Sophie de Quay Ask: Y?
Sophie de Quay are the Geneva-based electro-pop duo of singer/songwriter Sophie Loretan and multi-instrumentalist Simon Jaccard. They have been working together for five years, and “Y” is their second album. It was released by Big Lake Music/Rough Trade on 10 September 2021. The daughter of a member of the Swiss diplomatic service, Sophie Loretan has […]
The Animen in A New Light
20 March brings us the eagerly awaited new album “Same Sun/Different Light” from Geneva-based guitar quartet The Animen. The title is a good indication of what we can look forward to. The Animen, a guitar band as anglophile as they come, have always been soaked in melody-driven sixties pop à la Hollies, Badfinger and the Zombies. After […]
The Young Gods, divine again…
After eight years’ silence – a new album from The Young Gods! It’s called “Data Mirage Tangram” and was released on 22 February 2019 on the Two Gentlemen label with international distribution via Rough Trade. The renaissance of the Young Gods is cause for massive celebration. Ever since their sensational first EP, “Envoyé”, released in […]
It’s all virtual for Odd Beholder
Odd Beholder is the dream pop project of Zurich-based singer and songwriter Daniela Weinmann. She follows two (three, if you count an EP of remixes) seriously well-received EPs with the release on 10 October of the debut album, “All Reality is Virtual” via Mouthwatering Records (Switzerland) and Sinnbus/Rough Trade (Germany). “It is one of the […]
Sunny vibes from Wintershome
“Around You I Found You”, that is the pleasingly circular-sounding title of the debut album of Wintershome, a six-piece hailing from the famous winter resort Zermatt in the shadow of the Matterhorn at the heart of Switzerland. It is released on 6 April in Switzerland via Irascible and on 27 April in Germany via Rough Trade. […]
The Weyers are out of their heads
The Weyers, aka the brothers Adi and Luke Weyermann, are veterans of the Zurich music scene. Both have been in a number of bands which have achieved far more than just local popularity over the years. One or two – Crank especially – have long since acquired legendary status. Only a couple of years ago, […]
Velvet Two Stripes are back with a new EP
Velvet Two Stripes are celebrating the release of a new EP on 31 March with a special show at the Palace in their hometown, St. Gallen, followed by a number of gigs in Germany. The EP “Got me Good” is released via the German record label Snowhite and distributed worldwide by Rough Trade/Good to Go. […]
Bad Bonn launches 25th anniversary song book at Rough Trade East, London
Bad Bonn and Patrick Frey Verlag are celebrating the publication of their very special new book, “The Bad Bonn Song Book”, with two events in London. Thursday, 10 March Rough Trade East shop (off Brick Lane) in London 19:00-19:45 – Can a Live Music Venue Change a Small Town? (Panel Discussion) 20:00-20:30 – Richard Dawson […]
James Gruntz set to storm Germany
„Heart Keeps Dancing“ is the new single from James Gruntz, the velvety-voiced singer/songwriter raised in Basel but now based in Zurich. Having already spent twelve weeks in the Swiss charts, the song will be released in Germany on 5 June. This will be followed later in the year by the German release of James’s fourth […]
