The Roskilde Festival in the south of Denmark is one of the largest music festivals in Europe and one of the oldest (50th anniversary 2020), and for artists looking to elevate their visibility and expand their fan bases, music festivals in general and Roskilde festival in particular, considering its reputation and status, offer a unique opportunity to do both. It …
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Deichbrand Festival Day 4: New music from Johnossi
The last day of Deichbrand Festival was also less interesting in terms of music, we basically just wanted to watch Johnossi but happened to pass by Kodaline and The Hunna as well. Waking up to yet a beautiful day on the countryside close to Cuxhaven is quite different from those cold and rainy days at the Roskilde Festival a few …
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It was the day where basically everything was about to happen. Interviews, gigs and photo sessions. How much you ever prepare for it you just need to understand it’s impossible; just deal with it as it happens. After a quick shower at 6 am it was time for breakfast; at 8 am it was time to start working. We had …
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After a comfy night at the crew camp, where you even can hear birds sing in the morning, we set off for Aldi to buy us breakfast. You really can’t put it into words how great it is to have a huge supermarket (it’s called Aldi XXL, apparently unusually big for being an Aldi) which allows you to have a …
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It was finally time for Deichbrand Festival and Messed!Up’s debut at the festival although Ms Sis has been there a few times in the photo pit some previous years, and after a pleasant train ride from Hamburg we reached Cuxhaven and had a shuttle bus taking us all the way to an open space in between massive corn fields (I …
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For a country with the population of Australia, the land Down Under has long punched above its sonic weight. From the boozing, brawling pub rock scene of the seventies the Australian scene has splintered into many genre directions. The editor has followed the country’s great electronic pop scene for a long time and bands as Cut Copy, The Presets and …
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