Nordic Indie Christmas Playlist - 15/12
Given that 2 of my favourite things in the world are Nordic Indie music and Christmas, it seems appropriate to put those 2 things...
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NMR Indie Playlist
Andy
- Dec 2, 2022
- 1 min
Single of the Week: Inger Nordvik 🇳🇴 - ‘Go Back’
I've not written about Inger Nordvik previously, but she even sounds like the type of artist we should feature on these pages, and her...
Andy
- Nov 1, 2022
- 1 min
Single of the Week: Kári (Iceland) - ‘Something Better’
I haven't featured a Single of the Week for a while, and delighted to correct that with another new name to these pages, Icelandic...
David Bentley
- Jul 24, 2021
- 2 min
Featured Artist – Pétur Ben (IS)
New releases slow to a trickle at this time of the year so this is as good a time as any to do a Featured Artist post and I’ve had it in...
David Bentley
- May 26, 2021
- 4 min
Eurovision – best song ever! (And it’s Swedish) Loreen - ‘Euphoria’
We’ve expended many words on Eurovision this last week or so and I reckoned I’d have my six penn’orth. First off, my winner this year was...
Andy Wors
- May 19, 2021
- 5 min
Nordic Music Review’s Guide to Eurovision 2021.
The guide that quite literally no-one asked for. Maybe the long effects of lockdown are starting to get to me and I just need to get out...
David Bentley
- May 11, 2021
- 5 min
Opinion Feature: Groundhog Year – more music festival cancellations. Where are we going with this?
As more events get cancelled, David Bentley offers his personal opinion on the plight of music festivals. Punxsutawney Phil must have...
David Bentley
- May 3, 2021
- 5 min
Feature article: Reflections on the plight of Nightwish (Finland)
I’ve sat on this article for several months while I weighed up the events of January when Nightwish’s bassist and vocalist Marko Hietala...
David Bentley
- May 2, 2021
- 2 min
Non-Nordic Sunday: Introducing Hazel Iris (USA)
I thought I’d do something a little different this week. As we must have mentioned numerous times the last year has been as difficult for...
David Bentley
- Mar 2, 2021
- 2 min
Down Memory Lane – Anna von Hausswolff (Sweden)
I haven’t done one of these for a while. What prompted me was listening to Bonander’s ‘Gone in the wind’ the other day; she has some...
David Bentley
- Mar 1, 2021
- 2 min
Irya Gmeyner (Sweden) – Urban City - Thin Blue Line (Theme from the Original TV Series)
We don’t often do TV theme tunes but this one is very atmospheric and got me straight away, and there’s an interesting story behind it to...
David Bentley
- Mar 1, 2021
- 2 min
News feature: Indie record labels dominate Swedish release schedules
As a publication which champions ‘indie’ artists and bands we were intrigued to learn of the increased presence and influence of...
Andy Wors
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
NMR Indie Playlist Update!
It’s been a pretty impressive start to the year for new release, particularly for albums, with Danish songwriter Gurli Octavia knocking...
David Bentley
- Jan 31, 2021
- 3 min
Non-Nordic Sunday: Fiona Apple – The Whole of the Moon (cover/video)
I bang on perhaps a little too often about Fiona Apple but for my money she is at least one of the greatest musical talents of the last...
David Bentley
- Jan 24, 2021
- 7 min
Non-Nordic Sunday feature: Carter USM – the UK’s smartest ever lyricists?
I haven’t listened to Carter – the Unstoppable Sex Machine (as Les ‘Fruitbat’ Carter fancied himself) for a long time, but coming across...
Dan Cromb
- Jan 14, 2021
- 4 min
2021 Tips - Artists and bands to watch (Part 3)
To conclude our series, we’re delighted to welcome Dan Cromb to NMR, with his pick of Nordic artists to look out for in the next 12...
David Bentley
- Dec 31, 2020
- 5 min
2021 Tips – artists and bands to watch (part 1)
Who are the artists and bands to watch out for in 2021? By necessity I’m limiting my personal selection here principally to those that...
David Bentley
- Dec 29, 2020
- 3 min
David Bentley’s Album of the Year picks
Our official ‘Album of the Year‘ list will be published tomorrow, chosen by Andy, but in the meantime David reminds us of the albums he’s...
Andy Wors
- Dec 27, 2020
- 3 min
Non Nordic Sunday: Favourite Albums of 2020.
Of course it’s a little self indulgent to do a Non Nordic Album of the Year list, but Sunday is traditionally the day when we abandon our...
Andy Wors
- Dec 23, 2020
- 2 min
Singles of the Year - Andy’s selection
The 2nd instalment of our Singles of the Year (here's the 1st from David) takes us to all the Nordic nations and has a healthy mix of...
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