Interviews

Meeting up with bands just when they arrived at the venue a few minutes after lunch time and after a late night the evening before and a very long nightliner ride to the next city, isn’t the optimal interview situation. Frontman Sebastian Pringle admits that he is very tired and that we need to Photoshop the photos to make him …

Made up of Brandon Alexander Fried, Jesse Rutherford, Jeremy Freedman, Mikey Margott and Zach Abels, the five-piece from Newbury, California, are not showing signs of slowing down. Since 2011 The Neighbourhood, or The NBHD, and their indie rock powered songs gained a huge following rather quickly with their debut album “I Love You” in 2013, especially a large female fanbase. …

Playing as an opening act for a well-known band is often a major stepping stone in your band’s career. You’ll get exposed to a wider audience, create relationships with industry professionals, and possibly even turn the other musicians into your fans. Snagging an opening slot can result in anything from simply having a fun night out with fellow artists to …

Over the last decade they’ve produced eleven solid albums plus several remix albums veering from stereoscopic EBM to spiky aggrotech. On September 28th last year Funker Vogt released their latest album, entitled ”Wastelands”, marking over two decades of their existence whilst cementing their new, and at the same time old, home at RepoRecords. “Wastelands” sees the German trio scaling new creative …

The Hybridize Festival embarked on its four-date long tour across Germany at the end of February and made stopovers in Hamburg, Leipzig, Oberhausen and München. Four dates of harsh electronic music with classic EBM bands as Funker Vogt and Agonoize, and Swedish electropoppy act Vanguard used as live bait to haul in people to the festival. Patrik Hansson and Jonas …

Blood Red Shoes released their fifth album “Get Tragic” at the end of January, embarked on a short European promotion tour and made a stopover at a jam-packed Molotow in Hamburg. As a consolation to all those fans that didn’t get in, there’s a new opportunity when they return to Hamburg in beginning of November to play Uebel & Gefährlich. …