I’m dancing a flamenco to The Green Flamingos

The Green Flamingos – The Rush Kicks In Here’s a thing, I’m deaf in one ear at the moment so my world has gone mono. Here’s another thing, “The Rush Kicks In” by funky Franco-Swiss The Green Flamingos still sounds ruddy marvellous. It’s got a kinda soulful, psychedelic retro feel so mono is more than…

SWIT SWEMIERE: The Cats Never Sleep – Hummus

Swiss quintet The Cats Never Sleep were formed in 2012. After a self-released EP in 2014 and two 7 inch vinyls on English record company Fruits De Mer, the Cats went to Kerwax Studios in November 2015 and put on tape their first full length record. Titled “Massage”, the album is a genuine ode to…

I hope they can accept a condiment because the new LeSuperHomard is brilliant!

Le SuperHomard – Dry Salt In Our Hair (Featuring Pandora Burgess) This is the shimmering new video for Le SuperHomard’s beautiful “Dry Salt In Our Hair” (shot in the spring on the Canary Islands), featuring beautiful vocals once again by Pandora Burgess. The gorgeous, psych-tinged, summer pop tune is originally from one of our fav…

SWIT SWEMIERE: The Rebels Of Tijuana – Brazil 70 EP

We are big fans of The Rebels Of Tijuana here at SWIT HQ. Last year’s LP “#3” was on rotation in the boardroom . The band are Alex, Olive, Long John, Julien and Yann and they’ve been kicking against the pricks since 2008. They’ve got an expansive back-catalogue, have written the greatest-ever song about soccer…

SWIT’s Best Of 2016: Chapter 4

The Slow Show – Ordinary Lives (Haldern Pop Recordings) ShitKid – Oh Please Be A Cocky Cool Kid (PNKSLM) The Pirouettes – L’escalier (Kidderminster) Pamela Hute – Banshees (My Dear Recordings) BLAUDZUN – Between A Kiss And A Sorry Goodbye (V2 Records Benelux, Glitterhouse Records) VedeTT – Friday Morning (Echo Orange) Vessel – Clear as…

SWIT’s Best Of 2016: Chapter II (2) (TWO)

Wunderland: Nue (Independent) Wy: In Bloom (Hybris) Vanishing Twin: – The Conservation Of Energy (Soundway Records) Shadow Dance – Guillaume Teyssier (Tigersushi Records) Sundayman – Jupiter (Inner Ear) Gregg Garvey – One Worth Ending (Lollipop) Arborist – I Heard Him Leaving (Cargo) LeSuperHomard – Maple Key ( Alter K, Echo Orange, Le Pop Club Records,…

Betwixt and between with Frank&Stein

Here’s elusive French person Frank&Stein with a new electro-pop classic in the form of “And The Sun Goes”, plus – run rings around another sci-fi hi-fi number “Jupiter” [Saturn has rings, not Jupiter. Ed.]. Echo Orange have done it again! Frank&Stein And The Sun Goes & Jupiter

I don’t know how to edit VedeTT

VedeTT – CQRES & Temple

I’ve got a Monkberry habit: Lauren Stuart &The Monkberry Moon Orchestra

Lauren Stuart meets The Monkberry Moon Orchestra – Soul Mission; The Monkberry Moon Orchestra – Last Farewell; Lauren Stuart – You & Me.

Look to the stars with Cosmic Fields

So I was reading Le Pop Club’s bio of Cosmic Fields – it says “blending Argentinian rock, nocturnal groove and space pop, Cosmic Fields are always looking for something new and try not to have a precise genre. Three outlanders explore distant horizons, embracing the psychedelic sounds of their ancestors “. Argentinean rock – isn’t…

Interview with Christophe Vaillant of Le SuperHomard

Le SuperHomard have produced a beautiful, baroque, pop masterpiece called Maple Key. The band is the brainchild of Christophe Vaillant of  Pony Taylor fame – and getting vocalist Pandora Burgess ( (El Botcho/The Leeds) on board really was a stroke of genius. They’ve delivered a perfect, wistful, hazy summer soundtrack. They’ve got the whole package…