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• DíSA: Sculpture
  on Jun 5, 2015 in Albums Electronica Iceland alternative pop Björk Bryndís Jakobsdóttir Dísa electropop Fever Ray Kate Bush The Knife
  Icelandic songstress Bryndís Jakobsdóttir has been with us for a while in different incarnations here, here and here, but right here she debuts as DíSA with the EP ‘Sculpture’. I’ve shared a couple of tastes with you back in Marc...
• Firewoodisland: Owl Song
  on Jun 3, 2015 in Alternative Norway Tracks Abi Newbould alt-folk Bon Iver Firewoodisland indiefolk Mumford & Sons Of Monsters And Men Rowan Blake Stephen Allen Stian Vedøy The Lumineers
  Come Autumn indiefolk outfit Firewoodisland will release their second EP, following up on the excellent ‘ILD’ from 2014. In April I shared the great first single, ‘Molehills’, and today it’s time for the second, ‘O...
• Myrkur: Hævnen
  on Jun 3, 2015 in Denmark Metal Tracks Amalie Bruun black metal Djevel Ex Cops folk metal Hiidenhauta Myrkur Solbrud symphonic metal
  Since the release of the EP ‘Nattens Barn’ Danish one-woman-black-metal-band Myrkur has been surrounded by massive hype. So much that the debut album, ‘M’ (due in August), can almost only disappoint. Well, maybe not, if the fi...
• Ribozyme: Grinding Tune
  on Jun 1, 2015 in Albums Norway Rock alternative rock Bård Bøge Cato Olaisen hard rock Kjartan Ericsson prog-rock progressive rock Ribozyme Siamese Siamese Fighting Fish Tool
  Norway’s Ribozyme have been around for some years but really peaked with 2012’s ‘Presenting The Problem’. That album was interesting in its effortless blend of metal, rock, industrial and a few dashes of electronica – an...
• Terrible Feelings: Tremors
  on May 29, 2015 in Albums Rock Sweden Andy Dahlström Anton Collinder Manuela Iwansson post-punk powerpop Terrible Feelings The Sounds
  I had mixed feelings about Terrible Feelings’ (see what I did there?) debut album ‘Shadows’ from 2012. On one hand I loved the two tracks ‘Intruders’ and the angsty power pop song ‘Days To Come’ – on th...
• Omar: I Am Heavy Metal, Who Are You?
  on May 27, 2015 in Albums Rock Sweden Entombed Erik Björner Erik Carling Fredrik Persson Johannes Sundblad Kyuss Monster Magnet Omar Queens Of The Stone Age stoner metal stoner rock Tomas Antonsson
  Back in 2007 Claus Wrang Michaelsen (featured here as part of the great Danish stoner rock outfit Hjortene) got his hands on an advance copy of Omar’s debut album, ‘I Am Heavy Metal, Who Are You?’. Then the Swedish quintet were shop...
• Vök: Circles
  on May 26, 2015 in Albums Electronica Iceland alternative pop Andri Már electropop indie-electro Margrét Rán Ólafur Alexander Vök
  Shortly after forming in 2013 Vök won the annual band contest Músíktilraunir (the Icelandic equivalent of Battle of the Bands), and last year they released their debut EP, ‘Tension’, to quite the hype. Friday ‘Circles’ foll...
• Spidergawd: Spidergawd II
  on May 22, 2015 in Albums Norway Rock 1970s Bent Sæther Black Sabbath bluesrock Deep Purple Foo Fighters hard rock Kenneth Kapstad Kyuss Led Zeppelin Motorpsycho Per Borten Queens Of The Stone Age Rolf Martin Snustad Spidergawd Thin Lizzy
  Last year Spidergawd released their eponymous debut to great critical acclaim in Norway and a Spellemann nomination for Rock Album of the Year. It’s also an album that completely failed to make its way my way, so I’ll have to take the pre...
• Virgin Suicide: Virgin Suicide
  on May 20, 2015 in Albums Denmark Rock 1960s 1980s Beach House dream-pop Foster the People indiepop indierock Kristian Bønløkke Kristian Schøtt Kyvsgaard Lars Vognstrup Martin Grønne Simon Thoft Jensen Suede Sune Rose Wagner Terkel Røjle The Smiths Virgin Suicide
  Recordings began in February 2014 with producer Lars Vognstrup (Lars & The Hands Of Light), but it has taken until this Monday for retro-rocking Virgin Suicide to get their debut full length out, in part because of a long distance collaboration...
• Marius Ziska: Home/Heim
  on May 19, 2015 in Albums Alternative Faroe Islands Allan Tausen alt-folk alternative pop Brandur Jacobsen Eivor Palsdottir Hans Marius Weihe Ziska Heðin Ziska Davidsen indierock Magnus Johannesen Marius Ziska Mikael Blak post-rock Sakaris Joensen singer/songwriter Svavar Knútur
  Although named after frontman and songwriter Hans Marius Weihe Ziska, Marius Ziska is a band. And a seven-piece at that (even though no band photo counting all seems to exist). ‘Home/Heim’ is their second full length and it is an album of...

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