Timothy Jaromir Feeling Homesick
“Hiraeth” is Welsh and means for “homesickness” and “nostalgia”. It is also the title of the new album from globetrotting singer/songwriter Timothy Jaromir, released in all formats, including a special vinyl edition, on 6 November 2020 on Vissen Records/Little Jig Records. Timothy’s father arrived in Switzerland in 1968 as a refugee from the Russian invasion […]
Convulsif Go “Extinct”
Rarely has a band chosen a better name for itself. And rarely has an album title been more misleading. “Extinct” is Convulsif’s fifth album, and it offers up veritable maelstrom of brutal vitality. “Noise/doom/metal with violin, bass clarinet, drums and bass guitar”, offers the PR-blurb by way of an introduction, followed by: “’Extinct” is an […]
Switzerland compiled
Designed to reflect the strong and diverse influence immigration has brought to bear on the musical culture of Switzerland, “World VI” was curated by Roberto Haçaturyan from artlink, a Berne-based organisation coordinating artists and projects with roots in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe who are based in Switzerland. “World VI” offers a hugely […]
Cyril Cyril, Let’s Go Go!
The mighty Cyril Cyril have a new album out. It’s called “Yallah Mickey Mouse”, meaning “Let’s go, Mickey Mouse”! It is released on 16 October on Bongo Joe Records/Born Bad. Cyril Cyril are so called because the band consists simply and solely of two Cyrils. One, surname Yeterian, plays accordion, banjo and myriad other instruments. […]
Panda Lux Are Having “Fun, Fun, Fun”
No, it’s not another compilation of the Beach Boys’ greatest hits – it’s the new album from the ever more fabulous Panda Lux, their second. “Fun, Fun, Fun” was released via Irascible on 25 September. Panda Lux are two brothers, Silvan and Samuel Kuntz, and two friends, Moritz Widrig and Janos Mijnssen, from way back […]
We Are the Inferno, According to Régis
Album titles don’t come much darker than this – “L’Enfer c’est nous”, or, in English, “The inferno, that’s us”. Fortunately for him and us, the Geneva-based singer/songwriter Régis appears to have a sense of humour. His music isn’t nearly as glum as that title would seem to suggest. The title track is, in fact, a […]
Egopusher Pushing Beyond
After a series of riveting singles, remixes and a mini-album, the much-travelled Egopusher at last release their second album. It is called “Beyond” and comes out on 9 October via the Zurich-based experimental electronica label Quiet Love Records (motto: “We release music by people we like who make music we love.”). Egopusher are violinist Tobias […]
Rabin Rocks the Blues
Guitarist Félix Rabin’s debut mini album “Pogboy”, released on 25 September, is distributed everywhere via Phonag Records. Born in Britany but living in Neuchâtel, Félix Rabin was raised on his parent’s record collection, classic rock, in other words, from Jimi Hendrix to Pink Floyd. Aged fifteen, pretty much at the same time as the family […]
The Two Romans Want “Everything. Now!”
Big emotions and big choruses are the speciality of The Two Romans, a six-piece from the Bernese Oberland. “Everything. Now!” is their debut album – it is not totally new. Released last April, it reached number 4 in the official Swiss album charts, no mean feat for a young and home-grown guitar outfit competing in […]
Greetings From JAS CRW
“Greetings from” is the title of the debut EP from Zurich-based vocal trio JAS CRW. It was released on the last weekend in August, aka, in any other year, the Notting Hill Carnival weekend. With production contributions by the likes of Jamie Rodigan (UK), Meek (Germany) and Ketelby James, the musical director of STRG studio […]
