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Nicholas and Sebastian (Norway) – White Line Fever and Aloneness (dual single release)
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A quick return for English/Norwegian composer Nicholas Sillitoe and Polish violinist and ...
25 February 2026
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Songs for the End of the Day 24th February from Raging Lines (Norway) and Carsten Bojsen (Denmark)
David Bentley
24 February 2026
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A couple of previous regulars feature tonight. Raging Lines (Norway) – Yamaha ...
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Josefin Winther (Norway) – Ultimately (single/future album track)
David Bentley
23 February 2026
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I was shocked to discover how long it has been since Josefin ...
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Mansfield (Denmark) – Too much to handle (single) + video
David Bentley
22 February 2026
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Previously I’ve described Copenhagen-based Mansfield as “a potted history of contemporary British ...
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Atom Chris Dall & Powerband (Denmark) – Face Eater Blues (sample track from debut album På styggeste vis [In the ugliest way])
David Bentley
22 February 2026
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I wish all bands could be like Atom Chris Dall & Powerband. ...
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Weekend Intermission: Mandy, Indiana (UK/France) – URGH (album)
Dominic Stevenson
21 February 2026
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Weekend Intermission is our regular feature where we look at an artist ...
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Erika Vikman (Finland): FATHER (I will never confess) – (single)
David Bentley
21 February 2026
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Typically NMC shies away from mainstream pop bangers as we are not ...
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Weekend Intermission: Pat Thomas and XT (UK) – Strata, Act (Joy Contemporary)* (live-recorded EP)
Dominic Stevenson
20 February 2026
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Weekend Intermission is our regular feature where we look at an artist ...
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Aadal (Norway) – Death by Dyson (sample track from the album Aggressive Hymns, Energetic Ballads)
David Bentley
20 February 2026
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When I was a kid I used to be fascinated by Acker ...
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Ruben Magnus (Norway) – Å NEI, Å NEI (Oh no, oh no) (single, future album track)
David Bentley
17 February 2026
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I’m not sure whether the knowledge that life is no better on ...
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LIVE! Of Monsters and Men (Iceland) – Manchester Albert Hall, 15th February 2026
David Bentley
16 February 2026
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It’s 13 years almost exactly to the day since Of Monsters and ...
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Video of the week: Solblomma (Sweden) – Brigitte Bardot (album track)
David Bentley
14 February 2026
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Followers of the enigmatic and mildly eccentric Swedish polymath Solblomma will be ...
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Weekend Intermission – Cardinals (Ireland) – Masquerade (debut album)
Dominic Stevenson
13 February 2026
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Weekend Intermission is our regular feature where we look at an artist ...
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Telephone Romeo (Finland) – Muscle memory (single)
David Bentley
13 February 2026
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I’ve heard songs before about writing a song to get over something ...
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Midweek intermission – Night-ish (UK tribute band) – Ghost Love Score (video)
David Bentley
12 February 2026
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It’s very rare we have a Midweek Intermission – similar to the ...
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Helena Montgomery (Sweden) – Keep believing (single/future EP track)
David Bentley
11 February 2026
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Helena Montgomery, a frequent visitor to these pages over the last few ...
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Neon Ion (Norway) – Laugh Now, Cry Later (album)
Dominic Stevenson
11 February 2026
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Positioned somewhere between jazz, R ‘n’ B and pop, Neon Ion’s striking ...
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Fake Mannequin (Denmark) – Same Tree (single/future album track
David Bentley
10 February 2026
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There is an air of mystery about Fake Mannequin which is a ...
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Pot Pourri – new songs from Vi (Denmark) and Lights of Skadi (Sweden)
David Bentley
9 February 2026
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We’re back to the Pot Pourri style of short, sharp reviews for ...
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Marte Eberson (Norway) – Lights from the Ocean (album)
David Bentley
8 February 2026
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It was only last week that we featured a Norwegian artist, Bellefolie, ...
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Elise Sløgedal (Norway) – Little Things (single/future debut album track)
David Bentley
6 February 2026
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Elise Sløgedal. The name made me think of a downhill skier for ...
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