What do you mean, “loud”?
Hummus Records are taking the new year by the scruff of the neck with two raucous new live albums from their house-bands, Coilguns and Closet Disco Queen. Taking advantage of a temporary loosening of Covid regulations, Coilguns’ “Live at Soulcrusher” (released 13 January 2023) was recorded in October 2021 at the Soulcrusher Festival in Nijmegen, […]
Fomies Experiencing “Sudden Lag”
“Sudden Lag” is a rather odd title to choose for an album that clearly demonstrates a band’s remarkable progress in the last couple of years! Released on 21 October 2022 via Hummus/Irascible, the Vevey-based quintet’s third LP produces a volcanic eruption of synth-laced psychedelic guitar rock, with a hint of art rock and glam thrown […]
Emilie Zoé Says Hello to Her Future Me
Emilie Zoé releases her latest album, “Hello Future Me”, on 11 February 2022 via Hummus Records. After two collaborative albums with Young God Franz Treichler (/A\) and theatre/soundtrack composer Christian Garcia Gaucher (“Pigeons”), “Hello Future Me” marks a return to a more conventional and quieter singer/songwriter. Recorded with her long-term musical partner, the percussionist Nicolas Pittet, […]
Coilguns “Shunners/Burrows”
Loudly keeping up the tension before the completion of their next album, their fourth, Coilguns have pre-released two tracks from their album sessions in a limited screen-printed vinyl version (sic! the band as well as their label Hummus are well known for their playful approach to merchandise). The picture disc is part of an ongoing […]
Closet Disco Queens Aiming for the Stadium
“Stadium Rock for Punk Bums” is the title of a new EP by Closet Disco Queens. It was released in December via Hummus Records. It is truly a mystery how Jona Nido does it all! Not only does he run Hummus Records (the La Chaux-de-Fonds-based label formed by Coilguns in the absence of anyone else […]
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! […]
Ester Poly Are Ready to Get “Wet”
And yet more fine records from Hummus Records! This one comes from Ester Poly, the duo consisting of super-busy bassist and singer Martina Berther from Zurich, and, from Geneva, drummer and singer Beatrice Graf. “Wet” was released on 20 August 2021. The album is Ester Poly’s second. As the line-up of bass and drums would […]
/A\ super group!
18 June 2021 sees the release of /A\, the debut album of a new super group, also called /A\, via Two Gentlemen / Hummus Records. /A\ are Franz Treichler, Emilie Zoé and Nicolas Pittet. Franz Treichler is the founder and the voice of The Young Gods, the pioneering sampler/drums/voice trio quoted as influences by the […]
Perseverance Pays off for Peter Kernel
They’re the self-proclaimed “best band in the world called Peter Kernel”, and they’ve been going for fifteen years. Quite rightly, the brains behind this much-loved maverick operation, Barbara Lenhoff and Aris Bassetti, have decided that this is an event worth celebrating. They will do so with an album appropriately entitled “Perseverance: 15 Years of Peter […]
Louis Jucker Does Something Right
“Something Went Wrong” is the rather misleading title of singer/songwriter and self-proclaimed “punk-activist” Louis Jucker’s latest album. It was released on 30 October on Hummus Records, a label founded by Jucker himself with the purpose of supporting like-minded artists and friends, in, around and way beyond his hometown, the small watch-making city of La-Chaux-de-Fonds on […]
