Coilguns Shake Your Walls
The loudest band anywhere, ever, strikes again! “Watchwinders” is Coilguns’ third abum. It was released on 25 October 2019 via their guitarist Jonathan Nido’s own, multi-connected Hummus Records. Having expanded their line-up from a trio to a quartet with the arrival of multi-instrumentalist Donatien Thievent, and interrupting an extensive tour following the release of their […]
Dark Light from Bleu Roi
“Dark/Light” is the simple and yet deeply enigmatic title of the new album from Bleu Roi, released on 25 October 2019 via the artist-run PlusPlus Records. The quartet from Basel formed around the Jans sisters, Jennifer and Imogen, likes it mysterious and misty. They describe their sound on Facebook as “music for the lost and […]
Tobias Preisig Dives Deep
Tobias Preisig, violinist extraordinaire, composer and improviser, has at long last got round to recording a solo album. Entitled “Diver”, it was released on 1 November via Quiet Love Records. Now based in Berlin, Preisig has toured the world in recent years as one half of the spectacular drums/violin duo Egopusher. Effortlessly gliding between different musical […]
Pascal Gamboni, Maker of Honey
“everybody wants the honey” is the title of the new album by Rumantsch singer/songwriter Pascal Gamboni. The album title is somewhat misleading. Misleading, not, because the music it contains doesn’t fulfil the title’s promise, but misleading because it’s in the wrong language. Yes, Pascal’s songs are catchy enough to mark him out as a special […]
No Me Coman Ride the Wave
Released on Anthony Nyland’s near legendary Liverpool-based Salvation Records label, “The Tide” is No Me Coman’s second album. It is distributed in the UK by State 51, in the rest of Europe by Clear Spot, and in Switzerland by Irascible. Hailing like label mates Klaus Johan Grobe from Winterthur, a lively town a half-hour train […]
Alas, the Sun’s Out
25 October saw the release of “You and Your Love”, the debut album of Zurich-based dream-folk duo Alas the Sun. The album tells the story of how its creators, Anja Tremp and Sandro Raschle, found each other via an internet ad and began to write songs together. Despite the cold digital beginnings, theirs is a […]
Talent Marathon @ Swiss Live Talents – 15 +16 November 2019 – Berne
Twenty of the very best Swiss live acts of the moment – no more and no less, that’s what’s on offer in one short and intense weekend at the Swiss Live Talents Marathon in Berne. Swiss Live Talents was launched in 2013 by SwissAmp, a self-help organisation to help independent acts reach an international audience. […]
Blind Butcher pissing in colours
Sorry about the language. But that’s how Blind Butcher want it. “Piss Me a Rainbow” is the third album by Christian Aregger and Roland Bucher, aka Blind Butcher. It will be released on 11 October 2019 by Irascible Records. And, as we have come to expect from these restless souls, the boys from Lucerne have […]
Dirty Sound Magnet go Transgenic
18 October 2019 sees the worldwide release of Dirty Sound Magnet’s new album, “Transgenic”, via Hummus Records. It is the psychedelic rockers’ fourth and available in all formats including coloured vinyl as well as a range of bundles, including t-shirts sporting, like the album sleeve, artwork by drummer Maxime Consadey. Dirty Sound Magnet define the […]
Cairo Concepts at WOMEX – 23 – 27 Oct 2019 – Tampere Finland
Basel-based writer, Middle East specialist and artist Phil Battiekh has been invited to present his Cairo Concepts showcase at this year’s WOMEX Conference/Festival in Tampere, Finland. Battiekh conceived and rehearsed this showcase for three weeks during a sponsored residency in Pro Helvetia’s studio in Cairo. According to Phil Battiekh, the showcase presents an “all-star delegation representing […]
