Out on the island of Bjarkøy a young musician by the name of Ruben has taken the Norwegian music scene by storm – his first album lead him to win a Spelleman award which is the Norwegian equivalent of a … Continue reading Award Winning Musician Ruben releases ‘Dear God’
October has been busy with a lot of music releases from the Nordic region and it has been quite something trying to keep up the pace with it all! One album we have been really excited to check out is … Continue reading Denmark’s Svaneborg Kardyb release new album ‘Haven’
We realised recently that we were missing some good old noisy music, and this was rectified when we discovered the excellent We Live In Trenches – a band who describe their sound as ‘idiot rock’ (a new genre for us … Continue reading Lead Singer of Swedish Band ‘We Live In trenches’ On Their new ep
As big fans of the Marvel movie Guardians of the Galaxy and with a penchant for gingerbread, when we saw a photo on Instagram of a giant Groot made out of gingerbread our eyes lit up! Groot had been baked … Continue reading Making Marvellous Monsters From Gingerbread: Food Artist Caroline Eriksson
Having first read about Johannes Nyholm’s weird and wonderful movie Koko-Di Koko-Da in an edition of Empire Magazine earlier in the year, it became a permanent fixture on our wish-list to watch. The pandemic swooped in and screwed everything up … Continue reading Swedish star Leif Edlund talks about filming KOKO-DI KOKO-DA
We discovered the excellent Brimheim through the ever reliable Nordic Music Review and this was backed when we spoke to singer Greta a couple of months ago. This weekend the singer released her EP Myself Misspelled which is a collection … Continue reading Nordic New Music: One to watch – Brimheim
Some might have gathered that our taste in music is incredibly broad so rather than rocking or dancing into the weekend this time round we are mellowing ourselves out to wonderful work of Peter Sandberg – a talented ‘neo-classical and … Continue reading Nordic New Music: Sweden’s Multi-Instrumentalist Peter Sandberg
Faroe Islands-based singer Helgi got in touch with us to talk about his new single – it was also an exciting moment when the singer pointed out that Minnis2 sounded a lot like ”Minnist tú” – which in Faroese means … Continue reading Nordic New Music: Faroe Islands Based Singer ‘Helgi’
Erik Axl Sund is the joint pen name for two writers – Jerker Eriksson and Håkan Axlander Sundquist. The Swedish duo are behind the incredibly dark crime thriller The Crow Girl which was released in the UK several years ago, … Continue reading The Men Behind Sweden’s top crime writing duo Erik Axl Sund
When we discovered track ‘City Lights’ by CELL 7 we were totally besotted with the track and went on a mission to discover more of her music. We got to talk to the Reykjavik based artist who is currently working on new material after her excellent 2019 album – Is Anyone Listening? (you really should be)! Continue reading Nordic New Music: talented Icelandic Musician Cell 7
Swedish RnB star Molly Hammar has been releasing some catchy tracks in 2020, including ‘Alone’ and ‘Get To Know Me First’ and it looks like we might be expecting some more music to come. We got in touch with her … Continue reading Nordic New Music: Introduction to Sweden’s Molly Hammar
Updog is an artist with an interesting name and an equally interesting background: growing up in the Netherlands, in a Greek family, he attended an American School, and has now recently moved to Copenhagen! We spoke to him about his … Continue reading Artist ‘Updog’ Talks About his New EP and Living in Copenhagen
In 2013, Alex went on a work trip to Svalbard – an archipelago roughly 1200km from the North Pole, that is inhabited by more polar bears than people, and in the winter is almost permanently dark. The experience was unreal … Continue reading Dancing To The End Of The Earth with ‘Fram’
It has been a while since we featured some jazzy hip hop beats artists, so we were delighted when we discovered the excellent Fonetik Simbol. His new single was released a couple of weeks ago and he is working on … Continue reading Nordic New Music: Fonetik Simbol
Gugusar is one talented teenager – hailing from Iceland we got to speak to the artist who already has an incredible debut album released in ‘Listen to this Twice’ – we have listened to it more than twice and it … Continue reading Nordic New Music: Speaking to super talented Gugusar
