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Topsy Turvy are up for the fight. Born from the collaborative hub of a prolific DIY scene in Vienna, they’ll be shaking up Neue Zukunft on 12 May and we couldn’t be more excited for it. We asked them a few questions so you can get to know them a bit before the show:

Tell us 3 of your favorite albums

Resi: Triste Janero – Meet Triste Janero

Lena: Ty Segall – Melted

Vic: LaVern Baker – See See Rider 

What’s the messiest show you’ve ever played?

Every topsy turvy show is quite messy to be honest. But the messiest show we’ve ever played was at a skate park, it was cold so our hands were freezing and we had to wear coats what was very impractical. We couldn’t hear anything we were playing, we couldn’t plug in our keyboard and the tuner was in the wrong mode so we all played different notes. It was super messy but the crowd (mostly metalheads) seemed to like it anyway. 

What’s the best food you would like to find in your catering spread when arriving at a venue?

Käsespätzle for sure. And vegan ones for Vic!

If your concert was a theme party, what would be the theme?

Space. Aliens, astronauts, lots of silver!

What’s one weird item you always bring on tour?

Lots of toilet paper, you never know…

And now on to Salamirecorder!

Salamirecorder and his band are a perfect mix of 60s Back from the Grave garage punk and a touch of early trash mixtape power pop or something like that… strange, loud, and always vivid! Here are some of their answers to our questions:

Describe your band in 3 words

Music for everyone! 

What’s the best venue in the city you live in or the city you grew up in

I’m not sure actually. In Vienna its not really about the venue, more about the people who organise shows or DJ nights or something. They even happen at shitty venues. 

Tell us three of your favorite albums

Ramones 1st Album, KPM 1044 – the Big Beat, Back from the Grave Vol. 1 

What’s the best food you would like to find in your catering spread when arriving at a venue? 

Slices of Doom Pizza! Hell yeah!

What’s one weird item you always bring on tour? 

Our whole music equipment. Its old, cheap and it only works sometimes haha

Did you ever meet a celebrity and what happened? 

Yes, back in summer me and Mick Jagger had a great time at the Imperial Lounge. But don’t tell anyone! 

Do you write the music or the lyrics first? 

Music 

What’s the messiest show you ever attended and why? 

We played in Vienna at Cafe Stadtbahn once and we played four songs and then the police came because it actually wasn’t allowed and then we had to stop it! Good Times! 

Would you prefer a small show or an arena show (and why?) 

Small Show, its much more fun. 

If your concert was a theme party, what would be the theme?

Food Delivery People

Excited to have the amazing TVOD in Germany for 6 dates in June

17.06 — Köln (DE) — Sonic Ballroom — TICKETS
25.06 — Berlin (DE) — Neue Zukunft — TICKETS
26.06 — Lärz (DE) — Fusion Festival
27.06 — Leipzig (DE) — Noch Besser Leben — TICKETS
28.06 — Dresden (DE) — 100 — TICKETS
30.06 — Hamburg (DE) — Molotow — TICKETS

DVTR is definitely shaking up the Canadian punk scene right now, touring in Canada, Japan, Mexico, Europe, UK and many more in less than two years of existence, in French s’il vous plait. You have the chance to see them at Neue Zukunft on 24 March! Here you can find all the info about the show. Here are some questions with them.

Describe your band in 3 words

chaos/anger/multi-ethnicity 

What’s the best venue in the city you live in or the city you grew up in? 

Esco of course, in Montreal

Tell us three of your favorite albums

Le Tigre – Le Tigre, Blood Visions – Jay Reatard, Tyranny – The Voidz

Do you have something weird on your rider? 

Socks and underwear!!!!

What’s one weird item you always bring on tour? 

More like 300 weird items: I bring every piece of gear, even the tiniest, in double because it statistically seems like we always break everything on the road.

Did you ever meet a celebrity and what happened?

Gaspard Augé from Justice: we took a picture with him and carrots at Osheaga Festival. He was nice but was looking a bit pissed 

Do you write the music or the lyrics first? 

We take drugs and drinks before music and/or lyrics 

What’s the messiest show you ever attended and why? 

The Hives, in the pit, at 13 years old, after a 5 hours hitchhiked drive was pretty messy I would say

Would you prefer a small show or an arena show? 

Small small small. With people spitting, getting crazy and dancing all around, fucking our gear up on stage and having to stop the show when the instruments and cables break. That’s the best!

