BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1565@berlin.askapunk.de SUMMARY:1-800-MIKEY (lofi-pop garage-punk\, aus) + DBR (post-punk\, bln) DTSTAMP:20260903T160715Z DTSTART:20260907T170000Z DESCRIPTION:unfortunately COOL SORCERY had to cancel their europe tour!!! b ut: 1-800 Mikey\nwill play instead!\n\nmon 07.09. at Schokoladen:\n\n1-800 -MIKEY / lofi-pop garage-punk\,aus\n1-800-mikey.bandcamp.com [http://1-800 -mikey.bandcamp.com]\n\n& DBR / post-punk\, bln\nphantomrecords.bandcamp.c om/album/unbearable\n[https://phantomrecords.bandcamp.com/album/unbearable ]\n\ndoors 19.00\, concert starts 20.00 Uhr. presale tickets available at -->\nhttps://vvk.link/4gzo8r4 [https://vvk.link/4gzo8r4]\n\n—\n\nBedroom p owerpop with hooks on speed dial - 1800 MIKEY is the lo-fi garage pop\npro ject of Michael Barker. On any given night in his home of Sydney\, Austral ia\,\nyou might find Barker gleefully wailing away on stage with any numbe r of local\nunderground garage punk stalwarts including Gee Tee and RMFC. And it seems he’s\neveryone’s secret weapon for a reason – his joy on stag e is infectious and it\ncomes across in his music. Barker’s own project le ans more into the pop side of\nthe garage punk spectrum - with great resul ts.\n\nIN YUN is the third 1-800-MIKEY album and the first on Goner Record s. And in\nterms of songwriting it’s a strong step forward. And while the basic formula\nhere is the same – melodic bass lines\, crunchy guitar riff s and catchy\nsing-a-long vocals – there is more going on here. The sound is just as\nimmediate\, but also more dynamic and nuanced. Lead single “Me and My Only” is a\nhigh speed collision of distorted city rock guitar rif fs and\nheart-on-your-sleeve poptastic vocal hooks. If that seems like fam iliar\nterritory\, “K Style” and “Falling in Love” are more reminiscent of British noise\npoppers the Shop Assistants and the Pooh Sticks. And the e arworm guitarwork\nanchoring “Pleasant Morning” and “Faery” is fresh and c atchy - good luck getting\nthem out of your head.\n\nIt’s fun and sincere and adorable and it totally rips.\n\n—\n\nDBR / Involved in more bands tha n I can remember\, this guy is one of the main\ndriving forces behind that stratospheric German punk scene we’re always talking\nabout—the same scen e that led us to proclaim Liiek’s latest album our top pick\nlast year\, a band he’s also part of. Now tapping into that same vibrant pulse\,\nbut e ven more tense\, pushed to the extreme and stripped of angularity\, DBR\nu nleashes his most killer album to date via Phantom Records. "Unbearable"—I \nsuppose the title refers to this shitty world we’re living in\, which\, like a\nChimera\, finds its Bellerophon in this record: capable of making us sweat and\nforget\, at least for a while\, the damn stress reality impo ses on us\,  fighting\nfire with real fire this time—drums\, bass\, and gu itar— to deliver a punk record\nin the purest sense\, needing no further q ualifiers: raw and defiant\, powerful\,\nwith arrogant\, daring rhythmic f oundations\; guitars whose riffs reveal the cold\,\nhard gleam of metal\; and vocals spat out with unleashed\, convulsive energy.\n(tremendo garaje) URL:https://berlin.askapunk.de/event/1-800-mikey-lofi-pop-garage-punk-aus-d br-post-punk-bln LOCATION:Schokoladen - Ackerstraße 169\, 10115 Berlin STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:post-punk,lofi,garage-punk,garage-pop,power-pop X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

unfortunately COOL SORCERY had to cancel their europe tour!!! but: 1-800 Mikey will play instead!

mon 07.09. at Schokoladen:

1-800-MIKEY / lofi-pop garage-punk,aus
1-800-mikey.bandcamp.com

& DBR / post-punk, bln
phantomrecords.bandcamp.com/album/unbearable< /a>

doors 19.00, concert starts 20.00 Uhr. presale tickets available at --> https://vvk. link/4gzo8r4

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Bedroom powerpop with hooks on speed dial - 1800 MIKEY is the lo-fi garage pop project of Michael Ba rker. On any given night in his home of Sydney, Australia, you might find Barker gleefully wailing away on stage with any number of local undergroun d garage punk stalwarts including Gee Tee and RMFC. And it seems he’s ever yone’s secret weapon for a reason – his joy on stage is infectious and it comes across in his music. Barker’s own project leans more into the pop si de of the garage punk spectrum - with great results.

IN YUN is the t hird 1-800-MIKEY album and the first on Goner Records. And in terms of son gwriting it’s a strong step forward. And while the basic formula here is t he same – melodic bass lines, crunchy guitar riffs and catchy sing-a-long vocals – there is more going on here. The sound is just as immediate, but also more dynamic and nuanced. Lead single “Me and My Only” is a high spee d collision of distorted city rock guitar riffs and heart-on-your-sleeve p optastic vocal hooks. If that seems like familiar territory, “K Style” and “Falling in Love” are more reminiscent of British noise poppers the Shop Assistants and the Pooh Sticks. And the earworm guitarwork anchoring “Plea sant Morning” and “Faery” is fresh and catchy - good luck getting them out of your head.

It’s fun and sincere and adorable and it totally rips .

—

DBR / Involved in more bands than I can r emember, this guy is one of the main driving forces behind that stratosphe ric German punk scene we’re always talking about—the same scene that led u s to proclaim Liiek’s latest album our top pick last year, a band he’s als o part of. Now tapping into that same vibrant pulse, but even more tense, pushed to the extreme and stripped of angularity, DBR unleashes his most k iller album to date via Phantom Records. "Unbearable"—I suppose the title refers to this shitty world we’re living in, which, like a Chimera, finds its Bellerophon in this record: capable of making us sweat and forget, at least for a while, the damn stress reality imposes on us,  fighting f ire with real fire this time—drums, bass, and guitar— to deliver a punk re cord in the purest sense, needing no further qualifiers: raw and defiant, powerful, with arrogant, daring rhythmic foundations; guitars whose riffs reveal the cold, hard gleam of metal; and vocals spat out with unleashed, convulsive energy. (tremendo garaje)

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