’ and ‘Angel’, establishing her as a poetic force and powerful singer. “Passionate and dissolute, ‘Muddled Man’ recalls Nick Cave at his Biblical best” (Clash). Its opposing reflection, ‘Angel’ with “warm, folksy croon swells into a room-filling climax” (Paper Magazine).

w/ TIFLIS TRANSIT Six years have passed since their last long player «Du bist so symmetrisch» and you’ll hear they’ve come a long way. «Io tu il loro» was written over two weeks in a cabin at the very end of a remote Swiss valley. Pretty much at the same place, Klaus Johann Grobe came up with their whole «Im Sinne der Zeit» LP in 2014. What started out as making music again quickly turned into making a record. Once decided, the whole thing was finished rather quickly and recorded once again at David Langhards Dala Studio at the end of 2022.

Pom Pom Squad is the musical project of queer, multi-racial artist, Mia Berrin. Born in New York
and bounced from town to town through her childhood, the project was born from a feeling of
displacement. As a young black, Puerto Rican, woman growing up in predominantly white spaces, she found an escape through her love of music and film. Consuming everything from the candy colors and synth-pop of Heathers to the pastels and gloomy mellotron of The Virgin Suicides; John Waters’s campy, sleazy take on suburbia to David Lynch’s surreal one – and in the process, gained a particular appreciation for the heady mix of music and visuals. Starting in the New York DIY scene as a grunge act, Pom Pom Squad has since developed a unique sonic tapestry, incorporating Berrin’s love of modern pop, lofty orchestral arrangements, and confessional songwriting.

w/ FRANKIE’S STRANGE MACHINE Founded in California and based in Brooklyn, the Mystery Lights play psychedelia-infused garage rock with a deep reverence for the sounds of the '60s but with a dash of contemporary cleverness and plenty of spirit. Full of guitars simmering in fuzz and reverb, vocals that plead or taunt, melodies that are both driving and trippy, and an abundance of lysergic sound effects, the group made their recording debut with 2009's Teenage Catgirls & the Mystery Lightshow, but they reached a larger audience with 2016's The Mystery Lights on Daptone Records’ imprint Wick. 

w/ LIIEK Obwohl es den heutigen Gepflogenheiten entspricht, alte Jamba Klingelton-Erfolge auf Platten zu pressen, damit bärtige Mainzer mit COMPTON Mützen schreiben können, die Musik an sich sei neu erfunden worden, gibt es anscheinend noch ein paar Menschen, die vom heutigen Zeitgeist nichts mitbekommen haben oder wollen. Klanglich wird auf der neuen Platte der VERLIERER nämlich an eine fast vergessene Spielart des Versagertums erinnert: die des arbeitsverweigernden Untergrund-Rock der zerfallenden DDR. Die meisten Lieder klingen, als hätten ein Paar „Asoziale Elemente“ ihre Instrumente direkt an die betriebseigene Anlage des „VEB Waggonkosmetik“ gestöpselt. Nur die Texte, vorgetragen über einen handelsüblichen „Schwarzen Teufel“ der Firma RFT, holen einen zurück in die erbärmliche Gegenwart.

Am 16. Oktober präsentieren popanz und süperdisko im Bumann & Sohn ein außergewöhnliches Konzert-Event mit Aftershowparty - Musikalische Vielfalt, innovative Sounds und die kreative Verschmelzung unterschiedlichster kultureller sowie pop- und subkultureller Einflüsse: Headliner Kit Sebastian, das Londoner Duo bestehend aus Kit Martin und Merve Erdem, haben gerade auf Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder Label ihr Album ‘New Internationale’ veröffentlicht und machen auf ihrer Europa Tour einen Stopp in Köln. Local Support Güldeste präsentiert endlich ihre mit Spannung erwartete erste Solo EP ´Fruit Cake´ (süperdisko records). Einen Vorgeschmack gab es bereits im April dieses Jahres als Local Support im Club Volta Köln für Lalalar aus Istanbul. Warm up und Aftershowparty mit süperdisko kollektiv und Special Guest Elias Agogo, Oakland, Kalifornien.

