J.N.

Music researcher with an unhealthy passion for music and music festivals. Former studio owner, semi-functional drummer and with a fairly good collection of old analogue synthesizers from the 70's. Indie rock, post rock, electronic/industrial and drum & bass (kind of a mix, yeah?) are usual stuff in my playlists but everything that sounds good will fit in.

Three years of shenanigans with Messed!Up Magazine

Three years ago we launched Messed!Up Magazine in Hamburg after a few weeks of planning. Ms Sis and the editor had done a few interviews together for other magazines but a lunch meeting in mid-January 2018 would change that – why don’t start something on their own they thought? Ms Anonymous (who wants to be anonymous for many reasons) worked …

After six years as band Swedish four-piece punk band Katthem finally released their debut album “Vackra Lögnerskor” last year. Though their influences are squarely fixed at the more classic end of the Swedish punk spectrum and its social or political commentary, just spend a few minutes with them and you’ll find that Katthem “goof around” the majority of the time, …

In 2014 Vita Bergen released debut album Disconnection, an ecstatic listen of ponderous party music, and quickly rose to the skies in the Swedish scene; the record was nominated for a Manifest Award and band members William Hellström and Robert Jallinder were on everybody’s lips. Five years and a second album later, the band have morphed into a solo project …

In between records when bands don’t have any tours or new music coming out, some musicians go on to solo projects while others join fellow displaced musicians to form new groups as an outlet for their creativity. Prominent rock heroes from well-known bands often realize the power they have as a unit. The world has seen the arrival (and departure) …

Gothenburg five-piece Two Year Vacation have garnered critical acclaim since hitting the indie scene in 2017 and have ever since worked hard to achieve the mass popularity they deserve. After their banger debut album Slacker Island back in 2019, they returned last year with the sophomore album Laundry Day, and they’re still very good at what they do best: crafting …

With the lockdown playing a major part in affecting the world’s economy, businesses, travel restrictions, and tons of other areas, it has severely hit the music industry in numerous ways too. People in the industry from artists to event managers are surely undergoing a lot of pressure and have experienced extreme hardship in the past few months, especially everything surrounding …