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NMR Indie Playlist


Revolt (Norway) - 'Giljotin' (single)
I last wrote about young Norwegian band Revolt last year when they released their single ‘Kyoto’, and their new track ‘Giljotin’ (which...
Andy Wors
Mar 6, 20212 min read
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Pastlife (Sweden) - 'This is Her' (debut single)
No, not Westlife, this is Pastlife, a Swedish indie pop duo. I don’t know much about them except that they are ‘Kevin’ and ‘Agnes’ and...
David Bentley
Mar 5, 20212 min read
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Marianne Sveen (Norway): 'How Come' (single from forthcoming album)
‘How Come’ is the second song from Marianne Sveen’s forthcoming debut album ‘Next Of Kin’ and as with the previous one, ‘Look Away’,...
David Bentley
Mar 5, 20213 min read
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Varvara (Finland) - ‘On My Way to You’ (single)
I’ve been listening to the new album from Finnish band Black Twig today, and it’s a noisy enjoyable listen. But the new single ‘On My Way...
Andy Wors
Mar 3, 20211 min read
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Colorblue (Finland) - ‘He’s Right I’m Left’ (single)
So here’s a cheery melodic indie pop song to warm the hearts on a cold Monday night, and it’s courtesy of Finnish band Colorblue, another...
Andy Wors
Mar 1, 20211 min read
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Bonander (Sweden): Gone in the Wind (single from forthcoming album)
No PR on this one which is why I’d missed the mid-February release, and I’m guessing ‘Gone in the Wind’ is from ‘Things We Don’t Talk...
David Bentley
Feb 28, 20212 min read
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Introducing... Public Buffalo (Denmark): Floodgate (single from forthcoming EP)
Here we go, my first exposure to ‘post grunge’. In reality it sounds like regular rock music to me, and of high quality. Public Buffalo...
David Bentley
Feb 26, 20212 min read
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The Northern Belle (Norway) ft. Siv Jakobsen and Louien: No Rush (single)
It’s a glamorous old steam train trundling around the UK with day trips costing 250 quid per head but in Norway The Northern Belle is a...
David Bentley
Feb 26, 20212 min read
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Isabelle Eberdean (Norway): ‘Focus on you’ (debut single)
With not much to review at the time of writing I turn my attention to a couple of R&B releases, admittedly not my strongest suit. I was...
David Bentley
Feb 26, 20212 min read
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Shadi G (Sweden) – Mitoone (Ft. Elijah Boothe) (single)
I’m really not quite sure what to say about this one. ‘Mitoone’ was introduced to me as “drawing inspiration from a dizzying array of...
David Bentley
Feb 26, 20211 min read
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Permafrost (Norway) - ‘Femme Fatale’ (single)
We have a big collection of new releases hitting todat, so look out for a busy day of features. Before we start just time to slip in a...
Andy Wors
Feb 26, 20211 min read
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Introducing... Rural Tapes (Norway): Pardon My French (debut single)
Rural Tapes is the moniker of Arne Kjelsrud Mathisen, who has been the founding member in a number of bands such as I Was a King (Anne...
David Bentley
Feb 24, 20212 min read
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MYHR (Sweden) - ‘I Would’ (single)
I can’t deny I’ve found it difficult to get going this week, I know there’s light somewhere in the distance, it just seems a rather long...
Andy Wors
Feb 24, 20211 min read
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Covered In Snow (Sweden) - ‘Romeo’ (single)
I think I’ve said previously that if I wasn’t writing about Nordic stuff, I’d probably run a website exclusively aimed at post rock...
Andy Wors
Feb 23, 20212 min read
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The Outlaw Ocean Project: the latest batch of releases - Mats Bergström and Sam Lux
We have twice before featured this project which aims to attract musicians from around the world to make music related to issues...
David Bentley
Feb 22, 20212 min read
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Joykeeper (Sweden) - ‘Adam’ (single)
There’s a lovely crowd of Nordic musicians on Instagram, easily the ‘nicest’ social media space, and that’s where we came across...
Andy Wors
Feb 19, 20211 min read
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Frøkedal & Familien (Norway) – SØN (single from forthcoming album)
Anne Lise Frøkedal has become a family business, adding the ‘Familien’ that is her band to her trading name, apparently on account of the...
David Bentley
Feb 19, 20212 min read
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Dobbeltgjenger (Norway) - ‘Building Skyscrapers’ (single from forthcoming album ‘Smooth Failing’)
I wrote about Norwegian band Dobbeltgjenger just a couple of weeks back, and I really don’t like to feature bands in such quick...
Andy Wors
Feb 18, 20211 min read
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SMISK (Sweden) - ‘Käka hjärtan till frukost’ (single)
We’ve covered 1000s of artists since we started in 2014, so much so that occasionally I even have to check myself if we’ve written about...
Andy Wors
Feb 17, 20212 min read
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Video of the Week: The Ghost of Helags (Sweden) – Chemistry live
It occurred to me that, like many others I’m sure, the first anniversary of my last live gig(s) is fast coming up. In my case it was 29th...
David Bentley
Feb 16, 20212 min read
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