songwriting

  Barry Burns of the post-rock band Mogwai, and his wife, Rachel, came upon the space that would eventually become their pub, Das Gift, completely by chance. Now, seven years later, Das Gift is a Glasgow-meets-Berlin mainstay in the neighborhood of Neukölln. This week on Amplified, we spoke to Barry about the bar’s beginnings and Berlin’s influence on it and the band. For Barry and Rachel, who moved to Berlin […]