You might recognise this big beardy character! Award-winning Icelandic actor, producer and screenwriter, Olafur Darri Olafsson has quite an impressive CV when it comes to TV shows and movies over the last two decades. From HBO’s True Detective, to The Secret … Continue reading We Catch Up with Icelandic star of ‘Trapped’ Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Yune’s debut album ‘Agog’ is another firm favourite in Minnis2Society HQ – the Danish indie/alternative band who hail from Aarhus, Denmark, are certainly ones to watch for the future. We caught up with lead singer Tobias. Tell us who you … Continue reading Nordic New Music: Speaking with Denmark’s Yune
Today sees the release of Jen’s new EP – the Norwegian pop singer is opening up to a different sound which we are enjoying. Have a read a take a listen – it will certainly get you set up for … Continue reading Nordic New Music: Norway’s Jens Talks about his new EP
Josefine Lindegaard has been acting since she was a small child, starring in several commercials on Danish TV. Now in her early twenties, she is an up-and-coming talent in the film world, with a role in star-studded new film ‘The … Continue reading Danish Actress Josefine Lindegaard On New Horror ‘Chakra’ & Magical Copenhagen
With the UK weather giving us some end of summer vibes we seriously recommend getting Sam Florian’s Avocado Daydream album and get ready to embrace it. Sam caught our attention with his chilled pop vibes so we decided to catch … Continue reading Nordic New Music: Sam Florian
This week we catch up with Indie Post Rock band VAR who earlier this year released their excellent album ‘The Neverending Year’ which seems like a pretty apt title given the year we have had so far in 2020! We … Continue reading Nordic New Music: Var
Earlier in the year we discovered the brilliant Skrim Podcast – a Scandinavian true crimes focused podcast that unearthes stories from the Nordic region – explains why there is so much ‘Nordic Noir’ inspiration out there! For those that might … Continue reading Uncovering True Crime Stories from the Nordic Region with the Skrim Podcast
When British couple Grace and James had their first child in 2015, their love of Scandinavian design took them on a quest to find baby and child clothing and accessories that reflected their passion for this style. When they couldn’t … Continue reading Interview with founder of SCANDIBØRN: Kids lifestyle brand
We found ourselves totally immersed into Greta’s synthy dreamscape pop – so much so that we felt we had to find out more about the German (but Copenhagen based) artist’s new album and more. Get ready for some amazing recommendations … Continue reading Nordic New Music: Greta
We got to speak to Rasmus from Danish band ‘Fugleflugten’ about the new single (which was released last week), the built up to their new album and we also find out who lost his keys! Tell us who you are … Continue reading Nordic New Music: Danish Band Fugleflugten
Stuck for your next Nordic Noir fix? Feel like finding something different from the Nordic Region? If anyone can help you with your next TV binge then it’s Walter Iuzzolino, the Italian television producer and man behind the excellent ‘Walter … Continue reading We Meet Man Behind Foreign Drama Streaming Service Walter Presents
We are not entirely sure how our boombox in Minnis2Society HQ managed to fall upon Damen’s album ‘Sagrada Familia’ but the album has had at least several listens, daily, ever since! We managed to get hold of Danial from the … Continue reading Nordic New Music: Damen
We caught up with the talented Cape Lion who first caught our attention with his beat making – but we learned he has a whole lot more tricks up his sleeve to learn about! Tell us who you are and … Continue reading Nordic New Music: Cape Lion
We spoke to Johan Kull who has just released his new single Dream and is totally fresh to the music scene. The Swedish singer tells us what to expect next from him. Tell us who you are and what is … Continue reading Nordic New Music: Johan Kull
Cover the kid’s ears for this one because Iceland’s Kristin Sesselja has released one of the most sweariest and catchiest pop songs you are probably ever going to hear this side of 2020. We caught up briefly with Kristin to … Continue reading Nordic New Music: Kristin Sesselja
