LINE-UP

Underground, upcoming, established or a class of its own: the Sonic City line-up brings together an inspiring and exhilarating bunch of bands.

Curated by King Hannah: IDAHO, Marissa Nadler, Pile, Sylvie Kreusch, King Hannah, Joe Gideon, Unwound, Destroyer, GHOSTWOMAN, M(h)aol

Curated by Sonic City: Angel Bat Dawid & Naima Nefertari, Ata Kak, Crowd Of Chairs, DJ Fitz, HHY & The Kampala Unit, Index For Working Musik, Makeshift Art Bar, Maria Somerville, Prostitute, Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali, The New Eves & YHWH Nailgun, Adult DVD, Circuit Des Yeux, Danalogue, DEADLETTER, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek, Dog Race, eat-girls, Fat Dog, GRUNDEIS, Micah P. Hinson, Model/Actriz, Protomartyr, Tunde Adebimpe, Use Knife, Wolfschmidt, Yowie

Tickets Playlist

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 7

Sylvie Kreusch

Part siren, part spectacle. Curated by King Hannah.

Destroyer

Grand, spectacle-laden pop epics, intimate piano ballads and smoldering mood pieces that blur the lines between song, novel, and cinema. Curated by King Hannah.

Protomartyr

Detroit post-punk prophets turning geography into poetry. Curated by Sonic City.

Prostitute

Politically charged sermons atop a deafening bacchanal of sound. Curated by Sonic City.

Fat Dog

Gloriously unhinged London-based band blending electro, punk, techno, and klezmer-post-punk mayhem, delivering chaotic, end-of-the-world rave energy. Curated by Sonic City.

Unwound

Return of a sonic giant that defined the raw edge of '90s punk. Curated by King Hannah.

Marissa Nadler

Blending traditional folk, Gothic Americana and dreamy pop into an original musical framework. Curated by King Hannah.

DEADLETTER

Post-punk with razor-sharp satire and infectious rhythms, making existential dread weirdly danceable. Curated by Sonic City.

Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek

Reimagination of Anatolian folk music with a psychedelic twist, blending tradition with innovation. Curated by Sonic City.

Angel Bat Dawid & Naima Nefertari

A sacred sound offering born from deep listening to the past and dreaming boldly toward liberation. Curated by Sonic City.

GHOSTWOMAN

Canada-Belgium duo blending psychedelic rock, blues, punk, post-punk, rock and roll shoegaze, classical, and pop into a swirling sonic cocktail. Curated by King Hannah.

The New Eves

A ritualistic mash-up of folksong, yelping punk and mesmeric drone. Curated by Sonic City.

Ata Kak

Ghanaian pop enigma fusing highlife, hip hop and funk. Curated by Sonic City.

Dog Race

Dark and delicious, beautifully haunting, London-based Dog Race are here to levitate your soul with their unique, gritty sound. Curated by Sonic City.

GRUNDEIS

Brooding post-punk from Hamburg, leaping confidently between hazy shoegaze lullabies, seismic noise rock, and razor-sharp post-punk rebellion. Curated by Sonic City.

Use Knife

Fierce, synth-laced landscapes full distorted samples, booming percussion and political urgency. A sound that hits like a riot and resonates like a prayer. Curated by Sonic City.

HHY & The Kampala Unit

A sweaty, sensory trip through cosmic alleyways and echoing chambers. Curated by Sonic City.

DJ Fitz

The God of Psych. Curated by Sonic City.

Index For Working Musik

A shape-shifting post-punk sound, a patchwork of styles masterfully stitched together. Curated by Sonic City.

Yowie

Post-apocalyptic dance music for the coming age. Curated by Sonic City.

Wolfschmidt

Nu-gaze with a melancholic sound that balances between vocal intimacy and high-strung intensity. Curated by Sonic City.

Tunde Adebimpe

A shape-shifting creative force channeling grief, beauty, and resistance into bold, genre-defying art. Curated by Sonic City.

Model/Actriz

Feral, body-shaking art-punk, a nightclub exorcism. Curated by Sonic City.

Pile

The sound of controlled chaos—raw, cerebral, and cathartic. Curated by King Hannah.

King Hannah

Liverpool-based duo delivering brooding indie-rock with a timeless edge, weaving smoky vocals, gritty guitars, and a nostalgic haze that echoes the spirit of PJ Harvey and Portishead. Curated by King Hannah.

YHWH Nailgun

Turning industrial noise-scapes into digitized, dancefloor-ready bangers. Curated by Sonic City.

Maria Somerville

The untamed beauty of the Irish landscape, distilled into haunting, ethereal soundscapes. Curated by Sonic City.

Circuit Des Yeux

The voice of a shifting storm - turning human emotion and the weight of existence into sound that feels as old as the earth and as urgent as now. Curated by Sonic City.

Micah P. Hinson

Brooding, weathered Americana with a raw, poetic soul. Curated by Sonic City.

M(h)aol

A ferocious blend of post-punk energy with a feminist fury and cathartic honesty. Curated by King Hannah.

Danalogue

Deep-space ambiance and propulsive, dancefloor-ready dreamscapes. Curated by Sonic City.

Adult DVD

Leed's moest chaotic, but charming, 6-piece channeling sharp wit, bold danceable beats, and songwriting that lodges itself in your brain like a very charming parasite. Curated by Sonic City.

eat-girls

Mysterious and catchy, eat-girls is a three-piece band casting sonic spells from chaos, charm, and precision - blending pop, post-punk, minimal synth, kraut, and dub like a dream mixtape. Curated by Sonic City.

IDAHO

Off-kilter tunings, ghostly atmospheres, and vocals that whisper like a warning. Curated by King Hannah.

Crowd Of Chairs

Raw, unpredictable noise rock that’s as tense and cinematic as it is explosive. Curated by Sonic City.

Makeshift Art Bar

Raw intensity and fearless experimentalism. Curated by Sonic City.

Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali

Qawwali music powered by harmoniums, tablas, handclaps, and voices that could shake the heavens. Curated by Sonic City.

Joe Gideon

Punk energy meets cinematic flair and bongo-fuelled chaos. Curated by King Hannah.