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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 …

Franck Hueso is on tour under his alter ego Carpenter Brut and with his new album “Leather Teeth”. The king of syntwave returns on stage with an astonishing live show coated in a perfect mix of 80s horror film clips, harsh electronic synth lines and with metalhead attitude. Messed!Up spoke with the mythical French synthwave star about his roots on …

Are you one of those that find streaming services to be the great revolution of music listening? To access infinite volumes of music today you just need a simple subscription to a major streaming service such as Spotify, Tidal or Deezer, and most music industry experts agree on the positive impact it has had on the overall income in the industry. …

American EBM act Youth Code is continuing their two year-long tour with latest album “Commitment to Complications” with yet a new headliner, in yet a new music scene. After supporting acts as metal band Baroness, post metal act Deafheaven and, for Release readers, well known industrial act Skinny Puppy, Youth Code is back in Europe. This time with the major synthwave act …

It is well-known that streaming services as Spotify, Deezer and Tidal have had a huge impact on the whole music industrial organization, above all how money is earned and how much is earned. However, a recent discovery is that online streaming also influence how music listeners consume music when they easily can access endless libraries of albums and songs at …

Consumer psychologist and researcher Patrick Fagan, Associate Lecturer at Goldsmith’s University, and music venue owner O2 recently carried out a psychometric study comparing the heart rate of volunteers walking with their dogs, participating in yoga sessions or going to a concert – all of which are known stress-busters. The results show those who attended the live concert saw their mood boosted by …