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NMR Indie Playlist


Andy Wors
Jan 29, 20201 min read
'Ari' (featuring 'Toggi') - Anthem (single)
There's just time today for a mention of a track by one of our favourite 'Indie' musicians, 'Ari' from Iceland, whom we've featured a...


Andy Wors
Dec 20, 20192 min read
'When 'Airy Met Fairy' - 'Blanket of Sorrow' (single)
So we maybe might squeeze in one special feature over the weekend, but our last 'new release' of the year is, somewhat inevitably a...

Andy Wors
Nov 29, 20191 min read
'CeaseTone' - new single 'Egotopia'
So it's our official 5th birthday today, and it's therefore pretty appropriate that we start with one of our favourite bands, a huge...


Andy Wors
Nov 7, 20191 min read
'rauður' - 'We Will All Feel Better One Day And / Or Die’ (video)
A couple of weeks ago we featured the Icelandic artist 'rauður' and her album 'Semilunar', a clever and intricate electronic based album...

Andy Wors
Nov 4, 20192 min read
'Between Mountains' - 'Little Lies' (from the album 'Between Mountains')
So we start with a week with a lovely album for us all to get immersed into, and it's a release from none other than 'Between Mountains',...

Andy Wors
Oct 21, 20193 min read
rauður - 'Semilunar' (album)
We have a couple of long outstanding album reviews to bring you this week (apologies again to 'The Sideways'), but we wanted to write...


Andy Wors
Sep 27, 20192 min read
Exclusive: Svavar Knútur - new track 'Januar' (plus tour details!)
We've covered a lot of ground today, but we'll finish off with a rare and privileged treat - an almost exclusive first play of a new...


Andy Wors
Sep 20, 20192 min read
In Short: 'Náttfari' - 'D-Sessions' (album)
Sometimes it takes a little longer to develop an emotional connection to an album, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, because whilst...


Andy Wors
Jul 3, 20191 min read
'Twin Dive' - 'Animal' (video)
I'm not entirely sure that a dark David Lynch inspired video somewhere from the depths of the underground music scene is quite the way to...

Andy Wors
Jun 18, 20191 min read
'Baula' - new EP 'Drought' (In Brief)
So what else have we missed? Well we've featured 'Baula' a couple of times, firstly in May 2016 when they released a delicious single...

Andy Wors
Apr 26, 20193 min read
'Elvar' -'Daydreaming' (album)
We were going to publish a short write up of Icelandic singer-songwriter 'Elvar's new single on Wednesday, this week but I so enjoyed...


Andy Wors
Apr 17, 20192 min read
'Pale Moon' -'Dust of Days' EP
I do sometimes regret the restrictions of a 'Nordic' music site, because I want us to write about singer songwriters from Chile, and post...


Andy Wors
Mar 29, 20192 min read
Album of the Week: 'Ari' - 'Radikoj'
We've covered the extraordinary M Rexen album this week, but our Album of the Week is far less 'weighty', and far more palatable on the...


Andy Wors
Feb 26, 20192 min read
Album of the Week: 'dj. flugvél og geimskip' - 'Our Atlantis'
We want to keep up the momentum on Album Reviews (we did slightly less last week), even if it means keeping them short, and if truth be...


Andy Wors
Jan 29, 20192 min read
In Short: Júníus Meyvant - 'Across the Borders' (album)
I'm not going to write too much about the new Júníus Meyvant album, because I do think that it will get covered in a fair few other...


Andy Wors
Jan 15, 20191 min read
Árstíðir - UK TOUR! Bristol, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, London!
There's still a steady stream of good Nordic gigs in the UK if you look hard enough, and one band that we're particularly excited to see...


Andy Wors
Jan 10, 20193 min read
Svavar Knútur - 'Ahoy! Side A' (album)
Similarly to Sara Forslund, we last wrote about Svavar Knútur a few years back - in 2015 when he released his album ‘Brot (The Breaking)'....


Andy Wors
Nov 10, 20181 min read
Arni Ehmann - new single 'Night Caller'
It might have been well over 3 years since we wrote about our last featured artist 'Mani Orrason', but under a year since we write about...


Andy Wors
Nov 9, 20182 min read
Máni Orrason - new single 'Picture I Recall'
It's been way too long since we last wrote about Máni Orrason, the young Icelandic songwriter who's made such an impression ever since he...

Andy Wors
Oct 8, 20181 min read
Axel Flóvent - new track 'Slow and Steady'
Our Autumn Nordic gigs are over and all I want to do is write. So to kickstart the process here's a quick mention of a new single from...
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