Berlin

Rising Techno Star Troy Pierce Plays Space's Loft on Saturday

Loco Dice and Anja Schneider

The Baader Meinhof Complex a Hectic Docudrama

Electro Provocateur Peaches Gets Even Spicier With New Album I Feel Cream

Soul Men

Concert review: Dexter Romweber and Ben Prestage at Propaganda.

Around the World in 80 Decibels

Tour diary: Otto von Schirach and Notorious Nastie do Europe.

New in Film: A Woman in Berlin, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Jennifer's Body, The Burning Plain, and Flame & Citron

Skies Above, Seas Below

The Swedish producer known as the Field returns with more open techno expanses.

Conscience of a Rock Star

Living Things bring their socially driven power-pop punk to Culture Room.

Kruder & Dorfmeister

Bail Out This Movie

The International's assets are troubled indeed.

Q&A with Konrad Black, Playing at Glass This Saturday

In the murky underworld of minimal techno, Todd Shillington a.k.a. Konrad Black has made a name for himself through perseverance and continuous innovation. A highly sought-after producer and remixer, this Vancouver native now operates out of the seminal Berlin scene and his Wagon Repair label has e ... More >>

Valentine's EDM Lowdown

Valentine's doesn't come around on a Saturday very often, making this year's an ideal reason for EDM lovers to consummate their love on a dancefloor somewhere (as if we needed an excuse on Saturday nights anyways.) Here's a lowdown of some choice shows happening around town that night, which should ... More >>

Sammy Dee Plays Glass on Friday

The peeps from Safe have hit the ground running this new year it seems, what with them booking international techno magnate Konrad Black for Valentine's at Glass, in addition to Sammy Dee this Friday night at the same venue. Hailing from Berlin (big surprise) Mr. Dee is a scene veteran who has been ... More >>

On The List - New Trend Alert Edition

With the economy going way south, it seems like the nightlife industry is starting to implement new business tactics. Bottle service is surely going the way of the dinosaur, and the industry knows if it's going to survive its got to find untapped market.Enter in the downtown hipster promoters.Often ... More >>

Pornograph Presents Touane Live at Blue on Saturday

Here's something for minimal techno lovers (perhaps it'll cool down enough this weekend for a scarf?). This Saturday at everybody's favorite micro-dance-club, Blue, Pornograph Events presents a live P.A. by the Berlin-based producer Touane. Born Marco Tonni in Rimini, Italy, he escaped his commerci ... More >>

Top Dance Albums of 2008

Any knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive house tracks (from d ... More >>

M.A.N.D.Y. at Circa 28 on Saturday

Round Black Ghosts

On the List - Klever, Dixon, Techno Sluts, The Glimmers and Kaskade

New Venues: The King Is Dead, (305) Music Lounge Open This Weekend

Let the Games Begin: The Art of Competition and Just Plain Fun

WMC Preview: Q&A with Anja Schneider

W.M.C. Preview: Q&A with M.A.N.D.Y.!

Beirbrunnen Pub

Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

Cactus in Winter

Live a little, die a little, molt a little, then live a little. Got it?

The Good East German

AKA: When your hero is a Stasi spy

Best Damn Movies of 2006

And why nearly all you'll see in 2007 is sequels, prequels, and threequels

Nostalgia Trip

Steven Soderbergh tries, and largely fails, to make 'em like they used to

Nostalgia Trip

Steven Soderbergh tries, and largely fails, to make 'em like they used to

Boca as Berlin

Although impossibly young, the actors in this FAU production pull off an old subject beautifully.

Prince

3121 (Universal)

Beat Happens

Rogue Scholar

Talkin' Pagan Christs with Glenn Danzig.

Best Local Artist

Enrique Martínez Celaya

Artbeat

Capsule reviews of current area art exhibitions.

The Go Find

Miami (Morr)

Ulrich Schnauss

A Strangely Isolated Place (Domino)

Co-Motion

Lenin Grads

A sweet German film pokes fun at East Berlin life after communism

T. Raumschmiere

Radio Blackout (Novamute)

The Smell of Punk

Livin' it up with Die Stinkin

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Catered to Death

A hard-charging wheeler-dealer, a catering perfectionist, and a bitterly dissatisfied wife -- it was a lethal mix

Burnt Friedman & the Nu Dub Players

Can't Cool (Nonplace)

Waiting for a Living

Puttin' the coffee on the table -- it's a lot more complicated than it looks

Los Super Seven

Canto (Columbia/Legacy)

Ute Lemper

Punishing Kiss (Decca/Universal)

Ich Bin Ein Camera

I Am a Camera