Super World Interview Time: Michele and Cristiano from Drama Emperor

Drama Emperor are an electro-indie Italian band made up of Michele Caserta, Cristiano Ballarini and Simone Levantesi who write in English, Italian and German. We have covered a number of tunes by the guys and even premiered their recent single “The Final Song” (on Alienated Records).  Needless to say we are big fans but we’ll…

Everyday I like The Sunjays

The Sunjays – Konnichiwa Wow! That’s all I could think when I heard this – Konnichiwa by Hamburg’s The Sunjays – first, it’s got a beautiful hypnotic riff, careless vocals, almost harmonies and a few surprises up it’s ever-so-indie sleeves. The Super 8 film was shot in Hamburg, Dover, Brighton and Dartmouth by Dagie Brundert,…

SWIT’s Long Player Of The Week: The BV’s – Speaking From A Distance

I imagine “Speaking From A Distance” (on Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten) being recorded in a village hall somewhere in late spring; shafts of sunlight bend through the cylinder glass panes, tracing ribbons of dust in the air. It’s that kind of record, ain’t it a pretty pretty thing? The BV’s are Josh Turner (Planet Jazz) and…

Oh Joy. Oh. Joy. Oh.

Think the Oh Joy is sarcastic? Maybe. This is “So Swell” and it is, so swell. Here’s the Dublin band’s new single, what starts off as a sligltly pissed-off and world-weary pean collapeses into a mess of noisy feedback, some people call it a chorus. Whatever you call it, it’s class. Upcoming dates – Saturday…