Every week, the staff members of the Messed!Up Magazine team picks their favorite tracks that they’ve been listening to as of late. This week, our Staff Picks are curated by the Editor, multifaceted co-editor DJ Pappaledig and photographers Björn Vallin and Richard Bloom. Picks of the week Sharp Tongues: “Blinding Lights” ***** Broken Social Scene: “The Call” ***** Skindred: “My …

The group emerged from Newport, Wales in 1998, after the dissolution of vocalist Benji Webbe’s previous band, Dub War. Rehearsals for a new project featuring other Dub War veterans didn’t work out, but soon Webbe had hooked up with bassist Daniel Pugsley, guitarist Mikey Demus, and drummer “Dirty” Arya Goggin, and Skindred were officially born. The debut LP, Babylon, first …

Hailing from Grantham, England, Holly Humberstone grew up the youngest of four sisters. While her parents worked as doctors, they also encouraged art at home, with her mother playing cello and her father collecting books of poetry. In her teens, she played violin in the Lincolnshire Youth Symphony Orchestra and eventually gravitated toward pop music. Drawing inspiration from artists like …

While the group’s roots date back to 2002, A Place to Bury Strangers first gained momentum when Ackermann, formerly of the like-minded Skywave, joined forces with drummer Jason “Jay Space” Weilmeister and bassist Jonathan “Jono Mofo” Smith, both former members of the band Mofo. This lineup of APTBS played their first show in Brooklyn in 2003, and took a darker, …

Four weeks ago I hadn’t heard anything about or listened to Brigitte Calls Me Baby. With a name that sticks out like that, you would have thought that someone working in the music industry would know about one of the hottest bands in the indie scene right now, especially as it was just before the release of their second album. …

The Twilight Sad rose from Glasgow, Scotland, in late 2003, when guitarist Andy MacFarlane and vocalist James Graham – who began playing together in high school – decided to take their music more seriously. Along with drummer Mark Devine, with whom they’d played in a covers band, Graham and MacFarlane added bassist Craig Orzel to the fold. After playing a …