We are privileged indeed to be given the first look at the new movie by Tekla Vály, based on the recent EP by Astrid Swan and Stina Koistinen, simply titled “Swan/Koistinen”. The music brings together two artists we have featured a number of times here on SWIT. The compositions cover the gamut of emotions associated…
Category: tunes
Super World Indie EP Of The Week: Stars On Fire are on fire
Super World Indie EP Of The Week – 4/7/2019: “blue skies above” by Stars On Fire. I grew up musically during the late seventies/early eighties and was a huge fan of a plethora of punk and new wave bands. There was nothing I liked better then than short, lo-fi, messy tunes. Songs that said ‘allo,…
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day: Somehow the eyes have it
Super World Indie Tune Of the Day 02.07.2019: “Shut your Eyes and See” by Somehow. Well now. This is definitely my SWIT tune of the year so far. “Shut your Eyes and See” is simple, elegant, impossibly melancholic and implausibly hopeful. The song resolves and revolves around a brilliant bassline but it’s the wonderful melody…
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day: In the centre of it all with Jetstream Pony
Super World Indie Tune Of the Day 01.07.2019: “Mitte” by Jetstream Pony. What a great start to the summer holidays, woke up this morning to find a new Jetstream Pony tune sitting on the end of my bed. “Mitte” is a demo, in anticipation of a new LP later in the year. As tuneful and…
Remington super 60 know how to cut a track
Super World Indie Tune Of the Day 28.06.2019: “The Highway Again” by Remington super 60 It’s my kids’ last day of school before the summer break and we’re all getting into the holiday spirit with this peach of a track from Norway’s Remington super 60. I especially love that scrambled synth thing they do.10 SWITS…
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day: We wooden be surprised if you love this.
Super World Indie Tune Of the Day 21.06.2019: “Lumen” by Wooden Peak. Wooden Peak, the German indie duet, is releasing some new versions of older tunes, and “Lumen” is the second track to receive a very pleasing electronic make-over, it’s out now on TELESKOP. “Lumen” was originally released on their debut LP in 2011 (seems…
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day: Ē are a shore thing
Super World Indie Tune Of the Day 18.06.2019: “Afraid Of The Ocean” by Ē. Hello! This is “Afraid Of The Ocean” by Oslo-based Ē. The band are adept at writing lo-fi pop songs suffused with shadow and light. Looping rhythms, wiry guitars and world-weary, sugar-spun vocals combine to wonderful effect. “Afraid Of The Ocean” is…
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day – A Lazarus Soul give us a deserved kick up the hole.
Super World Indie Tune Of the Day 16.06.2019: “Long Balconies” by A Lazarus Soul. This is A Lazarus Soul and the second single of their breathtaking new album – The D They Put Between The R And L. Displaying MacGowan like genius in both composition and delivery this is Long Balconies. SWIT YouTube 2019 SWIT…
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day – Tennis Club deserve a big break.
Super World Indie Tune Of the Day 15.06.2019: ” Vodkas” by Tennis Club. Anette rushed into the office, brandishing a pink LP in the air. “What the deuce is that?” I exclaimed. She whacked it onto the turntable and replied: “It’s the new disc from Tennis Club, it’s ace”. As the first bars of “Vodkas”…
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day: Eefje de Visser is older and wiser
Super World Indie Tune Of the Day 14.06.2019: ” Zwarte Zon” by Eefje de Visser. We’ve been waiting a long time for new music from SWIT favourite Eefje de Visser. Her 2016 LP “Nachtlicht” is a modern-day classic and “Staan” from the album was in our Top 10 tracks. So, I’m really delighted to report…
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day: Exile On Side Chick
Super World Indie Tune Of the Day 12.06.2019: “Shut Your Whore Mouth” by Side Chick. And now for something completely different and one of the best tunes I’ve heard all year. Check “Shut Your Whore Mouth” (foehn records) from Barcelona’s Side Chick. Stripped-back, electrifying and highly addictive, both the song and performance on Mondo Sonoro…
Super World Indie Tune Of The Day: The Blue Herons are at their beak.
Super World Indie Tune Of the Day 11.06.2019: “The Way You Look At Me” by The Blue Herons (feat. Krissy Vanderwoude). Hello Switters, check out the very lovely new single from The Blue Herons with the added vocal stylings of SWIT-fav Krissy Vanderwoude. “The Way You Look At Me” is an impressively ethereal, summer soundscape…
