Switzerland: land of neutrality, good chocolate, the International Red Cross. Though their newest album is named for this trilingual landlocked country, Electric Six take their rock/punk/disco/garage blend all over, from the hottest nightclub in town to the best kitchens of France down to hell and back.  Full text...

Slick disco rockers have only one joke, but it's a good one.  Full text...

While the goony ebullience of “Danger! High Voltage” is undeniable even now, make no mistake: Dick Valentine and his Electric Six fit neatly into that lineage. They (or more accurately he) wield schlock and camp, sure, but at least on Switzerland they have other things on their mind that what they’ll put in you at the gay bar.   Full text...

Rock and roll was always about sex, dancing and cities on fire, and Electric Six are just reminding us of that truism.  Full text...

I'm not sure when and if the Electric Six will recover from debut album Fire's resulting hangover, but Switzerland suggests the sun's setting on the band's party-hardy days. Even frontman Dick Valentine has acknowledged this, noting how the "dance" trope has been dropped from all lyrics on the new album.  Full text...

With Switzerland, the band dodges the impending hangover, though continues to quiet things down a little more. This time out, it's a brunch filled with bloody Maries and mimosas as the would-be libertines valiantly fight off headaches, exhaustion and the limits of human endurance.  Full text...

Electric Six are an act so keen to prove they are not a one-hit novelty act that they continue to churn out mediocre records like this latest album Switzerland. Sadly, in plodding along all they've achieved is an extensive back catalogue in forgettable music that is unrecognisable from the press release hyperbole.  Full text...