Long Tall Jefferson Has His Head in the Clouds
Exactly one year ago, Long Tall Jefferson aka Simon Borer surprised us all with his new album, “Cloud Folk”. Hitherto a troubadour of quietly ruminative songs cast in a predominantly acoustic and folky setting, he had discovered autotune, laptop beats and all sorts of synth tricks to come up with a style he called “Cloud […]
Evelinn Trouble’s Extended “A Blue December Calendar”
Fresh from the release of her fantastic new album, “Longing Fever” (Mouthwatering Records), Evelinn Trouble has returned to something that could almost be called a tradition by now – the musical A Blue December Calendar. Launched in 2018, like a conventional Christmas calendar, it starts on 1 December and ends on Christmas eve, theoretically, with […]
Swiss Music – Global & Folk Playlist
Switzerland isn’t just the four cultures that go with the official national languages, German, French, Italian and Romansh. It is countless others, too, brought in by migrants from all over the world and often woven in with what they find upon their arrival. The “Global & Folk” playlist presented and published by Swiss Music, FONDATION […]
Evelinn in a Fever
“Longing Fever” is the intriguing title of Evelinn Trouble’s fifth album – her first in six years. It comes to us via Mouthwatering Records/Broken Silence and was released on 22 October 2021. A “pop album”, Evelinn calls it. Well, “Longing Fever” is certainly more easily accessible than some of this restlessly innovative artist’s previous work. […]
L’Eclair Creating Confusions
12 November 2021 sees the release via Bongo Joe Records of a new album from Genevan sextet L’Eclair. Called “Confusions”, it is the band’s fourth, and yet another example to show that the slowed down pace of lockdown was not all bad for the soul. Forced to suspend their incessant rounds of touring the world […]
Bandit Voyage Bring You Love
The Genevan anarcho-punk-ye-ye duo Bandit Voyage return to the fray with a double dose of EP madness, entitled “Amour sur le disque” and released via the French label Entreprise. Dose two – “partie 2” – came out on 29 October 2021. It complements dose one – “partie 1” – which has been available since June. […]
Pablo Nouvelle Teams up with Kinnship for “Stones & Geysers”
Pablo Nouvelle is a Swiss electronica producer whose early influences included Bonobo, the XX, Radiohead and Frank Ocean and who crafts his subtle soundscapes with a filmmaker’s feeling for mood. Kinnship is a young ambient pop/folktronica singer from Leeds in the UK who previously performed under the name Favela. “Stones & Geysers” is the title […]
Organ Mug – What the Hell Is “Solastalgia”?
Well, firstly, “Solastalgia” is the title of the new album from Organ Mug. It was released on 22 October 2021 by Irascible Records. More complex is the definition of the actual word. It is a neologism, according to Wikipedia, derived from the Latin “solacium” (comfort) and the Greek -algia (plain, suffering). Put together, it “describes […]
Malummí Release “Blood” Debut
29 October 2021 saw the release via Irascible Records of “Blood”, the debut album from Basel-based Malummí. Formed in 2018 to perform the songs of Brasil-born Larissa Rapold, the trio also consists of studio boffins Giovanni Vicari and Alon Ben. Rapold’s gravity-defying vocals are sometimes reminiscent of Minnie Riperton. Oozing warmth, they are embedded in […]
More Trash from the Monsters!
Truly, this lot should come with a health warning. Everything about these reptilian misfits, known as The Monsters, is unhygienic. Their music? A revolting stew of all that is nasty about fuzz-guitars, minimalist drums and human voices. And, of course, they are totally brilliant. Deprived of access to their natural habitat, the stages of dingy […]
