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Premiere: Kappekoff readies new album and taps Pasha for ‘Late Night’

Oslo-based producer and bassist Magnus Falkenberg is preparing a new record, out two weeks tomorrow and serving as a companion piece to last year’s excellent New Spring; before then, he’s…

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Premiere: Kappekoff’s new single ‘Warmth’ is a (Jimmy) Smash in waiting

Not familiar with Oslo’s Kappekoff? You should be; you’ve got about a month to get your stuff together before his new album arrives, and we’re premiering the new single to…

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News: Rising Multi-Media Artist OSLO Drops Energetic Dance-Pop Single ‘The Same’

Salt Lake City, Utah born up and comer OSLO has quickly risen to prominence. At just 23 years old, this multi-media artist is back with his latest offering, ‘The Same,’…

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News: OSLO Shares New Single ‘Follow Me (Free)’

Emerging as a dynamic producer and vocalist, OLSO is creating waves in the music world with his genre-defying approach. This young musician from Salt Lake City, Utah, has spent his…

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Say Psych: News: Mayflower Madame release deluxe version of ‘Prepared For A Nightmare’ with 5 new tracks

Oslo based Mayflower Madame specialise in cinematic post-punk, with hints of dream-pop and psych-noir. They made their debut with LP Observed in a Dream in 2016 which created a buzz…

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Say Psych: Video: Mayflower Madame – Sacred Core

‘Sacred Core’ is the third single from Oslo’s Mayflower Madame‘s latest LP Prepared For A Nightmare. The band explain that it’s a song about getting lost, drifting away and trying…

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Track: Pheonix-style fun from Oslo’s Divest – Coming Around

IF smiley, knowing guitar pop with a bit of bite is your thing, you could do worse than make a little time in your life for up ‘n’ coming Oslo…

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Premiere: Stina Stjern – Me and the Moth plus EP Review

It’s been two years since I reviewed Norway’s Stina Stjern‘s extraordinary album ‘Kap Herschell’ – describing it as an enigmatic, haunting masterpiece that seems to capture the Arctic chill of…

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Say Psych: Album Review: Mayflower Madame – Prepared for a Nightmare

Oslo’s Mayflower Madame are back with a new album, Prepared for a Nightmare, after a lengthy absence. Following a ten-date tour of the US in May 2018, Premonition was released…

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See: Gunnar the Fifth reveal new video for ‘Hide from the world’

‘Hide from the world’ by Oslo based Icelandic alt-pop act Gunnar the Fifth, aka world famous tattooist Gunnar Valdimarsson. Taken from the debut EP, out later in the spring, Gunnar says…

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