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News – We’re in Feedspot’s ‘Top Manchester music blogs’
Reading time: < 1 minutes I’m delighted to report that we feature in the Top 15 Manchester music blogs (and there are a lot of them) as compiled by the …
Captain Gone (Norway) – Berlin (single)
Reading time: 3 minutes The Captain is gone. Long live the Captain. Its seven years since Captain Gone last released any music, which is about as long as I’ve …
PIKES (Sweden) – Play (single/track from forthcoming album)
Reading time: 2 minutes PIKES (Christoffer Ling) has been here a couple of times now but I’m more than happy to give him another run because his style fascinates …
Stella Explorer (Sweden) – Club Atlantis (single/track from forthcoming EP + video)
Reading time: 2 minutes I’ve been tracking Stella Explorer since I saw her perform at a showcase festival three years ago. Her debut EP, ‘Dorkay House’, which is the …
Introducing -Nicolay Løvvold (Norway) – Latika (single)
Reading time: 3 minutes I took a punt on this one, a speculative approach by the artist via the website, and I’m glad I did. It’s different for sure, …
Christian Balvig (Denmark) – Where All is (single/track from forthcoming album)
Reading time: 2 minutes You know, there’s ‘ambient’ electronic music and then there’s ‘ambient’. Like there’s ‘the older man’ that some of the young ladies prefer and then there’s …
Tim Damerau (Sweden) – Lovebirds (single)
Reading time: 2 minutes We like to mix things up here at NMC and after a few quite serious, heavy duty songs in quick succession it’s time to lighten …
Myrkvi (Iceland) – Self-Pity (single/track from forthcoming album)
Reading time: 3 minutes Regular readers may remember that Myrkvi is an item now, the actual Myrkvi (Magnús Thorlacius) having reunited with Yngvi Holm, with whom he/they was/were VIO, …
Outer Limit Lotus (Norway) – Let the night ride you home ft. Signe Emmeluth (single/track from forthcoming album)
Reading time: 2 minutes Outer Limit Lotus is a new band to me. They are Oslo-based and formed in 2015 when three of the members from noise rock cult …
Introducing ‘Read All About It’ – public relations for musicians from the Nordic countries
Reading time: < 1 minutes David Bentley, founder of Nordic Music Central and a writer for six other UK-based music publications since 2014, has initiated ‘Read All About It‘, a …
Summer Fry (Denmark) – If I don’t drown first (single)
Reading time: 2 minutes Once upon a time there was a Danish singer-songwriter called Gurli Octavia (Højbjerg Eriksen…or something like that). She wrote many heartfelt ballads and the odd …
Birds are Better (Norway) – Super Highway (single/track from forthcoming album)
Reading time: 2 minutes Birds are Better (Stian Fjelldal) was here last October with the single ‘Marigold’ and with which he managed to astonish everyone when he revealed that …
Live review: Vök (Iceland) @ The Deaf Institute Manchester 13th March 2023
Reading time: 4 minutes I’d had little connection with Vök prior to this show. Somehow they’d travelled beneath the radar, like the trolls and elves that inhabit the lava …
Eurovision 2023 – The Nordic countries’ entries in the spotlight
Reading time: 7 minutes Yes, that time is almost here again folks, the annual glitter & glam fest with a handful of really good songs that is the Eurovision …
Augustine (Sweden) – Mary Cookins (single/track from forthcoming album)
Reading time: 2 minutes You thought it said Mary Poppins didn’t you? I did. But while Julie Andrews is still showing off her nanny magic powers or do-re –mi-ing …
Kindsight (Denmark) – Madhouse breakout multitool (single/possible track from forthcoming album)
Reading time: 2 minutes There’s a lot of Denmark around at the moment; almost every post so far this week. Normal service will be resumed but for now they’re …
Fallulah (Denmark) – Tits of Steel (single/track from forthcoming album)
Reading time: 3 minutes It’s International Women’s Day as if you didn’t know and Fallulah celebrates it with a modest little ditty, ‘Tits of Steel’. It’s the third single …
NEW KIDS (Denmark) – The World (single/track from forthcoming album)
Reading time: 3 minutes I warn you now that this will probably make your brain hurt. There’s a lot going on with this song and you won’t take it …
Video premiere! Slagger Lund (Denmark) – Fremad i mit øje (single/track from forthcoming album)
Reading time: 2 minutes I’ll be honest, I amuse myself with the reasons by which I select the music you find in here. I receive so many submissions of …
Tinyhawk & Bizzarro (Finland) – Nekorok (single/track from forthcoming album)
Reading time: 2 minutes Tinyhawk & Bizzarro, a collaboration between Jenni Kinnunen (Tinyhawk) and Bizzarro, which comprises Markus Väisänen (guitar), Teemu Aho (bass), Jaakko Pöyhönen (drums) and Juuso Kolho …
