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Video of the Week – The Below (Sweden): Artificial Lights (Dystopian Haze) ft. Aaron Sutcliffe (single)

Reading time: 2 minutes An intriguing and topical song and video from The Below. Firstly, a little about them. They are a ‘Swedish industrial noise rock project’ with a …

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Repost! Weekend Intermission: Dirty Slippers (Hungary) – Honest Kid (single/track from forthcoming album)

Reading time: 4 minutes We’re reposting an earlier Weekend Intermission with a few text adjustments to include a freshly released video (below) by the Hungarian band Dirty Slippers and …

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Video of the week – OK Echo (Denmark) – Is it over (debut single)

Reading time: 2 minutes “There are some people on the pitch; they think it’s all over. It is now!”  Kenneth Wolstenholme’s memorable description of Geoff Hurst scoring the final …

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Rebekka Louise (Norway) – Breathing Poison (single)

Reading time: 2 minutes She’s ever so slightly mysterious is Rebekka Louise. Seemingly a native of Norway but now London-based, she does have a marginally Mediterranean appearance and her …

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Slagger Lund (Denmark) – To B. Laudrup or not to B. Laudrup (sample track from the album Maniak) + video

Reading time: 3 minutes I thought of using the title track of Slagger Lund’s ‘Maniak’ album for this review but how can anyone turn a blind eye to the …

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SkarWorX (Norway) – Seed-X Vol.3  (EP)

Reading time: 5 minutes All good things must come to an end, and that’s the case with SkarWorX’s trilogy, which concludes with ‘Seed-X Vol.3’, a six-track EP and one …

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Wanted – venue(s) for fabulous teenage Swedish singer to practice her craft!

Reading time: 2 minutes In 2017 I attended an indie music festival at Gävle in Central Sweden. I was watching one of the bands there when the organiser rushed …

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Liv Andrea Hauge Ensemble (Norway) – Again (single)

Reading time: 2 minutes We don’t get many jazz ballads in here so that’s as good a reason as any to listen to the Liv Andrea Hauge Ensemble’s rendition …

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Patrick El-Hag (Sweden) – I ett glas (In a glass) (Single) ft. Lex Peter

Reading time: 3 minutes Patrick El-Hag Raiti to give him his full name – he sounds more like a politician or a lawyer – is in fact a time-served …

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International preview – Stinako (Finland) – Ikkunat näkevät and Toukokuu (double header)

Reading time: 3 minutes With the door finally closed (regrettably) on Color Dolor, which has played its final concert, Stina Koistinen resumes her Stinako persona with a double header …

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Tingo (Denmark) – Bjergpas (single/track from album Kvartetten fra verdens ende)

Reading time: 3 minutes When Tingo’s Benjamin Gower-Poole (a terribly English name, one might say) wrote to me asking if I’d write about their album ‘Kvartetten fra verdens ende’ …

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Lummu (Denmark/Switzerland) – Tell you a Story (track from the album Elephant Love Song)

Reading time: 3 minutes Lummu is billed as Swiss/Danish but as trio leader Adina Luumu’s (Adina Friis) ‘roots’ are in Denmark I took the liberty of swapping the countries …

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Bella Skyller (Sweden) – Home with You (single)

Reading time: 2 minutes Recently NMC has been gravitating back in the direction of its roots as a supporter of Nordic alt/indie pop and rock but there’s always a …

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We Ghosts (UK/Sweden) – Sweetest Addiction (single/track from forthcoming album) ft. Johnny Quadrio

Reading time: 2 minutes They’re busy in the Afterworld. The Anglo-Swedish We Ghosts today released the first of what will be a series of singles, followed by an album …

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Thomas Charlie Pedersen (Denmark) – Rains on Saturn (sample track from album Employees must wash hands)

Reading time: 3 minutes Of course they must, Thomas, and for as long as it takes to sing ‘Happy Birthday to You’ (both verses) according to the UK’s ex …

