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Zaho de Sagazan popped by Hamburg and Georg Elser Halle for the first time and gave us an amazing live experience. Sure, we knew from heaps of YouTube vids that she is a brilliant performer, but seeing her live was something else. But also learned that she has a great sense of humor, and the in-between banter was hilarious! First …

LEATHERS aka Shannon Hemmett serves up 80’s inspired dark electropop dreamscapes (I saw her music described as dreamwave, dark wave, synth wave, and new wave inspired). Her recent debut album Ultraviolett features a collection of excellently produced songs, where her soft vocals are set against pulsing synths and driving drums – topped off with electronic soundscapes – a sure-fire hit …

Not many successful artists can pride themselves on looking back at 25+ years of creating new music, touring the world, and having a strong message that continues to resonate with fans. Messed!Up Sophie fortunate enough to talk to Rise Against’s Tim ahead of the band’s sold-out headliner at Sporthalle – and although I wasn’t able to solve the ‘mystery letter’ …

I’m not sure how I’ve managed to go 20 years without seeing The Devil Wears Prada live – especially after the absolute banger that is the band’s eighth album Color Decay. Fortunately, I’ve finally had the chance to talk to vocalist Mike about their bromance with Silverstein and a memorable night in Hamburg, his side project Town of Lake, and …

We were off to Grosse Freiheit 36 for a double headliner entailing Norwegian metal/punk band Kvelertak and German doom/sludge/punk duo Mantar, two bands that built their reputations on creating riots wherever they play but yet two completely different types of bands. I was quite surprised they announced a Grosse Freiheit 36 gig a couple of months ago because none of …

If we start with the old argument about getting value for money; Italian Talco popped by Hamburg for double sold-out shows on their 20th Anniversary Tour and pulled off a 30+ song set at Martkhalle in Hamburg over an almost two-hour long show. That’s impressive! My first experience of Talco is in fact quite a recent one. They played at …