Hello,

Like countless others on this forum I am in Switzerland (Zurich) for the sake of a partner, and have limited German language skills thus far and am finding employment a bit of a problem.

In the UK I was a professional music journalist, so I thought I would utilise my background here and set up a site/blog devoted to flagging gigs and concerts in Switzerland that might pass under the radar of some of the English-speaking community. Some very interesting stuff happens, often in smaller venues, and it seemed worthwhile to have a place for previews and details in English - hopefully not treading on the toes of the excellent gigs heads-up thread on this forum.

The site can be found here: http://landlockedbluesblog.wordpress.com/

Hopefully soon I will upgrade to its own domain name and make it a 'proper' site.

Thanks for your time, and if anyone is interested in writing for the site, do use the contact page or PM me here - particularly want write-ups/reviews of any gigs people go to.

I think it is a great idea! Nicely organised. Just thought I'd let you know you have a tiny spelling mistake - It is Aarau. Could you please elaborate on what you'd like people to write about besides concert reviews? Do you pay? Good job! Hope it takes off for you.

Ah thanks for the edit.

At the moment the priority is 200-300-word live reviews of any rock/pop/jazz gigs in Switzerland that are well written and interesting. Otherwise, previews similar to those already up there need writing on a regular basis too.

And the site is totally an amateur exercise for me at the moment, but in an ideal world that will one day not be the case...

Nice Blog!

A source of Switzerland's 'underground' music can be found via Radio stations here. I'm impressed with the coverage unknown outfits get here considering the size of the country & this coverage inevitably leads to packed gigs in small local venues (which I like), bear in mind also that some of the types of Artist Groups are full of creativity like Bands playing Drum & Bass/Techno style music live, Swiss Reggae Artists (Famara - Basel) & experimental electronic music.

Did you know? There are at least 73 important Radio stations here....

The site looks great. Hope it all goes well! Will definetely be using it.

Who did you write for in the UK?

Thanks Nick and Transition.

I was the editor of a small music rag in London for a while, also done stuff for Stool Pigeon, Record Collector, Quietus, Art Rocker, Rock N Reel and others.

Reggae and D&B . . . The cutting edge . . .

What an awesome idea! Great blog, two thumbs up from me

Have bookmarked this blog! Keep it up!

Thanks for the words of encouragement, hopefully it will be useful to y'all.

Hello Everyone,

This week we can offer new previews of Nebula in Winterthur, Emily Jane White in Geneva and Berne, Beach House in Zurich and a review of the Wolfmother show in Zurich's Volkshaus last week.

All that along with still-relevant previews of Adam Green and The Raveonettes. Plenty of things to see.

Do enjoy.

LandLockedBlues

Hello,

Latest from LandLockedBlues is this:

Rather excitingly, we are offering a free download of a song from the forthcoming album from New York hipsters High Places. Thanks to Thrill Jockey records for that one.

In addition we've got a preview of this month's dates from the excellent MV & EE, along with Beach House and Emily Jane White.

Go on, get involved.

LandLockedBlues
http://landlockedbluesblog.wordpress.com/

Hey, I really dig the idea and the blog, and I'm now subscribed. I'd also be interested in doing some writing.

Out of curiosity, did you take the name of the blog from the Bright Eyes song? Because that is a great song.

Nice blog! FYI, Under Byen (from DK) is playing in Bern 18.02.10.

Hello everyone,

This week on LandLockedBlues we can offer previews of the much-anticipated show from Yeasayer in Zurich on 12 March, and Danish weirdos Oh No Ono's show in Lausanne.

We still have the TANTALISING, no less, free download of High Places' 'On Giving Up'. High Places come to CH in April.

We also have a word from some pals at Radio LoRa who run a radio show called the Late Greats.

You can all join in,

LandLockedBlues

Hello,

Latest on LandLockedBlues is a preview of what will be a very loud Pontiak/White Hills show in Lausanne and aging bluesman Doug MacLeod's pair of Switzerland gigs in March.

Yeasayer and Oh No Ono reviews are still relevant, as is the free download available of the High Places tune 'On Giving Up'.

If anyone is interested in writing for the blog, do get in touch.

Many thanks

LandLockedBlues
Landlockedbluesblog.wordpress.com

Hello

This week on LandLockedBlues, one's live music bible in Switzerland, we can offer previews of The Album Leaf and The Notwist in Lucerne and Kevin Devine in Zurich along with reviews of fun shows from So So Modern and MV & EE.

Have a look.

Hugs,

LandLockedBlues
Landlockedbluesblog.wordpress.com

There are some mighty fine gigs coming up in Switzerland in the next month or so. They include Crystal Antlers, Shout Out Louds, Helgi Jonsson and the frankly unbelievable Kaki King. You can read previews of all these shows at LandLockedBlues.

April and May look to be busy months too, so do stay tuned. As ever, if anyone wants to flex their writing muscles by contributing reviews or previews, do get in touch.

LandLockedBlues
Landlockedbluesblog.wordpress.com

hey i love this blog, i'm still pretty new in Zurich and its great to find out what is happening. hoping to check out beach house tonight, if its not still a blizzard!

Thanks Dizzypete - hope it was a good gig.