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Sykur (Iceland) – Pláneta Y (single)

Reading time: 2 minutesI’d almost forgotten about Sykur. Unless I’m mistaken, the last time they ...
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Live show review! Pom Poko (Norway) at the Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, 10th October

Reading time: 4 minutesIs it six years ago that I first saw Pom Poko? Where ...
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Me and Munich (Denmark) – Rumination (single/future album track)

Reading time: 2 minutesIf someone asked me which of the five Nordic countries is the ...
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Mette Juul (Denmark) – On Dragon Wings (single/future album track)

Reading time: 2 minutesIt isn’t often that you can say genuinely that a song is ...
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Amalie Skriver (Denmark) – Uncertainty (single) + video

Reading time: 2 minutesAs it happens I’m reading, for the second time, the Icelandic writer ...
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Slagger Lund (Denmark) – Ekstranummer (single/possible future album track+ video)

Reading time: 2 minutesBack from holiday and I’m finally getting my head around the Danish ...
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Songs for the End of the Day – Holiday edition 28 September – featuring Ask Carol (Norway) and Millie (Denmark)

Reading time: 3 minutesTaking some time out, so a couple of quick reviews to tide ...
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Red Cell (Sweden) – Hollywood Darkness (single)

Reading time: < 1 minuteThe Stockholm synth pop pioneers Red Cell return with the usual ...
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Amilost (Norway) – Tiny War (single/future EP track)

Reading time: 2 minutesAmilost – I suppose that’s Am I lost? Or is that too ...
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Video of the week – Rhys (Sweden) – Heathrow (single/future EP track)

Reading time: 2 minutesThis one should be right up my street, having been employed in ...
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GLIMTVIS (Denmark) – Is Anybody Missing Me’ (focus track from the album The Nashville Confessions)

Reading time: 2 minutesAs much as I’m trying to focus on new to NMC artists ...
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Nightwish (Finland) – Yesterwynde (album)

Reading time: 11 minutesBeing an analyst by profession I did a little research before going ...
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Songs for the End of the Day, 21st September from Una Skott (Denmark) and Conchis (Finland)

Reading time: 3 minutesUna Skott (Denmark) – Caravan Lovers (single/future album track) First time here ...
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Catch the Breeze (Denmark) – Hope has a place (single/focus and title album track + video)

Reading time: 2 minutesIt was evident when I reviewed Catch the Breeze last month that ...
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News Feature: New Visitor Centre in Gävle – Sweden’s Music City – is celebrated with a 45-year city artists’ compilation album

Reading time: 4 minutesRegular readers may know I’ve previously sung the praises of Gävle, an ...
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Midweek Intermission – GoGo Penguin live at The Hall, Aviva Studios, Manchester, 18th September – Apophenia: World Premiere

Reading time: 4 minutesMidweek Intermission is a feature where we look at a live performance ...
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Touching Grace (Denmark) – Seafood (single and track from the album Sunrise Meltdown)

Reading time: < 1 minuteIt’s an album that took 20 years to record according to ...
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Video of the week: Patrick El-Hag (Sweden) – Hertigen av Brandgul (focus track from the album Historien om Brödraskapet)

Reading time: 2 minutesWe get to play a very wide range of songs on NMC ...
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Slug Boys (Norway) – Glasnost (single/future album track)

Reading time: 2 minutesWhen you do this job you have to be brutal at times; ...
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Maylen Rusti (Norway) – Ambisiøs (single)

Reading time: 2 minutesMy knowledge of Norwegian is getting better. I was actually able to ...
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