Fat Dog are one of London’s most exciting new bands, conjuring the sort of frenzied and wild live shows not seen in the capital for years. Their debut album WOOF. is a brilliant and mind-bending blend of electro-punk, rock’n’roll snarling, techno soundscapes, industrial-pop and rave euphoria, music for letting go to or, in the words of frontman Joe Love, “screaming-into-a-pillow music”.

w/ ACUA The music is both fresh and familiar, sonically inspired by his penchant for early 70s production and creatively propelled by the free-spirited process depicted in the Beatles documentary Get Back, as well as his urge to let go. “I spend so much time trying to make perfect recordings for everyone else,” Evian remarks, “So it was a slight act of rebellion to make something wild and kind of fucked up for myself.”

Für zwei Shows bringt Bruno Kawelke seine Debüt EP „Jede Welle fotografieren“ ins Bumann & Sohn - und Freundinnen und Freunde mit auf die Bühne, die mit ihm die Geschichten zwischen den Songs erzählen. Denn „Jede Welle fotografieren“  ist der zum Scheitern verurteilte Versuch, alle Momente des Lebens festzuhalten, die Gesamtheit der tragischen, schönen, berührenden, aufwühlenden Geschichten der Welt zu fassen.  

w/ SHE-DOG Auf ihrem neuen Album "Speisekammer des Weltendes" beleuchten Erregung Öffentlicher Erregung die menschliche Existenz im Postkapitalismus und fassen diese immer wieder in kulinarische Metaphern. Zwischen den Stücken taucht unter anderem die Frage auf: Wie gestalten sich Genuss und Freizeit im Angesicht der drohenden Apokalypse? Dieses Spannungsfeld spiegelt sich auch musikalisch wider; mit Stücken, die den Abriss feiern, und solchen, die den Zerfall beklagen.

w/ THE SUN SET A psych groove instrumental trio you want to take home to meet your girlfriend’s dad. Treat yourself to a Goblyn-guided journey through time and space with this Berlin/Amsterdam based marvel. Drawing influence from a wide-world of music including Kikagaku Moyo, The Meters, Khruangbin and CAN, the fellas are always sharing new sounds and ideas. This shines through in their upcoming and exciting debut full length “Hunki Bobo”, hot on heels the of the success of last year’s EP “This Is Spaghettification”.

Für zwei Shows bringt Bruno Kawelke seine Debüt EP „Jede Welle fotografieren“ ins Bumann & Sohn - und Freundinnen und Freunde mit auf die Bühne, die mit ihm die Geschichten zwischen den Songs erzählen. Denn „Jede Welle fotografieren“  ist der zum Scheitern verurteilte Versuch, alle Momente des Lebens festzuhalten, die Gesamtheit der tragischen, schönen, berührenden, aufwühlenden Geschichten der Welt zu fassen.  

w/ THE KLITTENS Taken from a thematic series of songs with the same title, Cultural Consumer I and II both appear on their new album too, Cultural Consumer III is melodic and direct, with lyrics set inside of a car and all the familiarity of a lost classic. The choppy guitar and bass riffing was designed to evoke the breezy feeling of the great rock and roll car songs of the past, with "No Particular Place to Go" by Chuck Berry and "Roadrunner" by Modern Lovers as key reference points.

w/ THE RED FLAGS RVG’s highly-anticipated third album is named Brain Worms for the hyper-recognisable experience of, each day, baring witness to a world of private obsessions being aired out in the infinite. This is the most confident RVG have felt. They’ve moved past their influences, pushed themselves, and tried new things. And they have made a record they can, by all accounts, call their best.

w/ CLOTHING The first iteration of Crack Cloud was formed nearly a decade ago as a proxy-rehab outlet on the fringes of Calgary, where two EPs and their accompanying visual pieces were created during this time. By 2017, several members had relocated to Vancouver. It was after the move that the band produced their astounding 2020 album Pain Olympics, and their 2022 follow up, Tough Baby. All at once, their vision became expansive, cinematic, and precarious. Now, their third full-length studio album, Red Mile, acts as both a tribute and a homecoming. Red Mile’s eight anthems expand, wind and fold in on themselves in equal measure. They deploy gorgeous string sections, desert psych, sax blasts, group chants and punk snarls. In one moment, “Blue Kite” might recall Richard Hell; in the very next ‘Paris 1919.’ Crack Cloud’s Red Mile is a rock record – one made by people who know exactly how much that can mean.

