Super World Interview Time: This Charman Man

Jetstream Pony’s debut self-titled LP has just landed and, as you would expect, it’s a corker. It’s been spinning all week, it’s more addictive than crack cocaine and I should know. My current fav tune is “The Very Eyes Of Night” which apart from a brilliant title also has the zeitgeisty refrain of “sometimes I’m…

SWIT PREMIERE GIANTS by XTR HUMAN

Enjoy this fresh, hook-laden slice of indie pop perfection from XTR HUMAN. Giants grabs you from the start with its jumpy stop/start bass and guitars dueling on top of an infectious synth melody. Complimented quite excellently by Johannes Stabel’s infectious vocals (reminding me of the wonderful Robert Forster)  Coming in at just over 3 minutes…

Super World Interview Time: Hurry hurry it’s Violet Cheri

I recently posted “Hey Honey Heaven” from Stockholm’s Violet Cheri and said “This is a tune that shoots for the moon and hits the target. It’s a delightful pop song, with strikingly original vocals courtesy of frontman Daniel Hoff. I love the melody, the lo-fi ambiance, the celebration of weird youth, love, and spending summers…

Super World Interview Time: Pupkulies & Rebecca bente our ears

It’s been a while since our last “swinterview” and now we have three coming up over the next couple of weeks. As I said below I am new to Pupkulies & Rebecca and from the opening bars of “One” I had a feeling I was listening to something special. The songs are warmly organic, playful…

Porto Geese – The Best New Band in SWITain.

Okay so this is the new band I’ve heard in ages. They’re from Oslo (Norway – Yes way)- I’ll let them tell you their story as they know it better than I do “Joar Renolen and Bendik Øvrelid got together in Bendik’s studio with some very loose thoughts on starting a band, ending up with…

SWIT Album of the Month(year,decade) – A Compilation Of Japanese Indie Music – Minna Miteru

Well hello there – long time no SWIT (for me) Anything mad happened since I last posted in 2019?? IT’S ALL A BIT NUTS ISN’T IT? Anyway this amazing compilation of Japanese Indie Music from Morr Music in collaboration with the peerless Markus Acher’s Alien Transistor label is a perfect antidote to all the crap…

SWIT Swemiere – The new tune by Desert Souls is a turtle delight.

Super World Indie Tune Of The Day 02.10.2019: Desert Souls – “Turtle”. Ain’t this just lovely? Take a pinch of Violent Femmes, add a soupçon of The Cure and a glass of heady, intoxicating indie-pop perfection, pour it all into a tastefully gauche cocktail shaker and fire it through The Time Tunnel, “Turtle” by Desert…

SWIT Swemiere: “Anohito” by Hochzeitskapelle

The German jazz collective Hoczeitskapelle are back with a new album: “If I Think About Love” which will be released on the 13th of September via Gutfeeling Records. The record is a collection of cover versions of some of their favourite songs. The band, a live-music loving troop made up of some of Germany’s indie…

Super World Indie EP Of The Week: Highest Sea make waves

Berlin-based Highest Sea are Leila Zanzibar (vocals/guitar), Andreas Miranda (bass), Cristobal Jimenez van Cauwelaert (lead guitar) and Theo Taylor / Martin Perret (drums). Haven (Duchess Box Records) is a beautiful piece of work. The band’s evolution to a 4 piece has given new depth to the sound, adding a lush sweep to the melancholy, evoking…

SupĒr World IntĒrviĒw TimĒ

Ē formed in the summer of 2018 when Ingvild Nærum (Are You Having Fun Yet) and Chiara Cavallari (FOAMMM) got together. Nærum is the band’s long-standing drummer and lead singer. Cavallari plays the guitar and takes vocal duties on some songs. Ē completed its lineup by adding experienced musician and songwriter Sigrun Sæbø Åland (Hysj)…

Super World Interview Time: Angel Aux deals with the demons

Angela Aux released the wonderful “In Love With The Demons” (Trikont) back in May. We were delighted to catch up with Heiner Hendrix (for he is she) for a second Swinterview to discuss the record, weird coincidences and much else besides. I love “In Love With The Demons” – who are the demons and do…

First Look: Swan/Koistinen film by Tekla Vály

We are privileged indeed to be given the first look at the new movie by Tekla Vály, based on the recent EP by Astrid Swan and Stina Koistinen, simply titled “Swan/Koistinen”. The music brings together two artists we have featured a number of times here on SWIT. The compositions cover the gamut of emotions associated…