SWIT’s Uneasy Listening for Halloween: Freak Yourself Out

We’ve compiled a couple of uneasy listening playlists over the last few months, we think they’re perfect to give you a deep, uneasy feeling this Halloween. Volume 1 and 2 playlists, as well as the original posts are below. Here’s hoping we creep you out.

Few In The Underworld. Chapter 10.

“He’s no one of consequence.” “No one of consequence, Oh Few, you do have a good memory. Wasn’t that how I introduced myself to you all those years ago? So much water, so many bridges. Is he for me? I haven’t had one in ages, he doesn’t look in great shape though, what is going…

Pixies – Live in Athens 1989

*This clip is full of strobes. Better to just sit back and listen Setlist 1. Into the White 0:10 2. Wave of Mutilation 3:27 3. Debaser 5:34 4. Dead 8:25 5. Cactus 10:50 6. There Goes My Gun 13:05 7. No. 13 Baby 15:00 8. Isla de Encanta 18:54 9. Hey 20:34 10. Crackity Jones…

A Hornbook For Witches: Stories read by Vincent Price.

A Hornbook for Witches: Poems of Fantasy is a collection of poems by Leah Bodine Drake. It was released in 1950, and was the author’s first book and her only collection published by Arkham House. It was released in an edition of 553 copies, of which 300 were given to the author, making this one…

Ane Brun

Ane Brun is a Norwegian songwriter, she has released eight albums to date. She lives in Stockholm where she writes, records, and runs her own label (Balloon Ranger Recordings). The first song I ever heard by her was Virvelvind, a hauntingly beautiful wall of echoes and middle eastern chants. Ane has a real talent for…

Alfred Hitchcock’s Ghost Stories For Young People.

  It’s that time of year again and things are getting pretty, pretty spooky at Swit Swang Towers. Here’s a lovely thing –  Alfred Hitchcock’s “Ghost Stories For Young People” from 1962. We’ve included links to the album on YouTube and Spotify. As for the stories, well they speak for themselves. YouTube Spotify

Few’s Attic Conversion. Chapter 9.

“Your soul?” “Come on, the sun is up. We’ll be safe enough, he’ll have chilled out by now.” “Your soul?” “Never bloody mind for the moment. Jesus you can’t tell some people anything. Just leave it there, let’s just say we’re to take delivery of something. She has it, she will return it to me…

OMD – The Theatre Royal Drury Lane December 4th 1981

Setlist 1 Almost 2 Mysteriality 3 Joan Of Arc 4 Motion And Heart 5 Maid Of Orleans 6 Statues 7 Souvenir 8 New Stone Age 9 Enola Gay 10 Bunker Soldiers 11 Electricity 12 She’s Leaving 13 Julia’s Song 14 Stanlow

I Can Chase Dragons!

And so to Mexico (via Boston) and I Can Chase Dragons! This solo project is the brainchild of Julio Gudiño, lead singer from The Plastics Revolution. Julio mixes modern electronica and Mexican folk to creature luscious, left-field, pop landscapes. I Can Chase Dragons!’ debut LP, “Expansión”, was released in January 2012 by independent Mexican label…

andHow.FM (107.5 FM) | Got indie?

SWIT loves listening to the radio and this is our favourite radio station. It’s andHow.FM (107.5 FM) | Got indie? from Porirua, New Zealand. In their own words “No commercials, no logons, no fees, no subscriptions. Just simply some of the best, cutting-edge, indie & retro rock music radio on the planet. 24 hours a day. Everyday.”…

Few Calls 999. Chapter 8.

  “Right, they’re on the way, I tell you they’ll sort out The Kevin, this will be the end of him”. “That sounds ominous” We walk back to the flat, it’s all gone quiet, the front door is still open. Silence. We creep into the kitchen. Bob is sitting in the middle of chaos smoking…

New Order – 17 Dec 1985, Manhattan Club, Leuven, Belgium

Setlist 01 Let’s Go 02 The Perfect Kiss 03 Age Of Consent 04 Thieves Like Us 05 State Of The Nation 06 As It Is When It Was 07 The Village 08 Subculture 09 All Along The Watch Tower (snippet) 10 Atmosphere 11 Temptation 12 Blue Monday