Reading time: < 1 minuteThe golden voiced Valerie Melina (Elin Tirén Vilhelmson) from northern Sweden returns with ‘Released from Reality’, and with a darker, more electro pop sound than
Reading time: 2 minutesGibrish’s band member Christer Suneson summed it up nicely when he said “perhaps there have been too many Dylan versions recorded in the world”. When
Reading time: < 1 minuteIt is always good to hear new material from Birds are Better (Stian Fjelldal), an erudite and thoughtful type who wouldn’t know what wallpaper music
Reading time: < 1 minuteThe Uppsala-based Almost DEAD MEN are still hanging on, defying the flatline for as long as they can and still churning out classic 70s Swedish
Reading time: 2 minutesIt’s hard to imagine any musical artist wishing to leave Iceland and what is probably the most intense and comprehensive scene per capita to be
Reading time: 2 minutesIt’s so long ago that I last crossed paths with Gaeya that I’ve only written about her once in Nordic Music Central, in December 2021
Reading time: 2 minutesThe funereal music that opens this single, ‘Smile on my lips’ by Finland’s I know her is sufficiently daunting to have you wondering just where
