SWIT favs Red Sleeping Beauty must be happy indeed this morning, Sweden* vanquished mighty South Korea (imaginatively nicknamed “The Reds”) in the World Cup yesterday. More importantly, they have a wonderful new record on the way. I am so happy to premiere “Falling Out Of Love” from the EP, called “Always On Your Side”. It’s…
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SWIT Sounds Abound #5
Good afternoon! I could be watching Morocco v Iran or listening to these ten terrific tunes – well no competition, music wins every time. Today we visit Indonesia, Norway, Italy, Austria, Catalonia, Finland, Spain, France and Sweden! Class – enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend y’all. Peonies – Haliho (Nanaba Records) SWIT favs…
Super World Interview Time: Kristina from Kristal & Jonny Boy
Sweden’s Kristal & Jonny Boy are Kristina Hanses (vocals, lyrics, dance) and Jonny Eriksson (guitar, drums), they have just released their new LP “It’s My Heart” on La Tempesta and it’s accompanied by a couple of wonderful videos that show off their striking visual style and choreography to stunning effect. The songs themselves are beautiful,…
Red Sleeping Beauty have invited us to the Matinée
Well the excitement is reaching fever pitch (?!!) here in SWIT towers. Gerry is out on the balcony playing keepy-uppy (without a ball!, don’t ask), we’ve installed a bar and I’ve styled my beard à la Brazilian legend Socrates. Our good friends Red Sleeping Beauty contacted us about their unofficial Swedish (150/1) anthem “Dressed In Yellow…
SWIT Sounds Abound #4
Another sunny day in paradise, another hot batch of tunes to add to our best of 2018, we kick off this week with KEKA – Out Of The Water Here is Fredrik Andersson a.k.a KEKA from Sweden with “Out Of The Water”, which is a dreamy, multi-layered sunshine-tinged melody. Lovely work! It does mention slaughter…
Super World Interview Time: No Suits In Miami roll up their sleeves
This is No Suits In Miami’s third outing on SWIT. The band are from the southern Swedish town of Lund and consist of Michelle Dzgoeva, Olle Oscarsson, Hannes Ponzlid and Erik Lange. Today we have their brilliantly downbeat, tuneful new single “Plain Sight”, plus we get a chance to interrogate the band. We have ways…
Why do birds suddenly appear every time Kristal and Jonny Boy are near?
Kristal and Jonny Boy – In the Morning Swedish band Kristal and Jonny Boy are performers Kristina Hanses (vocals, lyrics and dance) and Jonny Eriksson (guitar, music and drum machine). ” In the Morning” is a sophisticated, delicious electronic rumination, suffused with worry and regret – listen once and it will be in your head…
A cautionary tale from GAUPA
GAUPA – The Drunk Autopussy Wants to Fight You “Sex is elusive And a constant battle” Story of my life, but perhaps not in the way of “The Drunk Autopussy Wants To Fight You” by GAUPA – let’s be honest here, is the best song title we’ve had on SWIT bar none. Even better –…
Super World Interview Time: Mats Persson from Woods End
photo by Johan Vall Woods End has just released their second LP, titled “II” (apt). It’s a beautiful piece of Swedish Americana. The songs are graceful, skillfully crafted and played, and suffused with sadness. Their music has a stillness and a timeless quality that sets it apart. The band say they draw “inspiration from the…
Super World Interview Time: It’s our civic duty to present the new Red Sleeping Beauty, it’s loved by Therapeutae
Red Sleeping Beauty – Top Love SWIT favourites and legendary indie magicians Red Sleeping Beauty have today released their wonderfully rhyme-tastic Yazoo-inspired single “Top Love”. We caught up with Niklas from the band to see what’s been going down, how his cat Morris is and he found time to recommend a few other artists to…
The Ghost Of Helags – Anthem (We Came From The Stars)
The Ghost Of Helags – Anthem (We Came From The Stars) Anthem starts out as a blissful, twitchfull, symphonic reverie, a prayer written under the open night skies and gradually builds to a euphoric trance, and then trails off into a reverent coda of “you will be mine”. I love the percussion, the strings and…
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