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Per Bloch (Denmark) – Oqaatsit angakkuakkat (Magical words) – single
David Bentley
25 July 2024
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Reading time:
2
minutes
Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, eat your heart out. Only in NMC do you get ...
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Ocelot (Finland) – Prinssi/Pikkuveli (single/future album track)
David Bentley
21 July 2024
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2
minutes
Generally speaking I find Finnish music to be pretty deep; what you’d expect ...
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Hazlett (Sweden) – Shiver (Single/future EP track)
David Bentley
20 July 2024
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Reading time:
2
minutes
I thought all the Swedes were on vacation right now but Hazlett clearly ...
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Orkid (Sweden) – Where flowers grow (single/future EP title track)
David Bentley
19 July 2024
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Reading time:
2
minutes
It is that odd mélange of beauty and sadness that she tries to ...
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Joselin (Sweden) – Marry myself (single)
David Bentley
19 July 2024
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Reading time:
2
minutes
Who was it that sang ‘Marry me’? It was St Vincent wasn’t it, ...
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Lucifer Sunshine (Sweden) – My immunity (single/future album track)
David Bentley
17 July 2024
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2
minutes
In the nicest way Lucifer Sunshine are anachronistic. They belong in another time ...
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Us (Finland) – Hop on a cloud (single/track from forthcoming album)
David Bentley
16 July 2024
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Reading time:
2
minutes
Hey ho, the football’s done for another couple of years so back to ...
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Israelson (Sweden) – Brother (single/future album track)
David Bentley
12 July 2024
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Reading time:
< 1
minute
An intriguing and lengthy song from a forthcoming album by (Johan) Israelson ...
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Thomas and the Terrible Truth (Sweden) – Ready to Belong (sample track from the album Don’t mind me. I’m Normal)
David Bentley
11 July 2024
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2
minutes
Can I be straight up honest here? There have been so many releases ...
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Touching Grace (Denmark) – Elephants & Armpits (single/future album track)
David Bentley
8 July 2024
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2
minutes
There is something about Touching Grace that amuses me. They are a Danish ...
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Myrkvi (Iceland) – Completely Empty (single/future album track)
David Bentley
7 July 2024
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2
minutes
It’s getting on for a year since Myrkvi (Magnús Thorlacius) was last here. ...
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Weekend Intermission – Issy Sutcliffe (UK) – The Cost of Living (single/future EP track)
David Bentley
7 July 2024
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Reading time:
2
minutes
Weekend Intermission is our regular feature where we look at an artist or ...
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Jonsjooel (Finland) – ‘Goodbye Ah’ (single/possible future EP track)
David Bentley
6 July 2024
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Reading time:
2
minutes
I’ve never seen or heard a ‘sign’ – a warning by way of ...
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The Sweet Parade (Iceland) – Luck (single)
David Bentley
4 July 2024
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< 1
minute
We don’t get much from Iceland these days. The Sweet Parade (the ...
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Midweek Intermission – Janelle Monáe live at Aviva Studios Manchester, 2nd July
David Bentley
3 July 2024
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Reading time:
5
minutes
With Scandinavia going on its summer holidays for the next six weeks I ...
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Emil Kárlsen (Norway) – Čávkkus (single/future EP track
David Bentley
1 July 2024
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2
minutes
I took a shine to Emil Kárlsen in May when he was last ...
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Weekend Intermission – Ben Fusch (UK) – Step Aside (single)
David Bentley
30 June 2024
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2
minutes
We haven’t had a Weekend Intermission for a while and this is an ...
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Kalandra (Norway) – Are you ready? (single/future album track + video)
David Bentley
28 June 2024
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2
minutes
That’s the most pertinent question I’ve heard get asked all week, including during ...
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Braunbeer (Sweden) ft. Dana Bloom – ZOMBIE (The Cranberries cover/remix) (single)
David Bentley
27 June 2024
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Reading time:
2
minutes
We rarely highlight covers and remixes but there’s something about Braunbeer that makes ...
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Thilda U (Sweden) – The Rain (debut single)
David Bentley
26 June 2024
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< 1
minute
Yes Thilda, we know what that is, here in the north of ...
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