Byline: Will Hodgkinson

In a half-empty hall in the Danish town of Aarhus, three fashionably dressed young women are jumping about on stage, shrieking the lyrics to a song called Cool and Bored. The music is harsh and electronic, with shrill voices riding over a guitar, a keyboard and a backing track from a malfunctioning laptop. Were Le Corps Mince de Francoise from New York or London, this might all seem horribly contrived. But since they're from Finland, where heavy metal is the national music and trend-following is frowned upon, Cool and Bored is merely honest self-description.

"People in Finland hate us," says Emma Kemppainen, who formed Le Corps Mince de Francoise - The Slim Body of Francoise, so named when Kemppainen realised she would never be a slender French girl - with her sister Mia and their friend Malin Nyqvist in 2007. The band's style is a conscious rejection of the Finnish philosophy of jante law , or not getting ideas above your station. "I mean, really hate us."

"They call us a fashion band," says Mia.

"And they don't even like our fashion," adds Nyqvist glumly.

They may inspire loathing in the biker bars of Helsinki, but Le Corps Mince de Francoise are at the crest of a wave that is sweeping over Scandinavia and the Nordic lands. Through the internet, artists from the further reaches of northern Europe that formerly would never have stood a chance of being heard outside their own countries have as much ability to connect with the rest of the world as anyone else. Coming from an isolated place is exotic and no longer a disability, particularly as isolation - and boredom - can inspire great art in a way that being at the centre of things rarely does.

Le Corps Mince de Francoise's concert is part of Denmark's Spot festival. This is fast becoming Scandinavia's answer to Austin's South By Southwest: the best place to discover the most exciting new bands. Some of those playing are awful, most are just OK, and a few are...