Oslo’s The Slow Painters say their roots are in Britpop although they have “since ventured deeper and deeper into the indie rock...

Stockholm, Sweden’s duo Slide returns to deliver the first taste of their forthcoming EP, Things I Tell Myself’. ‘Hello Spirit’ is out...

There are several Norwegian female singer-songwriters, I’ll name Dagny and Amanda Tenfjord here, who attract platitudes from the more...

Big lovey-dovey pop ballads aren’t usually my thing but the opening lines of this one caught my attention. “I don’t wanna wake up (grunt)...

Not a new song, but one which demands attention. I’ve waited quite a while for an opportunity to feature Johanna Brun, from Strängnäs, to...

It is no surprise to learn that I Break Horses have supported the likes of M83 and Sigur Rós on tour. Between the two of them (Maria...

We’re getting a fair bit of RnB coming our way recently and here’s an unusual one. Partly because Stockholm’s JÁNA works not out of her...

We’ve not featured Norwegian songwriter Petter Carlsen before in Nordic Music Review, which is a shame, because his blend of music styles...

I have no idea when (or if...) we will ever have chance to catch up from the new releases from last Friday, because they just keep on...

Every time I hear something new from I See Rivers I marvel at how their sound is constantly evolving. I went to see them a few years ago,...

Myrkvi (‘Eclipse’) is the nom de plume of Icelandic indie-newcomer Magnús Thorlacius, who must be one of the 5% of so of people in that...

If you need to chill, and don’t we all right now, you can’t do better than the mellifluous, atmospheric tones of Plàsi. The Swedish...

We’ve featured Swedish (but American born) based musician Jacques Labouchere a few times previously at Nordic Music Review, and the...

Time for a change and some pure Scandi-pop from Swedish artist Skott, who writes about a little girl who dreams about fame and it...

He’s a fascinating character is Sweden’s Thomas Di Leva, or just plain Di Leva as he prefers to be known. Something of a polymath, he’s...

I was having a conversation yesterday with someone ‘new’ to Nordic music, who was commenting on the ethereal nature of many releases, add...

I wrote about ‘The Legends’ yesterday, with their songwriter Johan Angergård being one of those prolific writers of music that seems to...

I caught Norway’s Girl in Red (Marie Ringheim) at Iceland Airwaves last November. She has made a big impression these last two years but...

We wrote about The Legends previously last September, when the Johan Angergård led project released ‘Looking for Love’ a short but sweet...

Good old Fiona. We wait eight years for an album, having waited seven years for the previous one, from the artist who only writes “when...