Pablo Infernal Climb Mount Angeles
Zurich-based quartet Pablo Infernal have managed to land quite a coup with this, their third album! “Mount Angeles” was mixed in Los Angeles by the legendary Chris Lord-Alge (Aerosmith, Muse, Green Day, etc.) and given its final sheen by Bill Skibbe in Jack White’s Third Man Mastering Studio in Detroit. “Mount Angeles” as released on […]
Lea Lu Is Calling You
It would be wrong to describe Lea Lu as a “new voice”. And yet, that is exactly what she is – a new voice. “I Call You” may already be her fourth album. It is, however, the first of a new chapter in her artistic career. “I Call You” was released on 24 September 2021 […]
Who’s there? Hey, it’s Sam Himself!
The mysteriously named Sam Himself is, in fact, a Swiss expatriate singer/songwriter in Brooklyn, New York. After a string of singles that easily reached six-figure numbers of youtube clicks, and the Swiss “Best Talent Award” bestowed on him by SRF, the national Swiss radio and tv station, he is at last ready to release his […]
Catalyst Get a Normal Day Started
8 October 2021 sees the release of rocking duo Catalyst’s debut album. Entitled “A Normal Day” it is release via Radicalis/Membran. Catalyst hail from St Gallen in the East of Switzerland, a town that has emerged in recent years as a veritable hotbed of fine music. Acts like Stahlberger, Panda Lux, Lord Kesseli and the […]
Velvet Two Stripes no Longer Taking that Sugar Honey Iced Tea
Barely two years after their tremendous and fierce return-to-form album “Devil Dance”, the Velvet Two Stripes – the Diggelmann sisters, Sophie and Sara, and their pal, Franca – are back again. Their new album “Sugar Honey Iced Tea” is released on 15 October 2021 via their own label. Guitar, bass, drums, vocals and riffs – […]
Onetwothree, Let’s Go!
That’s right, Onetwothree is the band name, and it’s also the title of their debut album. It’s out on 15 October 2021, and the fact that it’s on American label Kill Rock Stars should tell you that this is nothing like your run-of-the-mill revivalist nostalgia punk combo. Onetwothree are Klaudia Schifferle, Sara Schär and Madlaina […]
Crimer Sticks on the Fake Nails
“Fake Nails” is the new Crimer album. It’s released on 15 October 2021 on muve Records. Marketing and promo outside Switzerland is in the hands of Ultra Music. Crimer’s debut album “Leave Me Baby” hit the Swiss charts like a supersized sugar rush. Squeezing himself into the nastiest nylon shirts he could find, and taking […]
It’s MaMA Time Again! 13 – 15 Oct 2021 – Paris, France
MaMA Festival & Conference – three days, seven venues, 80 concerts, 150 conference events, and the most romantic urban setting imaginable – or, as the organisers would have it: “100% Pigalle”. Returning from its lockdown-inflicted exile in the virtual world to a proper festival environment with real artists, audiences and venues, this year’s edition will […]
Amami Make the “Soleil” Shine
20 August 2021 saw the release of long-awaited debut album by Genevan trio AMAMI via Bongo Joe Records. For anyone following either AMAMI, the band, or Bongo Joe, the label, it won’t come as a surprise that “Soleil” is a marvellous bundle of culture- and continent-fusing energy, driven by a splendidly idiosyncratic approach to music […]
Of Flying Raclettes and Closet Disco Queens
We did mention that Louis Jucker is a busy man, didn’t we? Well, here goes again. 3 September 2021 sees the release of another album via his Hummus Records label, this one provided by a bunch of pals with the unlikely moniker of Closet Disco Queen & the Flying Raclettes. It is called – naturally! […]
