Switzerland
News: Mary Middlefield moves on with self-examining new track ‘Sexless’
Back in February, Lausanne-based Mary Middlefield released her impressive debut album Thank You Alexander, a record with its roots in mid-pandemic ennui and uncertainty yet radiating confidence from every note. Not one to rest on her laurels for too long, the Swiss songwriter is already planning to release more new music next year, with her …
PREMIERE: German-Swiss duo BOY retool comeback single ‘Fit Back In’ with help from Hamburg’s Kaiser Quartett
It’s strange how songs written in specific circumstances can take on new significance in different situations. Written after the loss of lead singer Valeska Steiner’s father, ‘Fit Back In’ was released in May as a teaser track from BOY‘s forthcoming third album and the long-awaited successor to 2015’s We Were Here. The task of fitting …
ALBUM REVIEW: Annie Taylor – ‘Sweet Mortality’: A rocking Swiss debut
ANNIE TAYLOR’S debut album is out now via Taxi Gauche Records. This rocking debut is an album of such promise, enthusiasm and desire; it’s one of the pleasant surprises of post-lockdown. Hailing from Switzerland, where they formed in 2017, the band have become into one of Central Europe’s best sounding and hardest touring bands. They …
Premiere: Annie Taylor – ‘The Grass is Greener’: classy fuzz-psych shimmer
LET’S set the record straight from the start: Annie Taylor isn’t a solo artiste, it’s a band. And let’s add to that: Annie Taylor, hailing from Switzerland, is a very fine and classy fuzzpop psych prospect indeed. They formed back in 2017, releasing two now-scarce singles and taking themselves out on tour across their home …
Album Review: Haneke Twins – Astronaut
Deep down inside Switzerland’s CERN Laboratory, working hard on the Hadron Collider and the Higgs Bosun particle, a couple of scientists from Greece have found something else quite exciting. Paschalis Vichoudis (vocals and bass guitar) and Stefanos Leontsinis (guitars) are at the core of Haneke Twins – a post punk/shoegaze group that has just released …
See: Rival Kings release new video for “Fever”
Swiss indie rockers Rival Kings are about to follow up their debut album Citizens, with a new full length effort, War – not out till September via Deepdown Records. From it the band have released a new video for the first glimpse of whats to come, a single called Fever. As it is, its dark, …