Hello! Time for us to feature another one of our favourite bands. Grand Veymont’s debut UK single “Les Rapides Bleus” came out on the 1st of December last and made tune of the day here. Now their inaugural UK EP, a re-arranged and re-mixed version of their 2016 Bandcamp debut, is being released today (1st…
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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 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…
SWITing with the Center Of The Universe
SWIT’s LP Of The Week Here’s the new(ish) LP from SWIT fav Center Of The Universe. Jørgen Skjulstads teams up with a number of artists via Metronomicon Audio, the delightfully strange Norwegian creative collective he is a part of to give us “Singing with the Center of the Universe”. Yeah, it’s a bit like one…
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…