Reading time: 2 minutesUplifting, soothing, and fundamentally Scandinavian are some immediate thoughts upon listening to Valkea’s recent brassy, rocky, ballad-like record ‘Vedenjakaja’. Landscapes of their native land of
Reading time: 3 minutesA couple of the singles off the album ‘Cautionary Tales’, which is released today, 28th November, by Last Plane Out and which is their second
Reading time: 2 minutesThere is something about a violin being caressed that has always attracted me even though I know it can be a very difficult instrument to
Reading time: < 1 minuteLush Lullaby (Lars Bredahl and band) has largely been known within NMC for post-punk and garage song creations but we have learned over the last
Reading time: 2 minutesThe Christmas songs are ramping up now and I’ve no idea how we’re going to deal with them all. Is it just my imagination or
Reading time: 2 minutesWe hadn’t encountered Krissy Mary previously. What caught my attention immediately was the similarity her singing voice has with that of Alela Diane; soft, sophisticated
Reading time: 2 minutesI’m sure this – ‘Christmas (Makes Me Want To Blow My Brains Out)’ – won’t be the last of the alternative Christmas songs this year.
