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There is a point when you realize you’re listening to something special when you see those amazing songs you’ve listened to the last couple months being performed with such an incredible emotional intensity by a frontman that gives everything and more to depict a man fully immersed in the stories those songs tell you. That’s what The Twilight Sad are about. …

Eau Rouge have been building up momentum for a few years now with a following of fans growing and growing by cooking up a hybrid sound “that’s part indie and part electronica”, placing them alongside bands as Editors and M83 in British media. When the Stuttgart three-piece made a stopover in Hamburg to play Nochtwache, Messed!Up sat down with Jonas, …

In the beginning of 1994 I was still frustrated that Depeche Mode had “betrayed” their listeners by bringing alternative rock into their electronic soundscape with the release of “Songs of Faith and Devotion”. I never accepted the album until years later. However, a few months later a friend of mine played me “Dinner Without Grace” and I found some consolation …

One day in May this year we met up with Audiolith label boss Lars Lewerenz in a park in Hamburg, just to have a chat about nothing in particular but enjoying a beer in the green grass and learn to know more about Audiolith. Honestly, I didn’t know much about the label at the time but since I had an …

The last couple of years have seen Manchester four-piece The Slow Readers Club perform sell-out shows up and down the UK, including a sold-out Apollo at home. After two albums and very little attention, everything were about to change after supporting James around the UK. We had the opportunity to sit down with Kurtis, Aaron, James and David when they visited …

There’s no secret that most musicians struggle financially in the digital music economy. Hardly no record sales and low-paid gigs due to saturated concert markets forces musicians to use their creativity in new ways to be able to live off their music. Sure, you’ve read about those in the top who get zillions of dollars every year but the reality …