Bird song is our favorite tune lately, especially in the afternoon while the sun kisses the cold pavement and makes little squinting eyes shed joyful tears. Soon we will be blasting Vivaldi's "Spring" with all windows wide open, and start complaining about the lack of twee pop in the cold-blooded Berlin. So check out our last winter tips while we still have our shit more or less together. In the last moody February days you will find anything from noise-wrapped folk ballads to pop-infused electronic experiments.

(For more events, head over to Tips 12.02 - 21.02)

WEDNESDAY 18.12

20.00 Weyes Blood + Takeshi Nishimoto @ Kantine am Berghain

WHY: Natalie Mering is the brains behind the indie-folk outfit Weyes Blood. She has previously toured as a member of noise-rock outfit Jackie-O Motherfucker and alongside Nautical Almanac, and collaborated with Ariel Pink. Mering blends the idylls of folk ballads and madrigals with the abrasiveness of noise rock.  On her second album "The Innocents", her voice is the dominant quality. Takeshi Nishimoto will perform  as a support act. While acclaimed as a guitar expert, he has also been steadily growing into the electronic music scene. 

Kantine am Berghain / Rüdersdorfer Str. 70, 10243 Berlin, S+U Warschauer Str. / more info

THURSDAY 19.02

19.00 FEED Frequencies 021915: Hanno Leichtmann & Tobias Purfürst @ KW

WHY: Presenting the February 2015 edition of the FEED Frequencies program at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin. Tobias Purfürst premiers his solo electronic work, "Un_/Prepared", a navigation through the depths and details of an immersive landscape for a captive audience. Following the intermission, Hanno Leichtmann presents an audio-visual experience, performing his salient release "Minimal Studies" together with an 8mm film by Carolin Brandl.

KW / Auguststr. 69, 10117 Berlin, U Rosenthaler Platz / €10 / more info

FRIDAY 20.02

20.00 Dan Deacon + SFTSTPS @ Schwuz

WHY: Dan Deacon is returning triumphantly with the new album "Gliss Riffer", which he calls "easily the most fun [he’s] ever had making a record". His interactive live shows had quite a reputation from the insane one-man-show beginnings in DIY spaces, to performances in museums and concert halls that were gradually expanded to include a horde of side musicians. With a lot of novelties in his new material, even the know-it-all fans should be blissfully surprised with his show at Schwuz.

SchwuZ / Rollbergstr. 26, 12053 Berlin, U Rathaus Neukölln / more info

SATURDAY 21.02

21.00 Paperhead + Dead Western @ Westgermany

WHY: Paperhead are a wonderful discovery for the lovers / insiders of the psychedelic rock with great compositions. Think Beatles and/or Pink Floyd, and you will easily get the impression where their music is rooted. Dead Western aka Troy Mighty gladly returns to Berlin to enthrall us with his theatrical, authentic, emotional doom folk.

Westgermany / Skalitzer Str. 133, 10999 Berlin, U Kottbusser Tor / more info

SATURDAY 28.02

23.59 Future Brown + 3D Na’Tee, Lotic, Georgia Girls, Black Cracker @ Kantine am Berghain

WHY: Future Brown is the new project of long-time friends Fatima Al Qadiri, Asma Maroof, Daniel Pineda (Nguzunguzu) and J-Cush (Lit City Trax). Their debut album features contributions by Tink, Kelela, Tim Vocals, Sicko Mobb, and creates a musical genre of its own. Creamcake sets the album release party with support from 3D Na'Tee, Lotic, Georgia Girls and Black Cracker, presents the artists with a clear focus on contemporary Internet culture and digital art.

Kantine am Berghain / Rüdersdorfer Str. 70, 10243 Berlin, S+U Warschauer Str. / more info

SUNDAY 01.03

20.00 Human Ear Music w/ Black To Comm, Ekkehard Ehlers, Jason Grier & Lucrecia Dalt @ Roter Salon

WHY: Human Ear Music and Dekorder present four exceptional artists from the field of sound experiments and the interplay of experimental music and pop music. Marc Richter aka Black To Comm will give the debut performance of his new double album. Jason Grier (head of Human Ear Music) will perform pieces of his album "Unbekannte" for the first time, supported by the voice of Lucrecia Dalt. Ekkehard Ehlers, who is considered a pioneer of the experimental scene, will perform live and as a DJ.

Roter Salon (Volksbühne) / Linienstr. 227, 10178 Berlin, U Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz / more info