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NMR Indie Playlist


Holy Ship (Sweden) - ‘Giant Step, Small Leap’ (single)
Last Monday I featured 3 artists from Iceland, so this week I’ll head to Sweden for 3 brand new indie releases, starting with a healthy...
Andy Wors
Feb 1, 20211 min read
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Sarah Klang (Sweden) Fever Dream (single from forthcoming album 'VIRGO')
Readers will probably know that Of Monsters and Men’s most recent album carried the same title, ‘Fever Dream’. But while that album was a...
David Bentley
Feb 1, 20212 min read
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Non-Nordic Sunday: Georgie (UK) – ‘Simple Things’ (from debut album At Home)
It is remarkable how out of touch you can get with home grown musicians when you are listening frequently to foreign ones. When I first...
David Bentley
Jan 31, 20212 min read
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Verandan (Finland) - Hideaway (single)
Finnish band Verandan is a project by Ville Hopponen (of Cats on Fire and latterly The New Tigers – very feline). Verandan was formed in...
David Bentley
Jan 30, 20212 min read
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FVRmind (Sweden) - ‘mörkt’ (single)
I know I can get a little enthusiastic when I come across a new Nordic band I like, but I’ve been genuinely excited about FVRmind ever...
Andy Wors
Jan 29, 20212 min read
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Augustine (Sweden) – Prom (single from forthcoming debut album)
The word Prom for some reason automatically brings to mind Carrie White’s telekinesic destruction of her school, town, and most of the...
David Bentley
Jan 29, 20212 min read
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Helena Montgomery (Sweden) – 'Fear is a constant reminder' (single)
The full title of this, the second single we have featured from Helena Montgomery, is ‘Fear is a constant reminder (that the world needs...
David Bentley
Jan 29, 20211 min read
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ViVii (Sweden) – One Day (single from forthcoming album)
You’d expect the All Blacks to precede a rugby match with a chant, perhaps other sporting teams, tree huggers or salary men at a Japanese...
David Bentley
Jan 27, 20211 min read
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Ocean Onyx (Sweden) - ‘For the Sun’ (single)
So I covered Swedish songwriter Anna Leone earlier, and there’s no doubt that she’ll continue to make a huge impression with her...
Andy Wors
Jan 26, 20211 min read
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Anna Leone (Sweden) - ‘Once’ (single)
So here’s another artist we’ve never featured before, and pretty remiss of us that is too. Anna Leone is from Sweden, and she’s made a...
Andy Wors
Jan 26, 20212 min read
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CeaseTone (Iceland) - 'Continents' (single)
I’ve written about the Axel Flóvent album, so I guess a quick mention of the new CeaseTone single is definitely appropriate, particularly...
Andy Wors
Jan 25, 20211 min read
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Inga Björk (Iceland) - Skammdegi (single)
We’ve written about traditional Icelandic musician and songwriter Inga Björk previously when she released her ‘Straumur’ EP, and her...
Andy Wors
Jan 25, 20211 min read
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Non Nordic Sunday: The Nature Centre - ‘Birds’ (video)
My idea for this years Non Nordic feature was to try and visit as many different countries as possible, and never write about the same...
Andy Wors
Jan 24, 20212 min read
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Mansfield (Denmark) - ‘Please, Shine A Light’ (single)
I’m surprised that I haven’t written about Danish band Mansfield previously, but truth is that their new single ‘Please, Shine a Light’...
Andy Wors
Jan 22, 20212 min read
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Chivvy (Sweden) – In Control (single)
Gothenburg’s three-piece all-girl band Chivvy is one of my ‘Tips for 2021’, their debut single ‘Red Water’ having impressed me last...
David Bentley
Jan 22, 20211 min read
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Yung (Denmark) – Friends on Ice (single from second album)
'Friends on Ice' is a single from Yung, the Danish indie-rock four-piece and is the third track from their second album, ‘Ongoing...
David Bentley
Jan 22, 20212 min read
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Veiv (Sweden) - ‘A, It’s for Me’ (from EP ‘Beehive’)
As always there’s a good selection of new Nordic releases tomorrow, but Swedish band Veiv have sneaked in a day early with the release of...
Andy Wors
Jan 21, 20211 min read
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BREGN (Denmark) - ‘Raw’ (single)
We frequently highlight the contrasts in music that we feature, and David’s write-up on the excellent Le Lac Long is a great example...
Andy Wors
Jan 20, 20211 min read
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Nununu (Finland) - ‘Kiire’ (single)
There were so many new releases on Friday, and I’ll quickly slip in another from a Finnish visual artist we haven’t featured before,...
Andy Wors
Jan 16, 20211 min read
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Jacques Labouchere (Sweden) - ‘? in D’ (single)
As we’ve established already, it’s National Hat Day, so it’s only appropriate that we feature our favourite hat wearing Swedish based...
Andy Wors
Jan 15, 20211 min read
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