The SWIT equivalent of waking up on Christmas morning is receiving an email from Morr Music. This time it’s to tell us the about the return of German Indie Heavyweights The Notwist and their stunning new EP – Ship. The eponymously named lead single – featuring Saya, singer of Tenniscoats and co – member of…
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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…
Check out this beauty from Fehler Kuti
So you know when Morr Music get in contact about a new release one has got to sit up and take notice. Thankfully I did just that and was rewarded with the stunning Mayday Mayday by Fehler Kuti – featuring Markus Acher & Tobias Siegert. For Fehler Kuti “making music is about building coalitions. It’s…
The Week 23042017: The 15 best tracks from the last 7 days.
Time is money, isn’t it? Is it? So screw the long introductions today, I mean I’ve been doing everything around here. A small team. Does one person count as a team? What do you think. Not that anyone cares. Just bring the tunes they say. Stop bloody maoning they say. turn off the lights they…
The Week 04122016
Hi, welcome to SWIT’s Week, so much time, so little to do – wait! scratch that, reverse it – here’s the week’s best tunes, most of these were submitted, we love to get great music sent to us so please do send if you are possessed (of some) – yes we’re talking LE TON MITÉ,…
Between Notwist and Rayon: Interview with Markus Acher
Hi Markus, thanks so much for taking the time to answer some questions for us again! Why did you decide now was the right time to release a live album? When we play concerts, we like to re-arrange our songs and slowly change them, and because some of them became really different over the years, some…
The Week 24072016
Hi, welcome to THE WEEK from SWIT. This is our second one – we’ve got out new banner in place (finally) – Indie Cat has moved upstairs to the boardroom.
Interview with Markus Acher of Alien Transistor (and The Notwist)
We got to Alien Transistor eventually. We started with The Notwist who were on our first German compilation last year, shortly after we started. Then we did an interview with Valerie from Lali Puna, then we discovered all the fantastic music coming out of Germany (and from the Morr Music label in particular) and as…
super world indie tunes 