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NMR Indie Playlist


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Hush Forever (Sweden) - ‘That’s Where You’ll Find Me’ (single from album)
Last time I wrote about Hush Forever was back in 2019, when he released his track ‘About A Boy’, the 2nd part of his "Ann-Ki And Her Son”...
Andy Wors
Feb 16, 20212 min read


Sea Lion (Sweden) - ‘There’s a Cool Light in my Baby’s Room’ (single)
I’ve listened to so much new music in the last 24 hours, and I’m really looking forward to introducing some new artists through these...
Andy Wors
Feb 15, 20211 min read


Fródi (Faroe Islands) - ‘Sirius Sirius’ (single / video)
Inspired by a podcast I listen to (yes that one), I’ve been slowly watching the Harry Potter films through lockdown, which I’ve quite...
Andy Wors
Feb 15, 20211 min read


The Wit (Norway) - ‘Illusions of Candor’ (single)
I’ve been listening to The Wit all day, and there is really no better way to spend a freezing cold Saturday, when the wind is literally...
Andy Wors
Feb 13, 20212 min read


Fremmand (Faroe Islands / Denmark) - ‘Wrong’ (single from new album)
I know we have readers across the world, which is lovely, but I’m pretty sure that most of us are peering out at some freezing cities,...
Andy Wors
Feb 13, 20212 min read


Husmo Hav (Norway): Mining for Gold (single from EP ‘Waves’)
We introduced Husmo Hav a couple of years ago, but this recent EP had escaped me. The last review was of a song which is included on it,...
David Bentley
Feb 12, 20212 min read
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