Andy Wors
Dog, Paper, Submarine - 'Slippery Satellites' (album)
We get a fair few highly produced releases sent in our direction, often with big PR machines behind them. The new album ‘Slippery...
NMR Indie Playlist
Andy Wors
- Jun 1, 2020
- 3 min
Yune - 'Agog' (album)
We’ve covered Yune (not to be confused with the also featured Lune) a few times over the last 12 months, but the good news is that their...
Andy Wors
- May 29, 2020
- 2 min
Tales of Murder & Dust - 'Distances' (from the album 'Fragile Absolutes’)
I don’t know about anywhere else, but it’s been a ‘scorcher’ here in the UK today, the hottest day of the year, with perfect sunny skies...
Andy Wors
- May 29, 2020
- 2 min
The Entire Cast - 'Oct Dream' (from new album 'On Holiday')
I always like coming across bands who haven’t released anything for a few years, because often there’s an interesting story to tell – as...
David Bentley
- May 27, 2020
- 2 min
Carl Liungman – Born (single from album of same title)
Now here is something completely different. May 22nd saw the release of the solo piano debut album ‘Born’ by the Swedish pianist and...
Andy Wors
- May 26, 2020
- 3 min
Annasara - 'Songs from Sälshög'
There’s been so many good albums out in the last couple of weeks that I don’t quite know where to start, from the infections lo-fi guitar...
David Bentley
- May 12, 2020
- 4 min
When ‘Airy met Fairy – 'Esprit de Corps' (album)
If the Oxford English Dictionary ever takes it upon itself to redefine minimalism it could do worse than to offer up When ‘Airy met Fairy...
Andy Wors
- Apr 25, 2020
- 2 min
BÜNNI - 'Transit' (album)
Danish artist BÜNNI has been on our radar for just a few weeks, as we were sent his track ‘Taste for Life’, leaving me intrigued about...
David Bentley
- Apr 19, 2020
- 4 min
Non Nordic Sunday: Fiona Apple – I want you to love me (from the LP ‘Fetch the Bolt Cutters’)
Good old Fiona. We wait eight years for an album, having waited seven years for the previous one, from the artist who only writes “when...
David Bentley
- Apr 13, 2020
- 8 min
Nightwish – Human. : II: Nature. (Album)
Welcome to 'Human. : II: Nature.’, the ninth studio album by Nightwish, which used to be a metal band. While the metal contribution this...
Andy Wors
- Apr 10, 2020
- 2 min
'Mantaray' - 'In Everything' (album)
We featured Finnish post rock band ‘Ghosts on TV’ earlier this week, and another band from the same nation with similar influences are...
David Bentley
- Apr 9, 2020
- 2 min
Steven Andersson Band – GIPSY POWER (re-released 1994 album, sample track The Child Within)
In 1994 Swedish guitarist Steven Andersson (today Steven Kautzky Andersson) formed a band to present his visionary mix of Jimi Hendrix,...
Andy Wors
- Apr 1, 2020
- 2 min
Verkligheten - 'Början på slutet' (single) from album Låt oss falla tillsammans
I have tried to feature songs over the years that are written in their native Nordic language, although I realise I often do miss a...
Andy Wors
- Feb 28, 2020
- 2 min
'Adam Evald' - 'The White Ocean' (from album 'White Night Blackout')
We still have so much new stuff to cover from last Friday, because after the new year 'lull' we seem to be hitting peak release season,...
Andy Wors
- Feb 19, 2020
- 2 min
Alice Boman - 'Dream On' (album) and UK / US tour dates
One album we haven't had chance to cover in detail is the debut album release from Swedish songwriter Alice Boman, which was released a...
Andy Wors
- Feb 17, 2020
- 3 min
'Gypsy Chicken' - '13 Billion Years' (album)
After featuring 'Martin Månsson Sjöstrand Trio' last week, I was conscious that we do sometimes head off almost too frequently in the...
Andy Wors
- Feb 11, 2020
- 3 min
'Martin Månsson Sjöstrand Trio' - 'Universum Faller' (album)
I was in Oslo recently and came across 2 lovely Norwegian guys who claimed (ok, they actually were, but 'claimed' sounds more intriguing)...
Andy Wors
- Feb 4, 2020
- 3 min
'Folke Nikanor' - 'Rymden enligt Folke Nikanor’ (album)
I try to avoid looking at artist Press Releases before writing a review for fear of inadvertently writing something which the record...