Nordic Spotlight
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I Wanna Dance With You Again by Band of Gold The latest collaboration between Nina Mortvedt and Nikolai Hænglse — the Norwegian duo Band of Gold — is a shining, solid pop gem. I Wanna Dance With You Again is the band’s first single released since their debut album dropped in 2015 to many accolades from fans and critics […]
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!
Norwegian cosmic-pop quartet Strange Hellos is gearing up the release of their debut album “Chromatic”, which is set to drop October 27 via the brilliant Brilliance Records, with the reverently chemical first single “Monumental”. Strange Hellos Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
Today Norwegian label Brilliance Records gifted us with Calyx, the latest single from alt-pop band Living, and it’s a psychedelic journey of groovy samples and technicolor soundwaves. Joining the already released singles Glory and Path as tracks on their debut album “Absolutely” set for release sometime in the first quarter of 2018, the Norwegian/Brazilian 4-piece is a collaboration between multi-instrumentalists […]
Norwegian indie cuties Iffy Orbit have debuted! Their LP “Slow Times” is glorious and makes everything is right with the world. It’s 10 songs strong with a great indie-pop energy that is a treat to listen to. Here are a few of the tracks we like the most and why: The album’s title track Slow […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Psych rockers Iffy Orbit have released a video for their single Slow Times, and it’s a fascinating blend of the angst and heart flutters found at the middle school proms of Norway and the U.S.A. “Slow Times is a song that is as old as our band itself,” said the band. “The Norwegian prom is way less flashier than […]