Swiss artists amongst the highlights of Pop-Kultur Berlin 21. – 23. August 2019
The “Pop-Kultur”-Festival was launched in 2015 and, after debuting in the grounds of the legendary Berghain club, has now settled in and around the Kulturbrauerei. Thanks to an unusual, three-tiered concept that includes the commissioning of works especially for the event and asks established artists to actively seek a dialogue with newcomers in words and […]
Paléo-Festival Nyon – 23 – 28 July 2019
The Paléo is one of our favourite festivals, and not just because it takes place on the front porch of our French Swiss office in Nyon. Beautifully situated in the green fields alongside Lake Geneva, what the Paléo offers goes way beyond mere music. Loved for its adventurous programming policy that has always ranged from […]
Jessiquoi triggers a glitch!
“Glitch Trigger (Chapter 1)” is the title of Jessiquoi’s debut album, released on 17 May. For once, the description “hotly anticipated” is indeed appropriate. Jessiquoi won both the award for best electronica song and the overall “demo of the year” award at last year’s demo tape clinic at the m4music conference/festival in Zurich. She followed this […]
L’Eclair release dinosaur
Sauropoda are a type of dinosaur with a very long neck and a very small head. “Sauropoda” is also the title of L’Eclair’s new album. It’s their third. “Think of it as a 2am youtube find. Or that weird looking soviet prog funk LP reissue you never dared to buy,” they write on their Facebook […]
Bonaparte reach Africa
If there is one feature that has never changed in the course of Bonaparte’s history, it is their utter unpredictability. “Was mir passiert” is the title of their new album, their seventh. It is released in the GSA territories on 14 June via Sony Music. The rather German-sounding title gives no indication whatsoever of the […]
The Jackets, new and improved with more fuzz than ever before
“10 Songs of Pure Raw Wild Swiss Psychedelic Fuzz Garage at its best, fronted by the wildest woman in Europe”, promises label chief the Reverend Beat-Man for the second Voodoo Rhythm album by The Jackets, “Queen of the Pill”. As ever, the Reverend gets it pretty much right. Alice Cooper called them “the real deal”, […]
Gina Été is all analogue
It is no mean feat to impress THE John Vanderslice (Mountain Goats, Spoon, Death Cab for Cutie, not to mention a series of highly praised solo albums) enough for him to want to record your debut-EP in his very own Tiny Telephone studio in San Francisco. 25year-old Gina Été has managed it. The six songs that […]
Ta’Shan and Veronica Fusaro camping at Glastonbury Festival
Well, what can we say about Glastonbury Festival that you won’t know already? Precisely nothing, we fear. Simply, Glastonbury is the festival of festivals. Taking place for the first time in 1970 with T. Rex headlining and 1500 tickets sold, this year’s 36th edition will be headlined by the Killers, the Cure and Stormzy, with […]
B-Sides Festival, 13 – 15 June 2019 Sonnenberg Kriens
Any festival that lists on its programme the exact time of sunset must be a tiny bit special. Surrounded by mountains, with gorgeous views over the large and beautifully clear Lake Lucerne, in terms of the beautiful scenery alone, the B-Sides Festival would be hard to top. Add to that a genuinely progressive concept – […]
Bad Bonn Kilbi, Düdingen – 30 May – 1 June 2019
“Kilbi” is a Swiss German word for fun fair. Which is pretty accurate as far as the “fun” bit goes. We feel pretty certain, however, that no other fun fair in the world has a musical programme quite as exciting as the Bad Bonn Kilbi in Düdingen. For most of the year, Bad Bonn is simply a […]
