Nordic Spotlight
The best music and music festivals in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands
Today Norwegian-Kiwi pop duo Anna of the North dropped Money, and it’s a clever sucker punch dressed in electronic beats. “Money goes out to all those fake ass people,” said the band. “Users who use those around them; for money, for status, for fame. S/O to fake friends and gold-diggers.” We suggest sharing Money with the fakies in your life […]
When Finnish DJ and popular radio host Rony Rex‘s debut EP “F*cked It Up” climbed to #2 on the iTunes Dance Albums chart, it inspired the Finnish label Youth Control to hand-pick electronic producers and fellow Finns Gas Gas, Roisto, KASPERG and Smok to remix the EP. The result is the fun, all-Finnish “F*cked It Up Remix” EP. […]
Danish indie electro-pop duo Bode and Brixen, aka Bodebrixen, have returned after five long years of quiet with a stellar and infectious 4th album called “Ruins”. Tracks Change It Back (disco-vibed with Spanish guitar), Feel Love (trop-pop with catchy harmonies and strings), and Town Hall Square (modern lo-fi space-pop) make “Ruins” a captivating, satisfying party music LP, which we’re pretty sure you […]
Nobody like you, you / Nobody likes you, you / Guess this winter cold got me feeling low / Wish you knew that nobody likes you, you Following her first-ever single Skintight, a stomping pop banger released late last year, Stockholm-based songwriter Elsa is back with the heartbreak anthem Nobody Likes You, a ScandiPop-tinted R&B tune with an edge. […]
John Moose is more than “just” a band from Sweden — he is the collective alter-ego of the 5-piece folk outfit, the main character in the band’s musically narrated stories about escaping the ambivalence between civilization and nature. Following their critically acclaimed self-titled debut album in 2015, songs from John Moose’s latest EP “O” are […]
Sunset, real trip to The Hills / No need to worry I’ll pay all the bills / You make me loco when you drop it girl / I don’t care cause you know how to work Norwegian trop-pop duo KOΛLA is dropping it like it’s hot with their latest single Work, featuring their frequent collaborator, L.A. […]
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 […]
Sløtface‘s new intense single Nancy Drew summons the teen detective re- imagined as an indie rock boys club conquistador, and it slays. My girl is wiping slates clear / And I long for the look / And a soundtrack of women who all know what’s up / I keep hearing their cherry bombs through the […]
The single Getaway by Norwegian singer/songwriter/producer Bellman has a video, and it’s a lush-plush dreamscape that perfectly mirrors the song’s soul-stirring, Scandinavian sounds. Do yourself a favor and push play on the delightful video above for Getaway. The song, a track from Bellman’s latest album “Morphology” released in January 2017, was recorded, mixed and produced in Oslo and mastered […]
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 […]