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NMR Indie Playlist


Kite – Teenage Bliss (single)
There are perhaps too many songs with the word ‘teenage’ in them, including such notables as Bowie’s Teenage Wildlife, T-Rex’s Teenage...
David Bentley
Jun 11, 20201 min read


Kairon; IRSE! - 'an Bat None' (single from forthcoming album 'Polysomn')
Strange name for a band. And I’ve no idea where the song title comes from; perhaps it’s a warning sign in Chinese markets. But then the...
David Bentley
Jun 10, 20202 min read


S. Vestergaard - C.M.W.Y.G.T. (single)
I guess I should never let the title of a track put me off, but I do fear long acronyms, especially when I have no idea what they mean,...
Andy Wors
Jun 9, 20202 min read


Gipsy Power (Steven Kautzky Andersson) – Little Wing
We featured Steven Kautzky Andersson a few weeks ago. In 1994 he formed a band to present his visionary mix of Jimi Hendrix, gipsy music...
David Bentley
Jun 9, 20201 min read


Olivera – Tomorrows (single)
“The oldest child in Finland” makes her bow with an ultra feel good song, the heavily repeated messages being that all bad days have...
David Bentley
Jun 8, 20202 min read


Asthmatic Harp - 'To The Boats' (single)
There’s been a few album releases I really want to get writing about but firstly here’s a lovely new track from Danish born but Glasgow...
Andy Wors
Jun 5, 20201 min read


'Pale Honey - 'Killer Scene' (single)
We last wrote about Swedish duo Pale Honey in February this year when they released their single ‘Treat You Good’, but we’ve been...
Andy Wors
Jun 5, 20201 min read


Frida Sundemo – Backbone (track from EP 'Sounds in my Head')
We showcased Frida Sundemo a few weeks ago, with ‘Anything’, another song from her EP 'Sounds in my Head', which was released on 29th...
David Bentley
Jun 4, 20202 min read


End of Proof – ‘Morning at Last’ (single)
Sometimes we get sent pages of press release and biography information about a new artist, but we often say to people that doesn’t really...
Andy Wors
Jun 3, 20201 min read


The Plastic Pals - ‘Hangin In the Louvre’ (single)
We wrote about young Icelandic songwriter Axel Flóvent yesterday, and he seems like a ‘veteran’ at the age of 24, so I’m sure Swedish...
Andy Wors
Jun 3, 20201 min read


Plàsi – 'Where I belong' (single)
Plàsi’s last single, ‘Remember’, was sufficiently impressive to merit a fast return for the Swedish singer-songwriter. ‘Where I belong’...
David Bentley
Jun 2, 20201 min read


Axel Flóvent - 'How Can I' (single)
I'm not sure for what exact reason, but I’m trying to work out how old Icelandic indie folk musician Axel Flóvent is now. I think he’s...
Andy Wors
Jun 2, 20202 min read


Olli Suominen (oona) - iDie (single)
I wouldn’t have been surprised to read the PR as ‘iDie’ by Pixar. There’s something of both San Jose and Hollywood about this hi-tech...
David Bentley
Jun 1, 20201 min read


Avra & Ida Long – All the shit that you do (single)
I’ve been waiting a while to review something new from Ida Long, a leading light in the Gavle scene in Sweden that I’ve mentioned...
David Bentley
May 31, 20203 min read


The Ghost of Helags – Chemistry (single)
There is a certain chemistry about Sweden’s Jon Alexander Ericson (once keyboardist with Alberta Cross and who also has a solo project,...
David Bentley
May 31, 20202 min read


Belle Sonder - 'How Do You Get Out (Of Your Head)’ single
We wrote about Belle Sonder last year, when they released a single entitled ‘Melancholy Love’ and then appeared at the excellent...
Andy Wors
May 30, 20202 min read


Lune – Where do love go (single)
A bit of grammatical mishmash of declination from Sweden’s Lune, who asks an age-old question: when love has gone, where does it go,...
David Bentley
May 29, 20201 min read


Tales of Murder & Dust - 'Distances' (from the album 'Fragile Absolutes’)
I don’t know about anywhere else, but it’s been a ‘scorcher’ here in the UK today, the hottest day of the year, with perfect sunny skies...
Andy Wors
May 29, 20202 min read


The Entire Cast - 'Oct Dream' (from new album 'On Holiday')
I always like coming across bands who haven’t released anything for a few years, because often there’s an interesting story to tell – as...
Andy Wors
May 29, 20202 min read


Winnie Raeder – A Quiet Way (single)
I gravitate towards artists who have given names suggesting they might have used the Snug in’t Rovers Return in Coronation Street even if...
David Bentley
May 28, 20201 min read
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