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The third day at the festival after a massive club party the whole night at Molotow wasn’t an easy start – and there were two interviews on the schedule. Luckily the first interview was with the lads that bought too many beers last night and we learned they had an even rougher morning because they did the opening show in …

We knew already a few weeks in advance that the second day of Reeperbahn Festival would be horribly busy. We had two interviews and too many shows to cover and the editor had to meet up people at three different receptions to talk future collabs. And it became even more busy that we would have imagined. Not until late night …

September has become synonymous with Reeperbahn Festival for Messed!Up Magazine and as the coverage of the festival increases for every year, most of September is about planning, maybe even a bit more than usual this year because of different networking meetings and finally getting the opportunity to meet agencies and labels we’ve partnered up with in the UK and Australia …

New York based rock act American Authors currently signed to Island Records. Formerly known as the Blue Pages, they emerged as American Authors in 2012 and made their debut in 2013 with the release of their upbeat song “Believer”. Comprised of Zachary Barnett (vocalist), James Adam Shelly (guitarist), Dave Rublin (bassist) and Matt Sanchez (drummer) they released their second single “Best …

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 …

The band’s debut album “Last Forever” from 2015 was a surprise to many, not just because of its shoegaze influences but because of the depth and maturity of the songwriting. Unlike many Swedish bands Westkust didn’t fit the framework of the indie rock or the indie pop that have engulfed the guitar based music scene in Sweden the last three …