Charlie Bertsch / 27 Jul 2023
Epidemic Psychedelia
AKSU, Il Santo Bevitore, and The Seer, Self-Titled
The eponymous LP by experimental artists AKSU, Il Santo Bevitore, and The Seer testifies to the power of collaboration.(...)
Einstürzende Neubauten
Charlie Bertsch / 05 Oct 2022
Eternal Berlin
Deutsch Funk Revolte, by ÖPNV
ÖPNV’s debut album Deutsch Funk Revolte is the sort of record that can make you sense the sun even when it is blocked by the relentless grey of winter, which happens most days in their Berlin home. (...)
Steven Rubio / 22 Nov 2021
Music is Underrated
Listening for the Future, by Charlie Bertsch
Charlie Bertsch begins the illuminating introduction to his new book Listening for the Future by posing a question: “What do we ask of popular music?” (...)
Charlie Bertsch / 15 Sep 2021
Post-Punk Internationale
Gut and Fratti’s Let’s Talk About the Weather
While the pandemic continues to inflict horrific suffering on the world, its early phase is now capable of inspiring nostalgia. We remember the excitement of watching everyday routines grind to a halt and then having to figure out what to do in their absence.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 27 May 2020
Berlin and Everything
Einstürzende Neubauten’s Alles in Allem
A whirring mechanical device that hasn’t settled into a rhythm; a keening tone that wobbles slightly over the top; a thump that falls precisely where a beat wouldn’t: Alles in Allem, the new album by Einstürzende Neubauten, opens with a reminder of their origins as musicians who call the very idea of music into question.(...)