If your concert was a theme party, what would be the theme? 

28 days later, but happy 

In painting, graphic and video, Stella works with the vision of exploring raw intensity through colour and abstraction. Forms destabilise, structures dissolve, meanings shift. A new visual idiom takes shape in the cracks of the unfamiliar.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_interstells/

Website: https://www.stellaschwake.com/

Describe your band in 3 words

Hungry, poor, tired (they say)

Tell us 3 of your favorite albums

Broadcast – Tender Buttons

Travesía – Ni Un Minuto Más De Dolor

This Heat – Deceit 

What’s the best food you would like to find in your catering spread when arriving at a venue?

Something I don’t even know exists

What’s one weird item you always bring on tour?

Not enough socks

Did you ever meet a celebrity and what happened?

I once helped Thom Yorke pick out underwear at the clothing store where I was working. He wanted to know what color to buy. Orange

Describe your band in 3 words

reflective, soothing, melancholy 

What’s the best venue in the city you live in or the city you grew up in?

Cactus Club in Milwaukee. 

Tell us three of your favorite albums

Ten by Susumu Yokota, Bloom by Beach House, songs by Adrianne Lenker 

What’s the best food you would like to find in your catering spread when arriving at a venue?

Tea and cookies 

Did you ever meet a celebrity and what happened?

I met John Mayer when I was 12 or 13 and it sparked my obsession with guitar. Thanks, John. 

Do you write the music or the lyrics first?

I write little guitar parts first and lyrics tend to come later. 

What’s the messiest show you ever attended and why?

My small university in the US had some pretty silly and messy house shows. Just like, masses of young people smashed together in a living room or basement. 

Would you prefer a small show or an arena show (and why?)

Small show. I love the intimacy. 

If your concert was a theme party, what would be the theme?

Tears and beers

It’s the last day of the year! Isn’t it incredible?

We just posted our brighter wrapped on Instagram.

But here the short version: we organized 22 shows in 2025. It’s 7 more than last year! And we worked with 18 new artists.

You can discover all releases of the artists we worked with below:

Acopia – Blush Response
Crashpad – Happy Place
Crow Baby – Get Yourself Together
Eera – I’ll stop when I’m done
Eilis Frawley – Fall Forward
Eliza Niemi – Progress Bakery
GRÓA – Drop P
Hachiku – The Joys Of Being Pure At Heart
Jeffrey Lewis – The EVEN MORE Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis
LAWN CHAIR – You Want It! You Got It! [Self]
Lener  – Indie Kids Don’t Die
Leslie Graves & Toby Goodshank – Between Worlds
Mamalarky – Hex Key
Matching Outfits – Ditch Me
Meagre Martin – Up To Snuff
Popular Music – Against Men
Queen Quail – Narcissus
runo plum – patching
Sloe Paul – Searching/Finding
Slowklahoma – My Second Rodeo
SØWT – Is this the hard part?
Tea Eater – I Don’t Believe in Bad Luck
Ultra Far – For Music is Alive and Well

This is already our third poster, and we love to see a new design every month. This time our designer is Julia Boehme a.k.a. Studio Goof.

Julia Boehme lives as an artist and illustrator in Leipzig (Germany) and likes to draw friendly characters that she places in all sorts of adventures while using different analogue techniques and mediums for her pictures, stories, gig posters or objects. They often turn out personal and poetic, often based on experiences, travels or playful reminiscences or homages to historic works and musical pieces that inspire her – processed in a comic way. She has mostly self-published her books or prints in small handprinted risography or silkscreen-print editions and takes part in exhibitions. When she doesn’t draw, she works as a graphic designer and printmaking teacher for kids and is also part of experimental-pop project ‚Mellie‘.

To see the poster you can check our Patreon page

Here how to get it:

• Subscribe to any of our tiers to get immediate download;
• Glow Patreons (3 €/month) can pick it up from our office in Alt-Treptow or get it from us around town
• Spark, Flame & Shine Patreons (from 15€/month) will get it delivered by mail everywhere in the world 🌍.

We hope to see you at one of our shows in November:

02.11 — runo plum + philip brooks — Neue Zukunft
05.11 — Iosonouncane + Daniela Pes — Betonhalle
15.11 — Lawn Chair — Rough Trade Neukölln

You can find more info and tickets on our Berlin Shows page.

Thanks a lot for your support!

✨ Anita