PHOTO: © Joe Astray

JOE ASTRAY

In the organizer's words:

GoldMucke presents JOE ASTRAY (indie folk with punk attitude) and support THE GREEN APPLE SEA at reinraum e.V. in DÜSSELDORF!

Date: Fri. 12.12.2026
Admission: 19:00
Start: 20:00
Support: THE GREEN APPLE SEA
Admission: 15 Euro VVK + fees / 19 Euro B.O.
JOE ASTRAY (indie folk with a punk attitude)
Offside. Outlandish. Deviant. These are frequently occurring conditions in a world that is constantly evolving and in which progress is advancing at breakneck speed. Constancy has become an unknown variable that causes countless people to fall by the wayside. Joe Astray is an artist who successfully tackles this complex dilemma and reflects on it through sincere and authentic indie music. The singer-songwriter is a musical nomad whose music is a veritable kaleidoscope that unabashedly travels through the annals of music history and incorporates dozens of its elements. Heavy, socio-critical lyrics blend with volatile, unpredictable compositions to create a damn exciting mixture that has its own unmistakable signature.Joe Astray deals with everyday situations and the thoughts that go with them and, in particular, the music circus and its absurd seriousness are taken apart with biting, yet charming humor.The enigmatic accent in Joe Astray's vocals, which can never be specifically attributed geographically, is particularly interesting. Influences range from The Eels, Bright Eyes and Leonard Cohen to the sardonic, socially critical humor of Billy Bragg, but there is a clear punk rock DNA in Joe Astray's work. The name says it all, because Joe Astray is everybody and nobody at the same time, who writes songs for the landless and the dispossessed, a fumbling mystery that cannot be pigeonholed and who, despite all the darkness, still holds a candle of hope aloft.
THE GREEN APPLE SEA
"Dark Kid" is the name of The Green Apple Sea's fifth album, which was released this fall on K&F Records/Hometown Caravan (Dresden).
As always, the listener can expect warm, lovingly arranged music and beautiful melodies combined with unagitated but powerful songwriting. Now the band is back on tour in all constellations in Germany and the surrounding countries.
Solo concerts are a matter of course for Stefan Prange, singer and songwriter of the band, because every song also works in arrangements that are completely reduced to voice and guitar. Now he has gratefully accepted an invitation from friend and companion Joe Astray to join him as solo support at some of the Hamburg native's concerts.
Why Prange has lasted so long (debut album was released in 2000) and is still playing on all the (basement) stages in Germany could be down to the band's motto: "Snacks, Hugs and Rock'n'Roll". In addition to the often rather dark lyrical themes, it is always about a tongue-in-cheek attitude towards people and life itself. At the winter concerts, Stefan Prange plays many old, rarely heard "hits" ranging from joyful melancholy to deadly sad uptempo shuffles.
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Location

reinraum e.V. Adersstraße 30 40215 Düsseldorf

Artist | Musician

Organizer | Label

GoldMucke
GoldMucke Ronsdorfer Straße 77a 40233 Düsseldorf

Organizer

reinraum e.V. Düsseldorf

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