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NMR Indie Playlist


'Rules' - Kafuku’s wife (single)
Kafuku. Didn’t he play centre forward for Everton and Manchester United? Actually it seems the Inspiration for the lyric was taken from...
David Bentley
Mar 12, 20202 min read
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SoffÃa Björg – 'Heyholt' (single)
Just a little reminder that Iceland’s SoffÃa Björg is still on the scene. She released her debut, eponymous, album a couple of years ago...
David Bentley
Mar 12, 20202 min read
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AURORA – 'Into the Unknown' (single cover)
AURORA has been known to record a cover or two. Probably the best known is ‘Half the World Away’, the Oasis cover for John Lewis’ 2015...
David Bentley
Mar 10, 20202 min read
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'Cousin' - 'Spare' (single)
A wise Doctor once said ‘it’s all about the tunes innit’ and it’s a phrase I often find myself repeating on here, because it’s the...
Andy Wors
Mar 9, 20202 min read
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Kluster B - Love Must Conquer (single)
I must admit I had a bit of a double take when I saw the new single coming through from Kluster B, because I've always really liked...
Andy Wors
Mar 9, 20201 min read
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Non Nordic Sunday: Cinéma Lumière - 'Love' (single)
This week it's a very welcome return to our Non Nordic Sunday feature, an excuse to unshackle ourselves from our Scandinavian...
Andy Wors
Mar 8, 20202 min read
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Richard Noir - 'Health' (single)
I like to think we’ve featured some lovely stuff this week, but I can’t deny too that some of our offerings have registered pretty highly...
Andy Wors
Mar 7, 20202 min read
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When ‘Airy met Fairy – ‘Under the Snow’ (single) - from forthcoming album ‘Esprit de Cours’
The last time we encountered When ‘Airy met Fairy (Iceland’s Thorunn Egilsdóttir and Luxembourger Mike Koster) it was last December, with...
David Bentley
Mar 7, 20202 min read
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Treemer - 'Syllable Sky' (single)
Friday is now the traditional day for rolling out new music releases, but a couple of bands have thrown this out the window this week,...
Andy Wors
Mar 6, 20202 min read
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Siv Jakobsen – 'Island' (single from forthcoming album 'A Temporary Soothing')
There’s something about Siv Jakobsen’s album titles that suggest an afternoon of meditation, followed by a massage, followed by an hour...
David Bentley
Mar 6, 20202 min read
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Introducing... 'By Land' with debut single 'Half of Us'
We try to feature a wide array of styles and genres, and will always give time and space to 'indie' releases which may seem a little...
Andy Wors
Mar 4, 20202 min read
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'Yune' - 'Odd One Out' (single)
We featured Danish band 'Yune' back in November, when they released their single 'Ørkensangen', and we're delighted to welcome them back...
Andy Wors
Mar 4, 20202 min read
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Introducing.... Frida Blomberg with debut single 'Closer'
Maybe I'm imagining it, but the wealth of Nordic talent emerging as Music Producers is really noticeable at the moment, and young...
Andy Wors
Mar 3, 20202 min read
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'From Scratch' - 'The Plague' (single)
After 'The Little Hands of Asphalt' we'll stay in Norway for an introduction to a band we haven't featured before, but that have started...
Andy Wors
Feb 28, 20201 min read
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'Adam Evald' - 'The White Ocean' (from album 'White Night Blackout')
We still have so much new stuff to cover from last Friday, because after the new year 'lull' we seem to be hitting peak release season,...
Andy Wors
Feb 28, 20202 min read
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'YOHIO' - 'Oh My.... Polkadot Politics' (single)
Back in the 'old days' it was traditional for an artist to release 2 or 3 singles (at most) before the release of an album, but clearly...
Andy Wors
Feb 27, 20201 min read
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Introducing... Aleksander Waaktaar - 'All Wrong'
I know I keep saying stuff like this, but it's just so lovely to be able to get up early in the UK and start the day by writing about...
Andy Wors
Feb 27, 20202 min read
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'Pale Honey' - 'Treat You Good' (single)
We first wrote about Swedish duo 'Pale Honey' way back in 2015 when they released their self-titled debut album (and I've really enjoyed...
Andy Wors
Feb 26, 20202 min read
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'The Little Hands of Asphalt' (feat. Elizabeth Morris) - 'No Reception'
As regular readers will know, we've adopted Indiefjord as our favourite Nordic festival because whilst the practicalities of actually...
Andy Wors
Feb 26, 20202 min read
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'Janos' - 'Sicky / Sticky' (single)
Although we still haven't covered as much as we would like this week, we're pretty pleased by the wide variety of styles and genres, as...
Andy Wors
Feb 21, 20202 min read
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