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The Award-winning duo Salem Al Fakir and Vincent Pontare, aka Vargas & Lagola, are back with their second album Mount Alda, released on October 30th 2020 via Universal Music.

Indie Pop Scandinavia

20/07/2020 Ellen Krauss, Indie, Pop, Scandinavia, Sweden

ELLEN KRAUSS – NO TALK (Pop – Sweden)

Last July saw the release of her new five-track EP, Pearl, which features fan favourites ‘Bali’, ‘No Talk’ and ‘Silver Spoon’, as well as new single ‘New York’ and the previously unheard cut ‘Often’. With this new work, the young artist sets herself as a wonderfully bright and forward-thinking paragon of alt-pop brilliance.

Alternative Indie Pop Scandinavia

16/06/2020 Alternative, Indie, Last Lynx, Pop, Scandinavia, Sweden

LAST LYNX – UNI ALONE (Indie/Pop – Sweden)

Released on June 5th 2020, ‘UnI Alone’ (pronounced “you and I alone”) is a song about ambition, hunger, about putting yourself out there and being unwilling to compromise. It was originally written by the band before going on a break following band member Robin Eveborn’s cancer diagnosis in 2015 and it is produced by Eveborn himself, coproduced and mixed by Viktor B. Lundin, and mastered by Frida Claeson Johansson.

Australia Club House Pop Scandinavia

30/04/2020 Australia, Hayden James, Icona Pop, Scandinavia, Sweden

HAYDEN JAMES + ICONA POP – RIGHT TIME (Dance/Pop – Australia/Sweden)

Australian producer Hayden James is back with his first new music of 2020, a collaboration with Swedish duo Icona Pop (best known for their hits with Peking Duk and Charli XCX). Packed with smooth summery synths and explosive house beats, ‘Right Time’ puts the spotlight on Icona Pop’s catchy vocal hooks and captures the energy of the dance floor during this time of isolation.

Alternative Electronica Scandinavia Soul

10/03/2020 Electronica, Experimental, Labrador, Pheeyownah, Sweden

PHEEYOWNAH – SILVER (Experimental/Electronica – Sweden)

Swedish songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Pheeyownah (real name Feyona Naluzzi) works under strict DIY principles. In 2016 Pheeyownah signed to Swedish independent label Labrador Records, who released her Zero09Zero09 EP in 2016 and her highly anticipated debut album, Silver, in 2019.