w/ GRIMSON »Am I trapped inside a movie?« »Did I hear this song years ago in a dream?« listeners of Roar may ask. No, be still your delusions. It’s just Mr. Evans, who has a knack for writing emotive melodies and skillful arrangements evocative of the times of yore. 

w/ ÄDWUD “The music of Atlanta trio Omni has always swung fast and hit hard. And Souvenir, their fourth album and second for Sub Pop, packs their biggest punch yet. Inactive during the majority of the pandemic–the longest downtime in their history–they approached this recording with lots of pent-up energy. Guitarist Frankie Broyles, singer/bassist Philip Frobos, and drummer Chris Yonker converted their creative fuel into sharp, driving songs that land immediately, sporting chopping riffs, staccato beats, and wiry melodies.

w/ BARRIO COLETTE “I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.” With a credo adapted from science fiction author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist and songwriter Shana Cleveland learns to embrace a changing world with unconditional love on News of the Universe, the new full-length from California rock band La Luz.

ie belgische E-Bassistin und Klangkünstlerin Farida Amadou tauchte Mitte der 2010er-Jahre in die Improvisationsszene Belgiens ein. Nach einem Jahr als Bassistin in der Punkband Cocain Piss konzentrierte sie sich ab 2018 auf ihre Solo-Improvisationspraxis und arbeitete mit Musiker*innen wie Thurston Moore, Peter Brötzmann, Terrie Ex oder der Poetin und Sängerin Camae Ayewa aka Moor Mother. Amadou experimentiert mit Drones und Noise-Elementen sowie Lautsprecher-Rückkoppelungen

Liturgy is the project of Hunter Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix, whose yearning, energetic “transcendental black metal” exists in the space between metal, experimental, classical music and sacred ritual. The band is simultaneously a platform for fine art and theology. 

w. FAKOMA Children of Finland Fighting in Norway (C.O.F.F.I.N) are a hard biting four piece rock & roll band hailing from the ocean shores of Sydney Australia, featuring a lead vocalist on drums. Their energetic and addictive live shows combined with their lyrical activism and howling guitars has seen C.O.F.F.I.N meticulously carve out their own corner in Australia’s alternative music scene, and gained them a passionate following globally.

GÜNER KÜNIER / Berlin, Flirt99 #synthwave #post-punk #lofi #psych
DICK MOVE / Auckland NZ, 1:12 #socialist-punk #garage #rock’n’roll
COSEY MUELLER / Berlin, Static Shock #minimal #wave #synthpunk #NDW
ADULTZ / Duisburg #punk #rock #grunge

Emily Massey (vocals/guitar), Henry Stoehr (guitar/producer), Teddy Mathews (drums), and Alex Leeds (bass) have an electric chemistry, one that allows them to nimbly reach new sonic heights across their new album Yard. Building upon the sticky hooks and dreamy rock seen in their earlier music, Yard crafts together a bigger sound. Through listless guitar, weepy americana, a raw-to-the-bone piano ballad, and belt-along worthy pop-punk, they tackle themes of isolation and the process of learning to be comfortable with yourself, along with the importance of learning to trust, love, and lean on others.

w/ TOM TASCHENMESSER Seit über zehn Jahren veröffentlicht die 1985 geborene Katharina Kollmann bereits Musik unter dem Namen Lake Felix. 2017 begann sie darüber hinaus, Songs unter dem Moniker Nichtseattle zu schreiben, erstmals in deutscher Sprache. Nichtseattle: ein Name wie eine Metapher für einen Ort, von dem man stammt bzw. eben nicht stammt oder für einen, der nur in der eigenen Fantasie existiert. Sagt Kollmann: „Man könnte genauso gut auch Nichtamerika, Nichtfilm oder Nichtzukunft sagen.“

w/ MEAGRE MARTIN Chastity Belt is a real band formed in Walla Walla, WA by Julia Shapiro (guitar, vocals), Lydia Lund (guitar), Annie Truscott (bass), and Gretchen Grimm (drums), now residing in Seattle, WA and Los Angeles, CA. Chastity Belt's fifth studio album, 'Live Laugh Love' is out March 29, 2024.