We first heard from Lake Felix aka Kathi Ko about a year ago and I was really taken with the Leash My Elephant track – still once of the best guitar riffs I’ve ever heard. I since checked out the album Kick It to Taka Tuka Land (available on Spotify)- and it became one of…
Month: December 2018
SWIT’s Super 70 – The Best of 2018 – THE TOP 10!
So here we are, my Top 10 tracks for 2018* in no particular order. I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas and thanks to all the artists we’ve featured, everyone who sent us music and everyone who listened and read our schtick over the year. Special thanks to Rerry too, the SW to my…
SWIT’s Super 70 – The Best of 2018 Chapter 6
We are getting close to the end. I’ve had a few glasses of wine and the year is drawing to a close. I’m delighted to share another batch of tunes with you, these bands/artists are all exceptional, lord knows it’s a tough old station these days if you are a musician so hats off to…
SWIT’s Super 70 – The Best of 2018 Chapter 5
Right, we are entering the home straight on our 2018 Top Top Top Tunes, here are another 10 (we call that a SWIT’s dozen). Only 20 left to go. I’m lost in a forest of mistletoe. Eugene Delta feat. Bitten By – Bridges Burn Darker in tone than earlier work, the voices are tinged with…
SWIT’s Super 70 – The Best of 2018 Chapter 4
Yan Wagner – Abstinence (Pschent Music) Dark, addictive electro-pop from Yan Wagner. Clever bastard isn’t he? You’ll be humming this all day. It’s from the brilliant “Forty Eight Hours” LP. UTO – (The) No Song (Pain Surprises) SWIT favourites UTO bring us their deconstructed nothingness with (The) No Song. Dangerously brilliant. Kraków Loves Adana –…
SWIT’s Super 70 – The Best of 2018 Chapter 3
10 more 2018 toppers from SWIT, every one a gem. Benz – The Smile (Feverish) We absolutely loved “The Smile”, the dreamy, ethereal single by Benz, the solo project of Ebba Salomonsson. When we found out that Video directed by Ebba Gustafsson Ågren, from those other SWIT favourites Wy, well that just put the tin…
SWIT’s Super 70 – The Best of 2018 Chapter 2
Here we go, ten more super world indie tunes that tickled our fancy (is that still legal?) in 2018. Enjoy! Spirit Fest – Anohito (Morr Music) Everything we’ve come to expect from Spirit Fest – warm, gentle, melodic and wistful, it’s also extremely more-ish. Songcraft of the highest order. RED SLEEPING BEAUTY – Falling Out…
SWIT’s Super 70 – The Best of 2018 Chapter 1
Well, it’s that time of year again when we choose the best of the best, and serve up our Super 70 for 2018, picked from the literally billions of songs we have listened to and, in many ways, have listened to us. Here’s the first batch of bitchin’ tunes that melted our spoons. The BV’s…
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day: You we do haunt with the sound of Grand Veymont
Grand Veymont – Les Rapides Bleus. Super World Indie Tune Of The Day – 14.12.2018 Second time on SWIT for Grand Veymont. Les Rapides Bleus is their first UK single (and not before time). They will also be releasing a re-arranged and re-mixed version of their 2016 Bandcamp debut LP on 1st Feb 2019 on…
Super World Indie LP Of The Week: KUS Labelcompilation Glaspalast
Ronny from Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten dropped me a line to say “I release at my label Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten the first label compilation with exclusive songs and recordings for the first time on vinyl. This release has the cataloguenumber KUS 012 and will be released on December 12th and is dedicated to my little daughter…
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day: We drank some mulled cider and listened to Johnny Geiger
Johnny Geiger – November. Super World Indie Tunes Of The Day – 13.12.2018 Eva Teissl has returned with a new Johnny Geiger “cut”. And how apt it is as the year draws to a close and December unravels into a gin-soaked Christmas season (hopefully). Apt? Yes because it’s called “November! And actually it does sound…
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day: Nah Nah Hey Hey Goodbye
Nah… – Roadtrip. Super World Indie Tune Of The Day. 12.12.2018 SWIT favourites Nah… are Amsterdam-based music-blogger Estella Rosa and Munster-based (German Munster, not the Irish one) Sebastian Voss. New single “Road Trip” is lighter than air, an infectious slice of pop-perfection, a paean to spontaneity, to freedom and adventure. When I say infectious, I’m…
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