It really is a rather fantastic line up the good lads over at Reeperbahn Festival have put together this year. One of the great names not to miss is Sway Clarke II. Sort of neo-soul and a voice that gives you goose bumps. Born in Toronto and now based in Berlin for several years, he actually played Reeperbahn Festival a couple of years ago. Now, this year, with a major label deal under his wings, Sway is set to return strong and ferociously and with an album to drop before Christmas.
Attached below is his latest video Secret Garden feat. Tink. Beautiful. Sway will be playing Mojo Club on Friday, 22h05.
One not to miss at Reeperbahn Festival next week will be british ensemble Nimmo & The Gauntletts. And while the official festival booklet claims they only have two singles out, avid Poule d’Or followers will surely remember their debut EP Young Lights that came out in 2011. And the song Chin Up they shared for the tenth Poule d’Or compilation. However, since then, the group around singers Sarah Nimmo and Reva Gauntlett have had a single out on French uber label Kitsuné and also claimed a major record deal. They are set to rule the world, at least. Two singles trickled out of their studio and whenever they play a show in their home base London it is usually sold out quite fast. So, these guys will be one you want to check out while they still play the cozy venues. Cheers to that, Reeperbahn Festival.
Nimmo & The Gauntletts are playing Prinzenbar on Friday, 20h00. Attached below is Others, out on Kitsuné.
Another british hot tip turned sensation waiting to be rocking the stage at Reeperbahn Festival next week: Blaenavon. The trio has been floating around the good old interwebs for some time and it feels like the stages they play keep getting bigger.. again, you gotta love Reeperbahn Festival for booking these kinds of bands. Blaenavon play a very fine, british indie pop with somewhat surfy attitudes.
Attached below is Prague off their EP Koso that was out last year. Blaenavon are playing Terrace Hill on Saturday, 21h20.
If more than 200 bands and four days of music in bars, clubs, theatres and concert halls sound like something you could see yourself interested in – good news! Hamburg’s prestigious Reeperbahn Festival is going down next week, September 17-20. And really, the line-up couldn’t be much nicer this year. While lacking a monster head liner, sort of, the festival neatly follows its tradition of bringing together the young faces and newcomers giving them a stage and a hungry audience.
The first pick Team Poule would like to direct your attention on is Hamburgs own Aron Pfeil. Melodic rock, very poppy, very radio and very new. Attached is his song Feels Like Home. Catch him play at record store Hanseplatte on Saturday 21h00 for those Rob Fleming vibes. Look out for a debut album in spring.
Red hot new this one. Danish Californian super duo The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen released today the first video off their upcoming debut album. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen are rapper Note from San Diego and producer Simon of When Saints Go Machine fame. And funnily enough the two only met for the first time in 2012 – after having made music together for five years and releasing an EP on Tambourhinoceros.
For the creative journey of producing their new album the two were closely followed by Danish film makers KnockKnock for the purpose of a documentary movie. A teaser was released in May for SPOT Festival – which also was their first European gig.
Attached above is their latest video Replay by 73collective – featuring music off their album.
September is here! And this week, from Wednesday 3rd to Friday 5th, the lovely love birds of Nordic by Nature and Our/Berlin play host to their very own Our/Berlin Music Week as part of Berlin Music Week. Three days, filled with cold beverages, excellent catering, and of course loads of musical cherries waiting to be picked. One of the more than fifteen bands that are going to play are Göteborg’s DNKL – dark electronic sort spheric pop. Intense.
DNKL are playing Thursday at 8, just after old vagabond Dinner. Also look forward to Adna, Sandra Kolstad, Henrik José and really only the finest of what Scandinavia has to offer. Our/Berlin Music Week starts Wednesday at 3 at Oberhafenkantine.
Connect on facebook, listen to the entire line-up here.
