by:Larm Oslo Norway - Festival Review 2020
by:Larm is one of several ‘showcase’ festivals held each year along with, for example Eurosonic (Groningen/Netherlands), The Great Escape...
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NMR Indie Playlist
Andy Wors
Feb 28, 20201 min read
'From Scratch' - 'The Plague' (single)
After 'The Little Hands of Asphalt' we'll stay in Norway for an introduction to a band we haven't featured before, but that have started...
Andy Wors
Feb 27, 20202 min read
Introducing... Aleksander Waaktaar - 'All Wrong'
I know I keep saying stuff like this, but it's just so lovely to be able to get up early in the UK and start the day by writing about...
Andy Wors
Feb 26, 20202 min read
'The Little Hands of Asphalt' (feat. Elizabeth Morris) - 'No Reception'
As regular readers will know, we've adopted Indiefjord as our favourite Nordic festival because whilst the practicalities of actually...
Andy Wors
Feb 21, 20202 min read
'Janos' - 'Sicky / Sticky' (single)
Although we still haven't covered as much as we would like this week, we're pretty pleased by the wide variety of styles and genres, as...
Andy Wors
Feb 20, 20202 min read
'Signe' - 'Halfway' (EP)
We've always made an extra effort to cover Nordic artists in the UK, and whilst 'Signe' might be Norwegian born, she's been based in...
Andy Wors
Feb 17, 20203 min read
'Gypsy Chicken' - '13 Billion Years' (album)
After featuring 'Martin Månsson Sjöstrand Trio' last week, I was conscious that we do sometimes head off almost too frequently in the...
Andy Wors
Feb 10, 20201 min read
'Ludvig Moon' - 'Heaving For Oxygen' (single)
We have a belated Album review ready to release later, but we'll start the week with a welcome return for a Norwegian band who've been...
Andy Wors
Feb 5, 20202 min read
'Remington super 60' - 'New EP' (EP)
I had to double check that 'Remington Super 60' had actually named their new EP with the title 'New EP', and it's a release we've been...
Andy Wors
Jan 30, 20201 min read
Siv Jakobsen - 'Fear the Fear' (single)
We try to mix things up as much as possible by featuring artists both new and old to Nordic Music Review, and we're particularly...
Andy Wors
Jan 23, 20202 min read
'Lillith' - 'Beautiful Dreamers' (single)
We've featured a few bands last year who were returning after a long hiatus (I guess Treemer' from Finland were one of those), and...
Andy Wors
Jan 16, 20202 min read
'happydieyoung' - one day i'll buy you the world (EP)
So we've started the year with a thumpingly good release and a welcome return from 'Major Parkinson', but inevitably we ran out of time...
Andy Wors
Jan 3, 20202 min read
'Major Parkinson' - 'Jonah' (single)
There are, of course, 2 ways to consider the release of new single 'Jonah' by Norwegian alternative rock colossus 'Major Parkinson' so...
Andy Wors
Nov 30, 20192 min read
Introducing... 'Lüdo' with track 'Time is of the Essence'
We've covered so many different styles / genres of music yesterday and today, but we haven't had anything too 'loud', so we'll correct...
Andy Wors
Nov 27, 20191 min read
'Remington super 60' - new track 'Fake Crush'
We're really looking forward to Friday where we have a huge collection of new releases to write about, but in the meantime we're...
Andy Wors
Nov 6, 20192 min read
Introducing... 'Elimarit' with single 'Heart So Cold'
We'll be heading to Sweden, Iceland and Denmark later (hopefully), but first we'll start in Norway with an artist who has an amazing...
Andy Wors
Oct 31, 20191 min read
In Short: 'Highasakite' - 'Can I Be Forgiven' (from 'The Bare Romantic, Pt. 1)
We're working on another music initiative this week, so just offering some quick updates on new releases we've missed in recent weeks....
Andy Wors
Oct 30, 20191 min read
'Benedikt' - 'Pope Francis' (single)
We wrote about 'Benedikt' earlier this year when they released their track 'Paper Mache', and we were going to write about their debut...
Andy Wors
Oct 26, 20191 min read
In Short: 'Kalandra' - new video 'The Waiting Game'
It doesn't really seem like 5 years since we saw 'Kalandra' supporting Moddi at the 'Castle Hotel' in Manchester, or indeed first wrote...
Andy Wors
Oct 25, 20195 min read
NMR Interview: 'Alba' from Ålesund chats about the band and their plans for new releases...!
We first came across Bristol band 'Ålesund' just over a year ago, and featured them this time last year when they released their single...
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