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…
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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 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 Interview Time: We do a deep dive with Benz
We are absolutely in love with “The Smile”, the dreamy, ethereal new 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 hat on it, we had to find out more!”The Smile” is the first single…
Super World Interview Time: We didn’t mention yurts when we spoke to Friede Merz
Hi Friede, thanks so much for doing the interview! Thanks for having me back 🙂 When did you first realise you had a talent for songwriting? When I started playing my own songs in conservatory concerts and people told me they felt most connected with everything around them when I sang my own tunes. I…
Super World Interview Time: The BV’s don’t have any fleas (on them)
We have covered lo-fi indie geniuses The BV’s on a number of occasions. They are on wunderbar German label Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten and we also featured their recent single “Every Story Is A Ghost Story” on Cloudberry Records. You can only imagine how delighted we were to get to interview Josh and Fred. They talk…
Super World Interview Time: A bouquet for Tsvetochnyui 15.
Tsvetochnyui 15 is a high pop-art concept, and one of the most creative and original acts we’ve had the pleasure to feature since we started the site 4 years ago. We were delighted to catch up with main man Vladislaw Serezdinow. One thing, Vlad says “And very soon begin promoting our debut album “Friends Team”….
Urgent delivery from POSTMAN
photo by Stefan Maier It’s a great day at SWIT Towers today. Not only do we get to show the world the new video for “Third Hand” by one of our very favourite bands – POSTMAN – but we also got to interview them as well, and I can honestly say it’s one of the…
Super World Interview Time: Angelos Krallis from CHiCKN
We covered the single “Am I Cher?” by CHiCKN recently, saying ‘”Greek band CHiCKN are new to me, this is just a brilliant retro tune, like Cat Stevens overdosing on acid. Pure class. I am Cher about that.” In fact, we were so taken with their (soon to be seminal) new LP “WOWSERS!” (Inner Ear…
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