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About the Concert
LIP CRITIC is no longer just an insider tip. The band—featuring Bret Kaser, Connor Kleitz, Danny Eberle, and Michael Sandvig—has rapidly evolved from an underground buzz to the most exciting and loudest boundary-pushing act. Sonically, LIP CRITIC falls somewhere between American punk and the club scene. The band clearly positions itself as a challenge to all genre conventions: samplers, vocals, two drum kits, and a dash of mosh pit.
LIP CRITIC reveals itself as an ecstatic collision of hardcore, dance-punk, hip-hop fragments, and drum ’n’ bass elements. But the interweaving of all these diverse influences is more than just a simple crossover. Ever since their album “Hex Dealer” (2024), the New Yorkers have proven themselves to be a species all their own, completely deconstructing the relationship between seriousness and madness on tracks like “The Heart” (2024) and “In the Wawa (Convinced I am God)” (2024).
Ever since then, the discussion surrounding the band has resembled the atmosphere after a hardcore show in a cramped basement club: euphoric, unsettled, and with a touch of tinnitus. The new album, *Theft World* (2026), feels more focused, but not one bit less brutal. It deals with theft in all its forms: material, digital, and emotional.
The new release was inspired by a fan who had stolen Kaser’s bank information. The new album unfolds like a sweaty, feverish dream fueled by pure confrontation. LIP CRITIC is more than just the answer to the question of what becomes of punk in the age of algorithmic taste-shredding. The New Yorkers are weird, menacing, hyperactive, and incredibly physical—more than that, they embody the mosh pit we’ve been longing for for so long.
Beginn: 20:00 Uhr
Einlass: 19:00 Uhr
