Nordic Spotlight
The best music and music festivals in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands
There’s this communal feeling that disseminates through space and permeates your body when you hear the Norwegian outfit Pelicat. Listening to its tunes, a compulsion to sway and bob and flitter becomes omnipresent. Its music is the kind you’d hear bringing strangers together in a dingy basement in suburban America or at a local haunt’s […]
Madeleine Grace is a Swedish/Congolese singer whose voice boasts the suppleness and heavenly aura of R&B luminaries. She uses this vocal talent to great effect on her recent single “Tombé,” which skews ever so slightly towards the realm of dancefloor bangers. The song initially lights up with a shimmering, radial melody that remains consistent throughout […]
On “Paper Thin,” Simon Lynge lays bare his vulnerabilities as he pines for better days. The song is a relatable, heartfelt proclamation that implores the listener to look ahead despite the onus that life can impose. The title is suggestive of the tenuous conditions that can be difficult to wrangle with when you’re beholden to […]