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NMR Indie Playlist


Introducing... Alva Ravn (Norway): ‘Fall’ (single from forthcoming EP)
Alva Ravn was born in Oslo but has since relocated to Copenhagen. Growing up, she immersed herself in soul, gospel, and rock music before...
David Bentley
Apr 16, 20212 min read
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Electric Sweethearts (Sweden) - ‘Of It All’ (single)
I promised noisy guitar music, and Electric Sweethearts sound like the type of band I should be featuring, although actually they’re more...
Andy Wors
Apr 15, 20211 min read
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AnnaKristiina (Finland) - Unilintu (single)
I know David really loved the Josefin Winther track he featured yesterday but struggled a little with the Norwegian lyrics, so hopefully...
Andy Wors
Apr 14, 20211 min read
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Louien (Norway) – 'Deep Within' (single/track from forthcoming EP)
Louien (Live Miranda Solberg) has released her second single from an EP called ‘No Tomorrow’, which itself will be released by Jansen...
David Bentley
Apr 14, 20212 min read
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Josefin Winther (Norway) – 'Takk' (track from new album)
I mentioned a while back when we covered the first single from it that Josefin Winther would release a new album on 12th April, her...
Andy Wors
Apr 13, 20212 min read
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Anna Leone (Sweden) - ‘Still I Wait’ (single)
I wrote about Swedish indie folk songwriter Anna Leone at the start of the year, but wasn’t sure when we would next hear from her. She...
Andy Wors
Apr 12, 20212 min read
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Ã…rabrot (Norway) - 'The rule of silence' (track from the album Norwegian Gothic)
Here’s an unusual one. Årabrot is named after a rubbish tip in their home town of Haugesund. I came across them three years ago when they...
Andy Wors
Apr 12, 20213 min read
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Non Nordic Sunday: Familiar Action (UK) - ‘Nausea’ (single)
I’m trying not to be too optimistic, but I’ve got actual ‘stuff’ pencilled in my diary, including a real music gig and a sporting ‘thing’...
Andy Wors
Apr 11, 20212 min read
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Non-Nordic Sunday: Veronica Fusaro (Switzerland) - 'Fool' (single from forthcoming debut album
It is unusual for a non-Nordic artist to appear twice in this occasional section in a few months. However, the Swiss-Italian artist...
David Bentley
Apr 11, 20212 min read
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Johannas Kabaréorkester (Sweden) - ‘På flykt från lagens tarva arm’ (single)
I vaguely remember an old Charlie Chaplin film where there’s a scene with him being chased by a policeman into a circus tent, all...
Andy Wors
Apr 10, 20212 min read
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Varvara (Finland) - ‘Sailor’ (from new album ‘Bad Acting Good’)
Whilst young Norwegian band Revolt seem to be aiming more for the anthemic stadium rock sound, Finnish act Varvara I think are more...
Andy Wors
Apr 10, 20211 min read
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Revolt (Norway) - ‘Shatterhand’ (from new EP ‘All Things Bloom Part 1’)
I’m looking forward in particular to getting stuck into the new Dobbeltgjenger album ’Smooth Failing’, but in the meantime fellow...
Andy Wors
Apr 9, 20211 min read
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SHY Martin (Sweden) - ‘Remember You Were the One’ (single)
When SHY Martin was here last month it was with a break-up song, albeit one with a twist. This time out the separation anxiety she...
David Bentley
Apr 9, 20212 min read
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Yarlie (Sweden) - 'Blush' (single)
It has taken me a while to get used to Yarlie, who splits her time between Stockholm and the north of Sweden, and who is inspired by...
David Bentley
Apr 9, 20212 min read
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Gurli Octavia (Denmark) - ‘I Didn't Love You in Vain’ (demo track)
Things have a funny way of coming around in this business. Having been sent a PR email featuring a new boy band which I’m sorry to say...
David Bentley
Apr 8, 20211 min read
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Wy (Sweden) - ‘Window’ (single)
To be honest I’d quite happily spend the week just listening to The School Book Depository, but there’s a wealth of music I haven’t...
Andy Wors
Apr 7, 20211 min read
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Miynt (Sweden) – Nothing Personal (single)
Second time around here for Miynt after she’d somehow managed to pass us by. Last time out it was Andy who ran the rule over her AA-sided...
David Bentley
Apr 5, 20212 min read
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Hwaino (Norway) - ‘At The Darkening of Their Heavens’ (from the album ‘We Lost Another Moon’)
With the light mornings and nights, the smell of Spring and barbecues, and maybe the glimpse of gigs on the horizon, perhaps things are...
Andy Wors
Apr 3, 20212 min read
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Brimheim (Faroe Islands/Denmark) - 'Call it what you want' (single from forthcoming debut album)
And you thought the Faroe Islands was an isolated place populated by ultra Conservative God-fearing folk wearing thick woollen sweaters....
David Bentley
Apr 2, 20212 min read
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Von August (Norway) - 'Codex' (Single)
We featured Von August last November, a band which got together just as the first Wuhan Virology Lab worker got his first coughing fit...
David Bentley
Apr 2, 20212 min read
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