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NEWS – Reeperbahn Festival (Germany) – call for submissions for 2025 coming to an end shortly

Reading time: < 1 minuteI received a reminder today from the organisers of the Reeperbahn ...
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From the Archives. Festival Review: Reeperbahn Festival Hamburg, September 19-22, 2018

Reading time: 15 minutesThis review of my second visit to the Reeperbahn Festival was first ...
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Songs for the end of the day from Nicolay Løvvold (Norway) and Kristofer Axén (Sweden)

Reading time: 4 minutesNicolay Løvvold (Norway) – Strappado (single) You can’t keep a good bloke ...
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NMC Spotify Playlist #18 – January to April 2025

Reading time: 5 minutesWow, we haven’t had a Playlist since last summer. Time to put ...
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Selina Gin (Denmark) – Hurts like a Mother (single)

Reading time: 2 minutesThis new single from Selina Gin unfortunately passed us by a few ...
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Bjørn Riis (Norway) – Panic Attack – sample track from the album Fimbulvinter

Reading time: 3 minutesBjørn Riis is a veteran of the prog rock scene in Norway, ...
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Bellefolie (Norway) – Grey Area (single)

Reading time: 2 minutesI spent this Easter Saturday afternoon listening to classic tracks from classic ...
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Video of the Week – Laufey (Iceland) – Silver Lining (single)

Reading time: 2 minutesClearly I need to bone up, and fast. Laufey had somehow passed ...
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Astrid Swan (Finland) announces 20th anniversary reissue of debut album Poverina with previously unseen video release

Reading time: 4 minutesA 20th Anniversary Edition of Astrid Swan’s album ‘Poverina’ will be out ...
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Hills and Trees (Denmark) – The Riverbay (single)

Reading time: 2 minutesApril 11th saw the release of Danish indie-folk artist Hills and Trees’ ...
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Vince Chinaski (Denmark) – We can (single/possible future album track)

Reading time: 3 minutesA welcome return for Vince Chinaski, the Danish-Italian who was last with ...
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Songs for the end of the day from Somewhere (Sweden) and Fjöll (Iceland)

Reading time: 3 minutesSomewhere (Sweden) – Lullaby for the Common Man (single/debut album track) ELP’s ...
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Weekend Intermission – Arcade Fire (Canada/USA) – Year of the Snake (single/ future album track) + video

Reading time: 3 minutesWeekend Intermission is our regular feature where we look at an artist ...
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Oak Now Willow (Denmark) – Unanswered (single)

Reading time: 2 minutesSome songs are written – inadvertently, I’m sure – for certain times ...
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Zimmer Grandioso (Sweden) – let me down pt.2 (single/possible future EP track)

Reading time: 2 minutesI just had to laugh at that band name. Even though I ...
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Pot Pourri – Ran Nir (Sweden) and MÍO (Norway)

Reading time: 3 minutesShort on time tonight, so just two quick reviews. Ran Nir (Sweden) ...
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Jens Hansen (Denmark) – music for children – To the Nursery! (album track)

Reading time: 2 minutesWell this is a first for NMC – music for children and ...
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Albums & EPs

Ola Kvaløy (Norway) – Everybody knows (single/future album track) (ft. Morten Abel)

Reading time: 2 minutesReview by Nicolay Løvvold Judging by his last name, I was curious ...
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The Fire Once Lost (Denmark) – Someone else just for you (single)

Reading time: 2 minutesI could have sworn that we’ve featured The Fire Once Lost before ...
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Songs for the end of the day from he is tall. and The Carnival Cruise (both Denmark)

Reading time: 3 minuteshe is tall. (Troels Thorkild Sørensen) was here as recently as mid ...
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