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Leonard the Elder (Norway) – The Maverick (single)

Reading time: 2 minutes With a Fab Four hair style right out of Mathew Street’s Cavern Club c.1963 he might be John Leonard the Elder. In reality he is …

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Musta Valo (Finland) Valtakatu (album – 2x sample tracks)

Reading time: 3 minutes It’s a funny old business, public relations. We usually receive press releases from PR companies or other artist representatives and by and large they are …

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Weekend Intermission: Dirty Slippers (Hungary) – Honest Kid (single/track from forthcoming album)

Reading time: 3 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 …

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Markus Perttula (Finland) – Kun meri nousi yllemme (album; 2x sample tracks)

Reading time: 3 minutes Continuing in the more serious but experimental frame that we encountered last night with the part-Finnish Lennart Ginman, here are two sample tracks from another …

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Lennart Ginman (Denmark-Finland) – She (single/track from forthcoming album)

Reading time: 2 minutes There’s nothing I like more than an atmospheric, cinematic piece of electronic music and that is exactly what is on offer here from Lennart Ginman, …

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Nordic Music Central Spotify Playlist #13 – Feb & Mar 2023

Reading time: 2 minutes A bumper edition awaits, covering the last two months with 15 songs selected from those we featured, allowing for a fair geographical spread etc. In …

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Di Leva (Sweden) – Winter in Paradise (single/album track)

Reading time: 3 minutes I could fairly be accused of featuring some bands and artists too often at the expense of other high quality ones who don’t get a …

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Knife Girl (Finland) – Eat you alive (single/possible future album track)

Reading time: 2 minutes The PR for this song stole my thunder by identifying it as I did immediately as at least similar in nature to Ska music, the …

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Theresa Rex (Denmark) – Say something (single) (Re-post)

Reading time: 2 minutes This article has been reposted owing to a technical glitch A bit of lighter pop to round off the week compared to a series of …

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Anmar (Denmark) – My Voice (single + video) (Re-post)

Reading time: 2 minutes This article is reposted as a result of a technical glitch Anmar is Anne Marie Roel Messerschmidt and this is her third single ‘My Voice’ …

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Statisk Støj (Denmark) – Det knitrede, det støjede (single/track from forthcoming album)

Reading time: 2 minutes A few weeks ago we featured the unique Fleming (Slagger) Lund here and I know he’s got an album coming up in April but for …

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Simon Alexander (Sweden) – Freeloaders (single/track from forthcoming EP

Reading time: 2 minutes I could hardly resist a track called ‘Freeloaders’ – it is of course something I have been accused of being on more than one occasion, …

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Marte Eberson (Norway) – White Birds (single/track from forthcoming album)

Reading time: 4 minutes A week ago Marte Eberson was playing piano for the celebrated Ane Brun on Norwegian TV, in particular the Cyndi Lauper song ‘True Colours’, which …

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Introducing Fjöll (Iceland) – Honest Man (single)

Reading time: 3 minutes Fjöll have an intriguing back story but have not featured here previously as most of their songs are in lcelandic, which must be one of …

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News – Manchester music conference and festival might suit Nordic country artists and bands

Reading time: 2 minutes There is a new music conference/festival in Manchester, UK this year called ‘Beyond the Music’, 11th-14th October. https://beyondthemusic.co.uk/ It seems to be a variation on …

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Nattefrost (Denmark) and Toril Snyen (Norway/Sweden) – So do I (single)

Reading time: 3 minutes It’ a funny thing the English language, isn’t it? When I read the press release email that Toril Snyen sent me I couldn’t understand this …

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Mary Anne’s Polar Rig (Sweden) – Som en Dröm (single/track from album released 24th March

Reading time: 2 minutes Unfortunately, I can’t justifiably spend half a day or so on Mary Anne’s Polar Rig’s new (and second) album ‘Makes you wonder’ with so many …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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, …

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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 …

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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 …

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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, …

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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 …

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