Red Cell (Sweden) – Going back before going on (single/track from forthcoming album)
Reading time: 2 minutes I do believe we’ve featured most if not all the singles released so far from Red Cell’s forthcoming and eponymously named album which comes out …
Mansfield (Denmark) – Chasing after you (single/sample track from EP)
Reading time: 3 minutes I once broke down in Mansfield. It’s just off the M1. I was driving home from a stock car racing meeting and had to sleep …
Moonfish Manifest (Denmark) – Water Palace (debut single)
Reading time: 2 minutes We’ve covered quite a few cross-genre songs in the last week or so but I was astonished (I think that’s a reasonable word) to receive …
SkarWorX (Norway) – Lille (single/track from forthcoming EP)
Reading time: 2 minutes First time out for SkarWorX (Øystein Skar) in NMC this year but I doubt it will be the last. Fresh from appearing as a guest …
SOLE (Sweden) – Du Jag Tiden (You Me Time) (single/track from forthcoming album)
Reading time: 3 minutes What time is it? What is time? Can it run faster or slower depending on how you experience it? Can we travel faster than it …
Peri Winkle (Norway) – Ouroboros (debut single)
Reading time: 3 minutes I thought I’d heard every reason for an artist writing a song, but this is the first time that a ‘near-death’ experience was offered. Come …
Live review: Eberson er 70 år (concert, reminiscences and birthday party) – Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene, Oslo, 25 February 2023
Reading time: 5 minutes Readers will forgive my own reminiscences here. I was on my way to this same event almost a year ago to the day when Manchester …
Ellen Krauss (Sweden) – Hungover (Head in a Can) (single)
Reading time: 2 minutes Pardon me for repeating myself but Ellen Krauss is matchless when she sings in an Americana style (she can do others). Her new single, ‘Hungover …
Mr. Dad (Finland) – The coke dealers depressed again (single)
Reading time: 2 minutes A bit of retro pop tonight, from Helsinki, Finland, where there’s a musical surprise waiting around every corner. I don’t think I’ve ever reviewed anything …
Introducing Cisser Mæhl (Denmark) – Menneskeaftryk (track from debut album Innemuseum [Indoor Museum])
Reading time: 3 minutes Denmark in particular is noted for the haunting music used in the many Nordic Noir TV series, whether or not that music originates from Scandinavia …
Hafdís Huld (Iceland) – Sleep my darling (single/track from forthcoming album)
Reading time: 2 minutes You’ll find all sorts in here. Today we have a lullaby. Sleep tight. Somehow I’ve managed to overlook singer-songwriter Hafdís Huld,perhaps that’s because I don’t …
Delorian (Sweden) – En Route (single)
Reading time: 2 minutes Isn’t it annoying when you remember a band’s name from a few years ago, you know you’ve heard a song that you really liked then, …
Marte Eberson (Norway) – Blood on my fingers (single/future album track)
Reading time: 3 minutes We’ve run most of the singles released from Marte Eberson’s forthcoming second solo album, and the eerily-titled ‘Blood on my fingers’ is the latest of …
Technical issues are being resolved + comment on AI
Reading time: < 1 minutes Technical issues are being resolved + comment on AI Readers will have noticed some technical issues over the last few months. I’m glad to say …
Ghosts on TV (Finland) – Sunshine (single/track from forthcoming album)
Reading time: 3 minutes Ghosts on TV (Finland) – Sunshine (single/track from forthcoming album) The last time Ghosts on TV were here was in April last year, in collaboration …
Heidrunna (Iceland) YCBCC (single)
Reading time: 2 minutes Heidrunna (Iceland) YCBCC (single) Readers might remember Heidrunna (Heidrun Anna Bjornsdottir) from this time last year, she was featured quite often with singles which later …
Weekend Intermission – Live Review: Weyes Blood and Sam Burton, O2 Ritz, Manchester, 13th February
Reading time: 6 minutes Weekend Intermission is our regular feature where we look at an artist or band not from the Nordic countries, just to mix things up a …
Elias Bendix (Denmark) – Pedal to the Metal (single/video)
Reading time: 2 minutes Elias Bendix (Denmark) – Pedal to the Metal (single/video) Elias Bendix was here as recently as December with a song I couldn’t make my mind …
Weekend Intermission – Xandria (Germany) – Two Worlds (single/track from recently released album)
Reading time: 4 minutes Weekend Intermission – Xandria (Germany) – Two Worlds (single/track from recently released album) Weekend Intermission is our regular feature where we look at an artist …
Eyði Horsdal (Faroe Islands) – In Silence Somewhere (single/track from forthcoming debut album)
Reading time: 2 minutes Eyði Horsdal (Faroe Islands) – In Silence Somewhere (single/track from forthcoming debut album) Eyði Horsdal sings straight to the point, no-nonsense songs, with subjects that …