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Music of 2025

Let’s see if 3 years in a row can make this a routine. Here are the last two posts:

2025 In Review

Just like 2025, I had 27 concerts lined up but I missed a few due to being sick or generally having kein bock. I am a but surprised by how tilted the concerts were to the second half of the year. March and April barely had anything.

Many of the bands were ones I already knew, so there wasn’t too much novel music discovery in 2025.

Concerts that were planned, but didn’t happen:

  • 11.09.2025 The Lemonheads at FRANNZ Club (missed due to being sick)
  • 30.09.2025 The Dear Hunter at FRANNZ Club (cancelled)
  • 27.11.2025 Swans at Festsaal Kreuzberg (skipped to due to low energy)
  • 08.12.2025 The Rural Alberata Advantage at Privatclub (missed due to being sick)

There were my top shows of the year:

  • Ghost - They are incredibly entertaining live and their music always makes me feel good. The atmosphere is positive with people having a good time.
  • King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - This particular show was fun because it was in an interesting venue in Barcelona. They also played a lot of interesting heavy prog-like songs from their catalogue.
  • Midnight + Yoth Iria + Sarcator + Bloodfang - Noteworthy because I saw it with a few ex-SoundCloud colleagues and came in with zero expecations and left having a blast moshing with the crowd. Yoth Iria was the most noteworthy of all the bands that played.
  • Marillion - This was a 2 night performance and it was fun to plan an entire weekend around it. There was a fun and drunk Polish group of fans sitting around me that made the experience a lot of fun as well.
  • Hania Rani - I enjoyed this performance with an old high-school friend who was visiting from Vancouver. It was a psychadelic audio experience where she played a more electronic orientated set in an art gallery with spacial audio.

Pictures

Queensryche
Marillion
Kerala Dust
Coheed and Cambria
Hellenica
Eleanor Friedberger opening for Destroyer

Summary

Berlin doesn’t dissapoint with the options to see live music. 2026 already has several concerts lined up. I keep a live upcoming concerts page page to keep track.

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