A first-time visitor to NMR, CECI NOIR (Cecilia Norberg and Niklas Ellvin) actually are out of Borlänge, a pleasant mid-sized town in...

I wrote about Øyunn yesterday, and in many ways Lina Lambertz has a similar approach to her songwriting, fusing a variety of musical...

We’ve featured a fair few Norwegian artists who’ve spent time in Liverpool, mainly as a result of studying at LIPA, the Liverpool...

I was a little perturbed when I reviewed the previous Ghost of Helags’ single, ‘Parallel’ by a huge booming synthesiser sound, inspired...

We’ve covered an eclectic mix of Nordic artists in the last couple of weeks, but Norwegian songwriter Øyunn somehow manages to...

We’ve featured Norwegian post punk duo Ask Carol on our NMR playlist before, but we’ve never covered them in writing. Thankfully their...

The latest band in this occasional series is Katzenjammer, arguably the greatest girl band of all time, along with The Go-Gos. Plenty...

The thought processes behind indie band names will always intrigue me, most groups sound like they’ve had their name conceived after way...

Oxen were one of the first bands I ever reviewed out of Scandinavia and I vaguely remember trying to get them fixed up with a gig in...

Palace Winter have released their latest single ‘The Deeper End’ which features Grandaddy's Jason Lytle on vocals. The duo comprises...