Music Inside the Mind of Gaff-E We speak with the formidable MC ahead of her LOLA party performance Posted on November 13, 2019
Music Song Premiere: Eilis Frawley ‘Illusions’ The Berlin-based percussionist's debut single is a delicious slice of avant-garde pop Posted on October 23, 2019
Music Introducing: Nansea The genre-bending purveyor of queer chamber-pop Posted on August 30, 2019September 4, 2019
Music Label of Love: Disco Halal Moscoman's influential imprint Posted on August 7, 2019August 12, 2019
Music Brown Clouds Clearing Fat White Family’s Scintillating Turnaround Posted on May 28, 2019May 28, 2019
Music Rebuilding the Inner City Kevin Saunderson brings his son to the fore in new line-up Posted on May 8, 2019May 9, 2019
Music “Do what you love every day” The mantra that fuels DJ/producer and Disco Halal boss Moscoman Posted on April 26, 2019April 27, 2019
Music When life gives you lemons, start a record label Meet Lemon Test, the imprint putting its own twist on electronica Posted on April 25, 2019
Music Ducks! Things That Were Lost track-by-track A sneak preview of their brand new album Posted on March 26, 2019
Music The LOLA Guide to Maerz Musik 2019 Our top picks for year five of the diverse and experimental festival Posted on March 24, 2019March 24, 2019
Music Sounds of Berlin #1 Ryan Rosell from The Chop on the Berlin releases he is digging right now Posted on March 5, 2019March 5, 2019
Music Behind The Iron Curtis The Berlin-based electronic artist channeling melancholy and ambiguity Posted on January 15, 2019January 15, 2019
Music Coming to Town: Iceage The Danish punk upstarts are back Posted on November 27, 2018November 27, 2018
Music Coming to Town: Villagers In conversation with the inimitable Irish troubadour Posted on October 31, 2018October 31, 2018
Music Song Premiere: Ducks! unveil ‘Pinprick In’ Berlin's finest electropop duo drop stellar new single Posted on October 11, 2018
Music Coming to Town: Suede Brett Anderson on being an outsider and the beauty of the blue hour Posted on September 25, 2018October 29, 2018
Music WHOLE Lotta Love The team behind Europe’s first queer festival open up ahead of highly anticipated second edition Posted on August 20, 2018August 20, 2018
Music The LOLA Guide to Pop-Kultur Festival 2018 Our top selections from the three-day smorgasbord of happenings Posted on July 31, 2018July 31, 2018
Music Snapshot: Torstraßen Festival 2018 The choice highlights from this year’s TSF Posted on June 19, 2018June 19, 2018
Music Label of Love: Project Mooncircle The Berlin imprint with fifteen years of outer-space exploration Posted on June 1, 2018June 1, 2018
Music Coming to Town: Mick Harvey Honoring the artistic influence of Serge Gainsbourg, 90 years later Posted on May 9, 2018
Music LOLA Recommends: Gigs in April We List Our Unmissable Gigs of the Month Posted on April 6, 2018April 24, 2019
Music Video Premiere: Adventure Team ‘Family Matters’ The Berlin-based slacker indie trio drop debut album and single Posted on March 13, 2018May 4, 2018
Music LOLA Recommends: Gigs in March We List Our Unmissable Gigs of the Month Posted on March 7, 2018March 7, 2018
Music Coming to Town: Jen Cloher The Australian singer-songwriter on her deeply personal new album Posted on February 22, 2018February 22, 2018
Music Coming to Town: Steven Wilson We talk pop, truth, and artistic freedom with the musician and songwriter Posted on February 14, 2018February 14, 2018
Music Young Syrians Rapping for Revolution Syrian rapper and activist Mohammad Abu Hajar on fighting authoritarianism Posted on January 19, 2018January 19, 2018
Music Coming to Town: Liima We talk dystopian futures and eighties childhoods ahead of their Berlin gig Posted on January 17, 2018
Music LOLA Recommends: Gigs in December We List Our Unmissable Gigs of the Month Posted on December 4, 2017January 10, 2018
Music Song Premiere: Luckless, So Talk (Ducks! Spinning Circles Remix) A first listen to the collaborative dreamy disco remix Posted on November 23, 2017
Music Five Berlin Artists You Need to See at Loop LOLA's top tips for this weekend's festival Posted on November 9, 2017November 9, 2017
Music Copy, Paste, Delete, Repeat Romano's genre-fluid journey through music Posted on November 8, 2017November 8, 2017
Music EP Premiere: Bonnie Li ‘Plane Crash’ Dark and bewitching melodies abound Posted on November 4, 2017November 4, 2017
Music Getting To Know: Sarah Walk The singer–songwriter on her powerful debut album Posted on October 19, 2017
