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NMR Indie Playlist


Carl Liungman – Born (single from album of same title)
Now here is something completely different. May 22nd saw the release of the solo piano debut album ‘Born’ by the Swedish pianist and...
David Bentley
May 27, 20202 min read


Mauv - 'Goodbye Friend'
It’s probably fair to say that describing yourself as a rock band who ‘like loud noisy guitars and very cold beer’, doesn’t exactly set...
Andy Wors
May 27, 20201 min read


Lotte – 'Mess' (single)
We’ve had some serious stuff recently so here’s something completely different. I was interested to learn that Lotte (Sollie) is from the...
David Bentley
May 25, 20202 min read


Sol Heilo – May is the Month (single from forthcoming album)
Just when you’ve learned no longer to expect the unexpected up pops Sol Heilo, after quite a long time out of circulation (and while on...
David Bentley
May 22, 20202 min read


Augustine - 'Coast' (Spotify Studios Recording)
A quick return for Augustine, the falsetto-voiced Swedish ‘indie-wonder’. Songs are being recorded right now with summer in mind and this...
David Bentley
May 22, 20202 min read


The Endorphins – Parachute (single)
Endorphins. Nothing to do with dolphins. Something to do with the metabolism? Feel-good enzymes or something like that? That pretty much...
David Bentley
May 22, 20202 min read


Mazen Awad – Aftercare (single from debut EP)
Mazen Awad, is releasing his first single, ‘Aftercare’, from his debut EP ‘Miracle’, on May 21st. He was raised and lives in Helsingborg...
David Bentley
May 22, 20201 min read


Rami Vierula - 'Älä Mene Liian Kauas' (video)
It’s probably not possible to get a bigger contrast between the extravagance of YOHIO and Finnish musician Rami Vierula, but I have a...
Andy Wors
May 22, 20201 min read


Matti Jasu – ‘Sunday Scaries’ (single)
It’s been a long time since we wrote about Finnish songwriter Matti Jasu, but we always welcome new material from him and his new track...
Andy Wors
May 21, 20201 min read


Lydmor – 'Someone we used to love' (single from forthcoming album). Plus Tour dates!
Denmark’s Lydmor (‘Sound Mother’), aka Jenny Rossander, featured in the review of the Oslo By: Larm festival back in March, and in one of...
David Bentley
May 19, 20203 min read


The Entrepreneurs- 'A Good Year To Go Across Country' (single)
There have been a few releases in recent weeks that have seemed appropriate for the current times. The Entrepreneurs new(ish) single ‘A...
Andy Wors
May 19, 20201 min read


Das Body – Know my name (older single)
Whilst we obviously write about mainly new releases, we occasionally like to feature older tracks and albums we simply may have missed at...
David Bentley
May 19, 20202 min read


Circumnavigate - 'Layer You Up' (single)
We featured Swedish band Oxen earlier, whom we first wrote about back in 2016, but you’d have to go back a lot earlier still for when we...
Andy Wors
May 18, 20201 min read


Oxen – Dark and Depressive (single from forthcoming album)
'Dark and Depressive'? Not a great title perhaps just now, lads. Swedish duo (originally a trio; their drummer moved on and was replaced...
David Bentley
May 18, 20202 min read


Non-Nordic Sunday: Anna Kairos – 'All I Ever Wanted' (single)
I’m not really sure what to make of this one. Anna Kairos (not her real name, the ‘Kairos’ alludes to Greek mythology) is a young German...
David Bentley
May 17, 20201 min read


Red Barnett - 'Astronaut' (single)
It’s been so long since I wrote about Icelandic artist Red Barnett that before I could listen to new song ‘Astronaut’ I felt obliged to...
Andy Wors
May 15, 20202 min read


Snake – Lost Girl (single)
I came across Snake a couple of months ago. They aren’t a new band. Their debut album was released four years ago but band members have...
David Bentley
May 14, 20201 min read


Ruben Dawnson – 'FYALMA' (from the EP 'Echo Emotions')
Ruben Dawnson sounds like he could be British but he’s a young Norwegian who explores anxiety, loneliness and fear in his songs while...
David Bentley
May 13, 20202 min read


Áslaug– If you will / Hollow (single from self titled EP)
This EP came out in March but we just became aware of it. Áslaug is an Icelandic-Dutch indie pop artist who recently released her debut...
David Bentley
May 11, 20201 min read


Introducing... SASO with debut track 'What Are We'
The world might be in enforced lockdown, but the new music releases are just flooding in, and I really hope we can get through as many as...
Andy Wors
May 11, 20201 min read
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