Curios & Odd Ditties: Live From A Toilet

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The release concert for The Romantidote's new E.P. "Curios & Odd Ditties". Celebrating in style, in NIE-KLO, the gig will be bolstered by the mighty One Final Boss and with some more surprises in store. As the third entry in The Romantidote's 'Berlin Trilogy', the record represents the culmination of years of parties, heartbreaks and veganism. The show will include a performance of the record in its entriety as well as the greatest hits of one of Berlin's favourite musical sons.

Join for an evening of laughs, tears, sad men and more to come. Love, C x

Event organised by Pianola Music

The Romantidote

The Romantidote is the musical alter-ego of Scottish singer-songwriter Calum Bolland, born in Berlin’s vibrant indie scene in 2019. Blending acoustic indie ballads with tragicomic theatrical flair, each performance is an experience—by turns intimate, funny, and disarmingly moving.

Drawing on influences from Bob Dylan, the Magnetic Fields, and Flight of the Conchords, The Romantidote has earned praise for its witty lyricism and stirring live shows. Highlights include a sold-out Berlin headline show at LARK, tours across Europe supporting Hamish Hawk and Murdo Mitchell, and festival appearances such as Karneval der Kulturen for LISTEN TO BERLIN.

With two acclaimed EPs (Never Been To Berghain and The Diary of a Recovering Cynic), The Romantidote continues to charm audiences across Germany, the UK, and beyond—bringing warmth, wit, and melancholy to every stage.

One Final Boss

One Final Boss is a music project born out of watching old friends grow up and settle down while spending too much time on the internet. An indie music project based in Berlin, it is, rather appropriately, a mish-mash of folk and pop-punk. Influences can be heard from an array of vastly contrasting acts such as The Mountain Goats, The National and Silver Jews. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, always self-deprecating.​

As the quarantine is slowly and unsteadily rolled back across Europe, One Final Boss are releasing their debut EP that documents the struggles of a lockdown spent in isolation. It’s COVID’s World, We’re Just Living In It is coming your way this June.

One Final Boss is the sequel to songwriter Simon Maguire’s previous Dublin based project Final Boss of My Twenties which ‘delivered a lyrical thread that is subtly raw via a vocal that melds gently with the serene jangle-pop’. That was what The Last Mixtape said of his 2017 debut single ‘Let Go’. Three years on, there’s three years of growth from everyone but himself that he can use to inspire him.

More TBA, stay tuned.