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NMR Indie Playlist


By Land – 'Anyone could be us' (single from forthcoming album)
We featured Sweden’s Björn Lindberg’s solo project By Land last month, and he is scheduled to drop his debut album 'I shall name you...
David Bentley
Apr 2, 20202 min read
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Siv Jakobsen – Fight or Flight (final single from forthcoming album)
Siv Jakobsen features often in these columns but we do love her music, and as one of the very first 'followers' of Nordic Music Review...
David Bentley
Apr 1, 20202 min read
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Verkligheten - 'Början på slutet' (single) from album Låt oss falla tillsammans
I have tried to feature songs over the years that are written in their native Nordic language, although I realise I often do miss a...
Andy Wors
Apr 1, 20202 min read
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Augustine – Picking up Speed (single)
Augustine was just named "Pop of the Year" at the Swedish Independent Music Awards. I think something must have gone missing there. Star,...
David Bentley
Mar 31, 20202 min read
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Signe Lindbäck – If I try (single)
Three years ago I attended a small festival in Sweden and chanced on a number of artists who have featured here previously such as Melby...
David Bentley
Mar 31, 20202 min read
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Non-Nordic Sunday: Lavinia Blackwall – ‘John’s Gone’ (single)
Prior to setting out on a solo career at the back end of 2018, Lavinia Blackwall or BlackwAll as she originally styled herself, was the...
David Bentley
Mar 29, 20202 min read
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Introducing... Adrian Vikan with debut 'Taxi' (single)
We had a spell a few years back of being able to introduce Nordic musicians (mostly Norwegian) studying in the UK, and it’s been great to...
Andy Wors
Mar 25, 20202 min read
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Nothing in Common - 'Kicking Myself' (from 'Kicking Myself' EP)
A new Swedish band here, Nothing in Common is a Stockholm based indie-pop trio and ‘Kicking Myself’ is taken from their debut EP. Their...
David Bentley
Mar 25, 20201 min read
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SoLBLoMMa - 'Vara själv' (Be yourself) (single)
This is the first time that I’ve featured the quirky Swede SoLBLoMMa in Nordic Music Review. She’s unique, a philosophy graduate and free...
David Bentley
Mar 23, 20202 min read
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Asthmatic Harp - 'Bird of Paradise'
I particularly like coming across Nordic musicians based in the UK, as there always seems a genuinely realistic chance of getting to see...
Andy Wors
Mar 21, 20202 min read
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Lune – 'Wi-Fi' (single)
Lune is the voice on the Swedish House Mafia song ‘Leave the World Behind’ and on ‘Teenage Crime’ by Adrian Lux. She now releases all...
David Bentley
Mar 20, 20202 min read
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Vera Hotsauce – 'Dad’s Bugatti' (single)
Sweden’s ‘cocky’ Vera Hotsauce, as she likes to describe herself, has sung about ‘daddy’ - an homage to her father, a clever little song...
David Bentley
Mar 19, 20201 min read
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'Veli' - 'Untrue (To All of You)' (single)
I had this slightly peculiar dream the other night, where all this stuff with Corona Virus had ended, and that Donald Trump was giving a...
Andy Wors
Mar 19, 20202 min read
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Moon Panda - 'Rick F***in Dalton' (single)
'Moon Panda's' new track 'Rick F***in Dalton' is about ''wanting to take the one you love most with you and hit the open road, sea, sky,...
Andy Wors
Mar 18, 20201 min read
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News: Nightwish team up with World Land Trust Partnership to conserve endangered forests and species
Spoiler alert: This post includes the final track of a double album which will be released on 10th April. Some readers may prefer to wait...
David Bentley
Mar 17, 20203 min read
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Emilie Nicolas – 'Who’s Gonna Love You?' (single)
This is the first time I’ve reviewed Norwegian singer-songwriter Emilie Nicolas though in my own defence she always seems to lie a little...
David Bentley
Mar 16, 20202 min read
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Talitha Ferri - 'The Sadness Lasts Forever' (single)
Whilst Nordic Music Review is probably a pretty good place to look if you want to find sad songs, I'm conscious that right now we need...
Andy Wors
Mar 16, 20202 min read
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Simen Mitlid - 'Weeks' (feat. Tuvaband)
I guess we could all play the game of choosing dream collaborations between artists. Personally I’m still waiting for that Major...
Andy Wors
Mar 14, 20201 min read
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'The Holy - 'Twilight of the Idiots' / 'No trial in the dark' (double single)
Fancy a bit of rock? Which variety? Alt? Metal? Kraut? Punk? You’ll find it all here, along with a smattering of pop and prog, in this...
David Bentley
Mar 13, 20202 min read
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Frans Bak - 'Parting' (single from the forthcoming album 'Piano')
It seems like it's been a hard and dark week for obvious reasons, and clearly everybody's lives are affected so much by Corona - we hope...
Andy Wors
Mar 13, 20202 min read
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