South Korea

I have to admit straight away, that making this list was the most challenging list to make so far. South Korea's music scene is mostly known for cheesy and bubblegummy K-pop songs. It was difficult to even start finding any other musical genres. The fact that many of the bands are not on Spotify made it even more difficult and it doesn't help that most of the band names are only written in Hangul. I wrote the band names in European alphabet though. I know that I should not rely on Spotify so much in making these lists, but it's just easier than to link all the songs individually from youtube links. That's why Spotify was one of the determining factors on what ended up on this list. Anyway, about the music then. I was able to find a few really good post-rock bands, as you might expect from a far Asian country. There are also some excellent indie bands with catchy melodies that are not too cheesy. I also managed to find a few good rock bands, jazz bands and even some 60's psychedelia. This almost three and a half hour list of Korean music is a result of a long working process. Hope you like it: South Korea.

Norway

When people talk about music from Norway, I'm immediately thinking about death metal bands with their church burning fantasies and death masks. That's why I was a bit surprised to find so much good music from Norway that I had never heard of. Apparently they're not that good at marketing their songs, since with this kind of talent, I would think that I would definitely have heard of more great bands and artists. I ended up leaving all the church burning death metal bands out of this list, since I'm not a big fan of that. Norway's music scene is full of excellent dreamy folk artists, innovative post-rock and electro bands, and skilful jazz musicians. I think they say it about all the Nordic countries, but I think Norway's unique nature can be heard in these songs. This list is over six hours long with over 80 bands and artists. Enjoy! The Playlist: Norway.