Nordic Spotlight
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The Nordic Spotlight Monthly podcast for April 2018 is here! This time around, we’re looking ahead to albums being released this spring, including new ones from Iceage, Death By Unga Bunga, and more. Check it out here or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and take it with you everywhere. So Cool – Death By […]
Icelandic recording collective Bedroom Community released a dove into the sky today with this new tune from electropop trio aYia. What we know about this group isn’t much. On Facebook, they call their music “a nicely polished rock in your teacup.” On the surface, a silly statement but the more we chewed on it, the […]
Norway’s Andreyun is one of Toothfairy’s freshest talents, and now he’s exploring a new hopefully melancholic late night anthem. In his latest single he’s teamed up with Icelandic vocalist Hildur to release High For This, a sexy, bouncy, atmospheric song that fellow Norwegian producer WNDR mixed to the ultimate delight. Find your sweatheart, push play, let’s sway!
Icelandic trio CeaseTone has released the title track from their upcoming EP “Stranded”! “Stranded is about escapism and the endless need for distraction. It is something that resonates deeply within me so I had a calling to do a minimalistic and upfront song about it,” said singer, songwriter, and founding member Hafsteinn Þráinsson. “I’m not used […]
Inspired by Singapore’s skyscrapers, the ice-pop single 1 4LT1TUD3 explores the contrasting aspects of isolation and is the most personal song KRÍA has released in her career so far. The first Icelandic artist to perform at the Official after party at the Singapore Grand Prix Formula1, singer/songwriter/producer KRÍA was especially taken by the building One Altitude during […]
Today Icelandic alt-folk outfit CeaseTone blessed our digital platforms with the intimate sound of Brothers, their first song releases since their 2016 critically acclaimed (and personal favorite) debut album “Two Strangers”. A song about trying too hard to be the normal you can’t define anymore, the acoustic guitar and heartfelt lyrics in Brothers expresses the disconnecting […]
https://soundcloud.com/axelflovent/quiet-eyes-3 Iceland’s indie folk maestro Axel Flóvent has released Quiet Eyes, the title track of his second EP which is scheduled for release May 9th. The soul-tugging, heart-swelling folk-pop song pushes all our cinematic, emotional buttons and proves once again why Flóvent’s popularity is exploding worldwide following the 2015 release of his debut EP “Forest Fires”. “Quiet Eyes […]
Icelandic singer-songwriter Ásgeir has released another track from his forthcoming sophomore album “Afterglow.” Stardust, a yearning love song, joins the single Unbound as music to expect on the album scheduled to drop on May 5th via One Little Indian/Columbia Records. Graduating from the acoustic, raw, folkiness of his 2012 first album “In the Silence,” the fastest-selling debut […]
Just Like Yesterday, the latest single from Swedish/Icelandic duo Baula, is a vibrant, jangly, shoe-gazing animal. Both sweet and tangy, restrained and balls-out, the song glides in like a noisy, uncertain kitten and grows into a confident, pouncing lion. It reminds us of Danish bands The Raveonettes and The Foreign Resort, which is a very high […]
Behold, the list of Nordic music artists performing official SXSW 2017 music showcases! It’s a beautiful thing, isn’t it? If you can’t make it to SXSW this year, we’ll be there to cover the event on our social channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube) so you don’t miss a thing. Meanwhile, let’s get you pumped for […]