WHAT’S POPPIN’? NGBG 2025

Another year, another NGBG. Malmö’s very own huge FREE festival that runs all throughout Norra Grängesbergsgatan. 41 stages, a bunch of artists on every stage – and we’ve listened to all of them (most of them [those we could find (and weren’t on the disco stages [etc])]). Capitalization directly correlates with excitement uh. Map and stuff at the bottom of this page – for more info uh google NGBG 2025. Either way, here are our highlights for Friday and Saturday. Did we miss anything? Tell us!

FRIDAY 5/9

18.00

Repeat (25 – Al Amilli) sick garage:y alternativerock, catchy rockin’ riffs and choruses. newer stuff has an almost heavier postpunk sound, lots of attitude, lots of noise, lots of fuzz.

tvål (29 – plan b garage) finns typ inget på dessa men de beskriver sig som skränig indierock på skånska och ja sånt tycker man ju om

unshaped (30 – plan b warehouse) romantic indie bright guitars sorrowful singer tiny synths, quite pleasant

18.45

menudå (10 – punkspark) svensk punk som kan kännas lite tralligt men när det lutar mot poppunk är det rätt så behagligt!

19.00

Emma Håård (14 – Fam X Loppen Söder) rockin, but maybe most importantly, poppin cool malmö indie with synths guitar bass drums and stuff yeah yeah

fat brain (31 – plan b workshop) kinda fun neurotic weirdo-”arena”garage

20.00

neon chorus (2 – traktorscenen) rockin 80s synthpop vibe, could translate well live sounds pretty fresh at times funky tunes, falsetto harmonies, etc.

dimmoln (13 – FAM X LOPPEN NORR) lite rockrockig garagerock liksom, med stöktendenser

odödligt allvar (25 – al amilli) typ lite småkul skånsk rock, lite poppunk, om kräftskivor och sånt

the urban owls (29 – plan b garage) at times goofy at times pretty sweet melancholic altrock, nasty rank garage sound – maybe cool live idk

Human Non Human (31 – Plan B Workshop) funky alternativerock with a punkrock attitude, containing a smidge of rap, psych, progrock, hardcore, and surfrock. very cool live, hard n fast

20.15

kaiou (10 – punkspark) lite skitzad weeaboo punk, typ lite math låter lite fett från deras enda video but idk

21.00

pardon (14 – fam x loppen söder) nu-powerpop that tends to be a bit too much but hey that’s kind of cool you go pardon

old carters memory lane (16 – abf scenen) scanian indie outfit, well sung / guitar solos / nice and tidy

paragraph (20 – frysarena305 live) malmö harder screamy emo, they sound very upset :((

da mary (29 – plan b garage) solig svensk indiepop på skånska med gitarrsolon, rätt trevliga grejer lite halv drömmigt sådär

dipper (30 – plan b workshop) kind of sick sounding art-alternativerock on the postpunkier side of things

22.00

QUIET COMMOTION (13 – FAM X LOPPEN NORR) melancholic malmö indiefolk champion, 17 y.o making acoustic BOPS, genuine stuff wowow – this time on both kinds of guitar and also accompanied by clarinet (?!)

tunga divisionen (16 – abf scenen) kanske lite väl plojigt för sitt egna bästa men lite småkul trevlig pop med visor typ och harmonier och munspel och ibland elektriska gitarrer då också rock, mest typ gulligt lite spretigt heja heja

spurgo (18 – roadrunner 1) pretty alright alternative-ish rocknroll…, MONKEYMIND is a BOP I hope they play MONKEYMIND

GOLVAD GRÄVLING (29 – PLAN B GARAGE) åka båt till skolan varje dag yeah baby (väldigt bra ängelholm partypunk heja heja bästa)

psykadelisk förskola (31 – plan b workshop) postpunkig skånsk altrock, ibland ösigt ibland melankolisk – väldigt rundgång core du fattar vad jag menar

22.30

modet (10 – punkspark) sång på svenska åt det lite mer klassiska indie hållet / allt annat lite åt 90-tals alternativrock hållet, bra riffs och sådär kanske kanske

23.00

Cub & Wolf (3 – Stallet) malmö indierock – pretty good 90s slacker vibe at times, when they rock oh boy do they rock! 50/50 that and slower weird songs could be vibe. hope they rock out

krumme lanke ( 14 – fam x loppen söder) industriell postpunk från malmö stad

knifven (31 – plan b workshop) stökigare och garag:igare powerpop typ, men också lite poppunkigt det är en fine line det där asså

23.15

kisset svider (10 – punkspark) ditt klassiska typiska politiska tralliga partypunk med hits som “bajsa på jimmie”

SATURDAY 6/9

This time around we didn’t have enough time to go through everything, so here’s some cherry picking. That’s life!

12.30

Toves band (20 – Frysarena305 Live) YTTERST charmig harmonisk trevlig indie

12.45

freezer food when they’re gone (10 – punkspark) nerdy malmö loser-emo (thesound.se plays in this band)

13.00

julia do mar (1 – trädgårdsscenen) väldigt mysig trevlig singersongwriter-indie på svenska

13.30

Jon Kempin (10 – Punkspark) two-piece emo from malmö city bringing the boom with their signature blend of guitar tapping and vocal chord straining

15.30

Midnight Surf (20 – Frysarena305 Live) atmospheric guitar-based dreampop, sick sonoic landscapes

15.45

New Neighbours (10 – Punkspark) howling vocals and catchy guitar riffs, speedy strokesian malmö indierock

16.00

june hill (29 – plan b garage) atmospheric and emotional indierock, dare I say – a bit emo? chiming guitar notes, all-out noise, all that good stuff

Eyes Closed (30 – Plan B Warehouse) tight charming lund bubblegum emo, only catchy emotional ripperz

17.15

Gula Blend (10 – Punkspark) dundercharmig garage-ig indierockpopextreme med underbara melodier och frenetiska gitarrer

20.00

moatje (30 – plan b warehouse) faded indierock med saxofon

20.15

storhövding (10 – punkspark) ängelholm-proggteaterreggearocknrollalternativrock

20.50

the ohnos (31 – plan b workshop) energetic and supposedly morbid powerpop, rockin’

21.00

Poetry (13 – Fam X Loppen Norr) sick emotional malmöian noisy postpunky indierock-outfit, scary cool

22.00

hund begraven (14 – fam x loppen söder) malmöian dance-postpunk, distorted guitars and moody melodies, saw one of their t-shirts at öppen famn

Mojo Pin (17 – Färggränden) gnarly helsingborg grunge crew, cooler than ever sounding heavier than ever

23.00

Knut£ (12 – Ljudgården) rätt cool hiphop tjej från malmö, bra flow bra rhymes bra beats BARS!

23.15

SÖDER OM SÖDER (10 – PUNKSPARK) sjuk emo-adjacent indierock med ösiga och stökiga riffs o fina melodier, galna grejer kanske bäst i stan



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