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 …
Reading time: < 1 minutes David Bentley, founder of Nordic Music Central and a writer for six other UK-based music publications since 2014, has initiated ‘Read All About It‘, a …
Reading time: 2 minutes Once upon a time there was a Danish singer-songwriter called Gurli Octavia (Højbjerg Eriksen…or something like that). She wrote many heartfelt ballads and the odd …
Reading time: 2 minutes Birds are Better (Stian Fjelldal) was here last October with the single ‘Marigold’ and with which he managed to astonish everyone when he revealed that …
Reading time: 4 minutes I’d had little connection with Vök prior to this show. Somehow they’d travelled beneath the radar, like the trolls and elves that inhabit the lava …
Reading time: 7 minutes Yes, that time is almost here again folks, the annual glitter & glam fest with a handful of really good songs that is the Eurovision …
Reading time: 2 minutes You thought it said Mary Poppins didn’t you? I did. But while Julie Andrews is still showing off her nanny magic powers or do-re –mi-ing …
Reading time: 2 minutes There’s a lot of Denmark around at the moment; almost every post so far this week. Normal service will be resumed but for now they’re …
Reading time: 3 minutes It’s International Women’s Day as if you didn’t know and Fallulah celebrates it with a modest little ditty, ‘Tits of Steel’. It’s the third single …
Reading time: 3 minutes I warn you now that this will probably make your brain hurt. There’s a lot going on with this song and you won’t take it …
Reading time: 2 minutes I’ll be honest, I amuse myself with the reasons by which I select the music you find in here. I receive so many submissions of …
Reading time: 2 minutes Tinyhawk & Bizzarro, a collaboration between Jenni Kinnunen (Tinyhawk) and Bizzarro, which comprises Markus Väisänen (guitar), Teemu Aho (bass), Jaakko Pöyhönen (drums) and Juuso Kolho …
Reading time: 2 minutes I do believe we’ve featured most if not all the singles released so far from Red Cell’s forthcoming and eponymously named album which comes out …
Reading time: 3 minutes I once broke down in Mansfield. It’s just off the M1. I was driving home from a stock car racing meeting and had to sleep …
Reading time: 2 minutes We’ve covered quite a few cross-genre songs in the last week or so but I was astonished (I think that’s a reasonable word) to receive …
Reading time: 2 minutes First time out for SkarWorX (Øystein Skar) in NMC this year but I doubt it will be the last. Fresh from appearing as a guest …
Reading time: 3 minutes What time is it? What is time? Can it run faster or slower depending on how you experience it? Can we travel faster than it …
Reading time: 3 minutes I thought I’d heard every reason for an artist writing a song, but this is the first time that a ‘near-death’ experience was offered. Come …
Reading time: 5 minutes Readers will forgive my own reminiscences here. I was on my way to this same event almost a year ago to the day when Manchester …
Reading time: 2 minutes Pardon me for repeating myself but Ellen Krauss is matchless when she sings in an Americana style (she can do others). Her new single, ‘Hungover …
Reading time: 2 minutes A bit of retro pop tonight, from Helsinki, Finland, where there’s a musical surprise waiting around every corner. I don’t think I’ve ever reviewed anything …
Reading time: 3 minutes Denmark in particular is noted for the haunting music used in the many Nordic Noir TV series, whether or not that music originates from Scandinavia …
Reading time: 2 minutes You’ll find all sorts in here. Today we have a lullaby. Sleep tight. Somehow I’ve managed to overlook singer-songwriter Hafdís Huld,perhaps that’s because I don’t …
Reading time: 2 minutes Isn’t it annoying when you remember a band’s name from a few years ago, you know you’ve heard a song that you really liked then, …
Reading time: 3 minutes We’ve run most of the singles released from Marte Eberson’s forthcoming second solo album, and the eerily-titled ‘Blood on my fingers’ is the latest of …
Reading time: < 1 minutes Technical issues are being resolved + comment on AI Readers will have noticed some technical issues over the last few months. I’m glad to say …
Reading time: 3 minutes Ghosts on TV (Finland) – Sunshine (single/track from forthcoming album) The last time Ghosts on TV were here was in April last year, in collaboration …
Reading time: 2 minutes Heidrunna (Iceland) YCBCC (single) Readers might remember Heidrunna (Heidrun Anna Bjornsdottir) from this time last year, she was featured quite often with singles which later …
Reading time: 6 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 …
Reading time: 2 minutes Elias Bendix (Denmark) – Pedal to the Metal (single/video) Elias Bendix was here as recently as December with a song I couldn’t make my mind …
Reading time: 4 minutes Weekend Intermission – Xandria (Germany) – Two Worlds (single/track from recently released album) Weekend Intermission is our regular feature where we look at an artist …
Reading time: 2 minutes Eyði Horsdal (Faroe Islands) – In Silence Somewhere (single/track from forthcoming debut album) Eyði Horsdal sings straight to the point, no-nonsense songs, with subjects that …
Reading time: 2 minutes Pikes (Sweden) – Slime (single) Doesn’t time fly? I thought it was last year that Pikes (Christoffer Ling)was here but it turns out it was …
Reading time: 4 minutes NMC Spotify Playlist #12 – Dec 22/Jan23 Woah, we’re getting behind with these and it’s necessary to run two months at the same time again …
Reading time: 3 minutes Video of the Week – Ozul (Norway) – Lønahorgi (title track from EP) Time for some prog I think, just to show that all genres …
Reading time: 2 minutes Helena Montgomery (Sweden) – For our children (single) I didn’t think it would be long this year before Helena Montgomery turned up again in NMC. …
Reading time: 4 minutes Live review – Tarja (Finland) @ Academy 2 Manchester, 4th February It’s difficult to write any evaluation of a performance by Tarja (Turunen) without some …
Reading time: 4 minutes Josefin Winther (Norway) – If I were you (album) Josefin Winther’s new album ‘If I were you’ is, she says, “a collection of songs that …
Reading time: 2 minutes Blaue Blume (Denmark) – Crush (single) I’ve known for a while of Blaue Blume (Mr Google offers ‘Blue Flower’, seems logical enough) because they’re on …
Reading time: 2 minutes Creutzfeldt Jakobs (Sweden) – Davos Man (single) I’m always up for listening to bands and artists when they contact me directly via the website contact …
Reading time: 2 minutes Memoria (Sweden) – From the Bones of the Dead (single/track from forthcoming album) A cheery subject to brighten up a Tuesday evening. We’re used to …
