Interviews

What makes a show something you remember for years? Does loud noise cause severe hearing loss? Are you one of those thinking that The Jesus and Mary Chain landmark “Psychocandy” is the epitome of dirty, gritty and loud music? It’s obvious that you haven’t listened even to a fragment of A Place To Bury Strangers. If you expect to get home from a standard gig …

The endless stream of electronic bands from Germany seems to never end and on the darkwave, gothic, synthpop and futurepop scenes there are numerous bands facing the struggle of standing out in the crowd of electronic acts, yet to be discovered to get their timeslot in the spotlight. Osnabrück darkwave and electropop band Alphamay is certainly one of those bands …

With influences of the 1960s and the golden age of psychedelic rock however fused into a modern mix of stoner rock and bits and pieces of grunge, Birth of Joy swings the psychedelic hammer into the 2010s and skillfully find the “psychedelic authenticity” of the sixties on their new album “Hyper Focus”. Messed!Up’s editor, marked by the psychedelic rock imprint …

Every decade or so, a wave of young bands comes charging out of the soggy, overcast United Kingdom and ricochets around the globe, recalibrating how we listen to rock music and charting a course for the next ten years. Established music media such as Pitchfork, NME and Rolling Stone create endless lists of new and upcoming bands from the UK …

Catching up with the current incarnation of former dark goth rockers Klimt 1918 from Italy almost twenty years after their formation, was going to be an affair focused to the changing sound, the Italian underground scene and the connection between music and art. Messed!Up met up with Francesco Conte and founding member Paolo Soellner after their show at Hafenklang in …

Swedish electropunkers Bondage Fairies on Hamburg based label Audiolith launch their tour at Hafenklang in the heart of the Hamburg fish market district. Famous for their high energy shows and devoted fans the unknown members met up with Messed!Up to chat about secret identities, chiptunespunk music and being stalked by Russian fans. Bondage Fairies have been in the record collection …