Music Video Premiere: Hior Chronik ‘Whispers From The Surface Of A Lake’ A dreamlike concoction of ambiance, drone, and harmonics Posted on October 13, 2017
Music Song Premiere: KOY ‘RUN’ Did someone say 'electronic mermaid witchcraft'? Posted on October 12, 2017
Music Coming to Town: The Black Angels Frontman Alex Maas talks Trump, psychedelics, and the confusion of our times Posted on September 29, 2017
Music Ostpunk Never Dies Henryk Gericke on what it meant to be a punk in East Germany Posted on August 23, 2017August 22, 2019
Music BIMM’s Class of 2017 An album of Berlin’s up-and-coming talent, track by track Posted on August 17, 2017August 17, 2017
Music Buddhism, Politics and Power Struggles What’s going on with alt-indie icon Thurston Moore? Posted on August 2, 2017August 2, 2017
Music LOLA Recommends: Gigs in August We List Our Unmissable Gigs of the Month Posted on August 1, 2017
Music LOLA’s Melt Festival Selects What we’re most looking forward to seeing this year Posted on July 13, 2017July 13, 2017
Music 20 Years of Melt Germany’s top festival celebrates two decades of good times Posted on July 13, 2017July 13, 2017
Music Exercise One Are Keeping Techno Dangerous The Berlin duo invoking the spirit of the nineties Posted on July 9, 2017July 13, 2017
Music LOLA Recommends: Gigs in July We list our unmissable live events of the month Posted on July 8, 2017July 13, 2017
Music Video Premiere: Angela Chambers ‘Siren’ A choice cut from her debut EP gets the video treatment Posted on June 19, 2017June 29, 2017
Music Getting to Know: Carla dal Forno Talking cello, painting and her debut solo album Posted on June 9, 2017October 30, 2017
Music Calm After the Storm Nick Donovan of DeadBear on life, work at BIMM Berlin, and the inspirational hunger of his music students Posted on June 8, 2017June 29, 2017
Music The Gift That Keeps on Giving Frontwoman Sónia Tavares shares her thoughts ahead of their Berlin show Posted on May 29, 2017June 29, 2017
Music Brilliant And Bold Love, legacy and smashing the system with Black Cracker Posted on May 22, 2017June 29, 2017
Music Tour Diary: Gurr The Berlin-based Garage-rockers share photos from their recent European tour Posted on May 11, 2017June 29, 2017
Music Hello Humans Ducks! introduce their dream disco and electronic weirdness Posted on April 27, 2017June 29, 2017
Music Coming To Town: HVOB We catch up with the band ahead of their sold-out Berlin gig Posted on April 19, 2017June 29, 2017
Music Promoting with Purpose Meet Bang On, the Berlin indie collective putting female musicians centre stage Posted on April 17, 2017June 29, 2017
Music Boys Noize: Banging the Drum for Berlin The electro outsider on following his punk spirit Posted on March 30, 2017June 29, 2017
Music Bigger Than This Land Multi-platform artist, Mary Ocher talks politics, place and privilege Posted on March 7, 2017June 29, 2017
Music How My Mother Raised Me Mitski talks post-pubescent tightrope walking ahead of her show at Lido Posted on February 27, 2017June 29, 2017
Music Fire, Bikes, Beyoncé In conversation with ethereal singer/producer Magic Island Posted on February 22, 2017June 29, 2017
Music Introducing: Eveline The electro-pop duo on releasing their debut Posted on February 9, 2017June 29, 2017
Music Sweet Reposition The Temper Trap’s Dougy Mandagi on making indie smash hits and moving to Berlin Posted on January 28, 2017June 29, 2017
Music Closer to Some Kind of Truth Bulgarian pop artist DENA on her deeply personal new material Posted on January 10, 2017June 29, 2017
Music The Indie City Promoter Barry Cliffe is on a mission for Berlin's independent music scene Posted on December 4, 2016June 29, 2017
Music Orchestral Manoeuvres Andy Leomar's Symphoniacs: where classical meets electronica Posted on November 28, 2016June 29, 2017
Music Money Talks Gross Net’s Philip Quinn on his debut album Posted on November 18, 2016June 29, 2017
Music In the Friend Zone with Michael Mayer Unveiling the collaborative process behind the techno legend's latest album Posted on October 31, 2016June 29, 2017
Music Pondering Infinity John Kameel Farah's Spiritual Sound Posted on September 12, 2016June 29, 2017
Music Cliffe Notes Barry Cliffe's Top Five Berlin Bands of the Moment Posted on September 5, 2016June 29, 2017
Music Luckless Introducing an ever-changing musical outfit from half a world away Posted on September 2, 2016June 29, 2017
Music Breaking Through The Silence Electronic producer Ryan Vail on his debut album Posted on August 26, 2016June 29, 2017
Music The Artistic Vision of Sarah P. A fearless and fierce approach to music Posted on July 26, 2016June 29, 2017
