Back to 2008 for this one. Retro Stefson were essential at Iceland Airwaves for a decade. I don’t think this was the first year that they performed, but it was certainly pretty early on. Papap Paulo was from their debut album and was always a highlight of their remarkable, high energy sets. And what a […]
To help fill the void of a year without Airwaves I am going over all my many videos from over the last 16 years and trying to find a few interesting things that I haven’t made public before. Starting today with what I think was the very first appearance by Of Monsters And Men at […]
Replacing Iceland Airwaves 2020
For the last few years, I have been telling people that the golden rule of Iceland Airwaves is “never miss Grísalappalísa“, and I’m not changing my mind now. They have a new record on the way and plenty of old favourites ready to go. Essential for very late on Friday night. Earlier that night and […]
Here’s a list of the acts that I’m looking forward to seeing (or trying to see!) for the first time. They are not necessarily brand new artists, although many are, but just ones I have never got to before and that are high on the (long) list this time around. Ragga Holm has been part […]
Just a week before Iceland Airwaves I had the great pleasure of seeing Ólafur Arnalds in my home town at the gorgeous and legendary Palladium venue. It was a magnificent taster of the fabulous music that next week will bring in Reykjavík. Ólafur was supported by the well-known percusionist Manu Delago (who previously toured with Björk) […]
The detailed schedule for Airwaves was published yesterday. It came out in some weird pdf all on one page which is horrible to print if you want to be able to read anything. I’ve cut it up into 4 pages via the amateur magic of screenshots and (I think) they are attached to this post […]
First things first, a massive congratulations to everyone associated with Airwaves on reaching their 20th birthday, and for celebrating it by having gender parity on the line-up. That’s a wonderful, and somehow Icelandic, message to give the music world. This will be my 15th Airwaves birthday and boy do I regret missing those first five! […]
It’s the night before Iceland Airwaves 2017. The last band to feature here this year is one that has been there from very near the start of my own Iceland Airwaves adventure and genuinely seem to be getting better and better and more essential as every year has gone by. Mammút are a gang that […]
Keen Airwaves goers have probably seen Berlin-based Icelander Daði Freyr before, playing as part of the band Retrobot a few years back. In the last year though he’s really become a star in Iceland after his amazing song and performance of “Is this Love?” charmed everyone yet still somehow only finished in second place in […]