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…
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Super World Indie Tune Of The Day: We premiere “Trapped in Amber” by Jetstream Pony
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day -01.05.2020. Jetstream Pony- Trapped in Amber. Well, this is a treat. We may all feel like we’re trapped in amber at the moment but it’s music like this that will see us through. From the majestic opening, the tune thrums into life – The Jetstream Pony sound gets…
SWIT’S Best Of 2017 Part 1
We’ve posted nearly a billion tunes this year and they were all great to begin with, so whittling that down to the best odd 100 or so was never going to be an easy task, it is with great pleasure (at re-listening to everything again and again) and pain (at having to exclude some great…
SWIT’s Long Player Of The Week: The Luxembourg Signal – Blue Field
The Luxembourg Signal – Blue Field (Shelflife Records/kleine untergrund schallplatten) The first 3 tracks on the new Luxembourg Signal LP are a serious statement of intent, “big-boned and hardy-handsome”, carefully crafted dark, sleek, indie pop – all jagged guitars, atmospherics and coolasfuck vocals. They proclaim this is a serious band making serious music. Ok, on…
SWIT’s Long Player Of The Week: Lost Tapes – We Thought It Was Okay At The Time
What more can we tell you about Lost Tapes? We’ve interviewed them; we’ve featured their tunes multiple times and they made our Top 10 tracks of 2016. Suffice to say they produce brilliant pop music and this is a beautifully realised retrospective by Shelflife, covering the period 2013-2015. Have a listen – you won’t be…
The RJ Files Volume #2
It’s Not Not – Golden Rule Lost Tapes – Go Four The Round (Dub) Tokyo Sex Destruction – It Was In 1969 SWIT’s never-ending playlist
Red Sleeping Beauty
Red Sleeping Beauty, Swedish indie-pop masters, originally came together in 1991. The band are Kristina Borg, Mikael Matsson, Niklas Angergård. 2016 saw their happy return with the release of Kristina, their first album in 19 years, on Labrador Records (and now Shelflife). Packed with great melodies and brilliant hooks, it’s definitely one of the best…
Play this loud from The Holiday Crowd
The Holiday Crowd – Anything Anything & Never Speak Of It Again
Interview with: Lost Tapes
Lost Tapes is the (relatively) new project of Pau Roca (La Habitación Roja) and RJ Sinclair (Tokyo Sex Destruction). They recently released their debut LP “Let’s Get Lost” on Mushroom Pillow. It’s a beautiful piece of work and has obviously been made with a lot of care, attention and love. The sound harks back to the…
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