Baba Shrimps Exporing the Gaps Between Midnight
Baba Shrimps, for ten years amongst Switzerland’s most reliable purveyors of catchily rocking chart hits, re-emerge from a period of creative frustration with fresh energy and a new album. “Between Midnight” – “10 songs between midnight and lunchtime, between departure and homecoming”, they say – was recorded in Tuscany with the producer of their early […]
AMOA With a Promise to Be Kind
Entitled “I’ll Be Kind”, the second album from the Basel-based singer and songwriter AMOA is out now via Radicalis. The name, AMOA, sounds no less mysterious today than it did four years ago when her debut album was released. Nor has the singer – name on passport: Andrea Thoma – revealed much more about her […]
The Sirens Of Lesbos Are About to Make Millions!
Fronted by the two sisters, Jasmina and Nabyla Serag, The Sirens Of Lesbos have treated us to a steady selection of gloriously unconventional and innovative grooves over the ten years of their existence. Their latest album (out now on their own Sirens Of Lesbos label) marks another step deeper into uncharted territory. Starting with the […]
Sami Galbi Says “Ylh Bye Bye”
Geneva’s Bongo Joe is one of those rare labels that are incapable or releasing bad records. Anything that comes with their logo is, by definition, at the very least worth a good listen. Sami Galbi’s debut album, “Ylh Bye Bye” (meaning “let’s go” or “see you”) is no exception. The Swiss-Moroccan producer rooted in Lausanne’s […]
Soft Loft Hitting New Heights
Just in time for the start of a massive 45-date tour of Germany, UK, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Italy, Austria and Switzerland, Soft Loft release their new EP, “Modern Roses”. It is their first for their new label, [PIAS]. The five-piece from Zurich have been on a remarkably wild ride since the release of their debut […]
Pronto Keeps It Close
The long-awaited follow-up to star rapper Pronto’s breakthrough album “Luno V” (2022) has landed, at last. Entitled “Close Circle”, the LP is released under Pronto’s own banner and licenced to 419Gmbh/Hemp Higher Prod. Hailing from the small and idyllic town of Solothurn, Pronto grew up in an intensely musical environment, with his Ghanaian father a […]
Baby Volcano Lands in Supervixenia
“Supervixenia” is the title of a new EP from the extraordinary Baby Volcano. It reaches us via Humus Records and was produced by the artist herself, with a little extra input from Gaspar Narby. Baby Volcano is the creation of Swiss-Guatemalan performer and singer Lorena Stadelmann. Her beguilingly spooky music takes the staple ingredients of […]
EAZ Moving up in the World
Zurich rapper EAZ releases his latest five-track EP via Universal. The title “Penthouse 32”, is a reference to EAZ’s debut album, which was called “Apartment 32”. In the four years since then, EAZ has amassed more than 100 million streams, frequently hit the Swiss singles charts, and scored an international hit, “Juicy”, which earned him […]
Jamila Celebrating the “Boyfriend of the Year”
Out now via Young + Aspiring is a new four-track EP, “Boyfriend of the Year”, from the fast-rising Swiss-Palestinian indie-pop-singer Jamila. Citing the likes of Taylor Swift, Gracie Abrams and Phoebe Bridgers as influences, Jamila’s songs are an elegantly sumptuous blend of electronica and organic garnishes, ruminative and highly personal lyrics, and big melodies. The […]
Eluveitie Re-Emerging
Six years after their last album, Eluveitie, purveyors of an Alpine version of – deep breath – Celtic melodic death metal folk, re-emerge with a collection of twelve new songs. Entitled “Anv”, it was released by Nuclear Blast Records and has already cracked the top 20 in Germany. Originally launched in Winterthur as a studio […]
