As I've said before, Xfm's new music guru John Kennedy was in Reykjavik last week for Airwaves, and I arrived back in London on Monday night, switched on his show to find it was the Airwaves special (hoorah!). The show was from 10pm-2am, with the special running for the last two hours although he threw a couple of Icelandic things in earlier in the show as tasters. He was also kind enough to give this very blog a nice plug, talk about the chat we had in Reykjavik and read out my 5 recommendations from the festival. Anyway, here is the full list of what he played in the Airwaves special…
Sigur Ros ‘Vid Spilum Endalaust’ (EMI)
X-Posure Hot One: FM Belfast ‘Underwear’ (World Champion)
Retro Stefson ‘Salvatore’ (Kimi)
Reykjavik! ‘The Blood’ (Kimi/Golden Circle)
Skatar ‘Pantee Lions (Riding Beasts At The Minibar)’ (Grandmothers)
FM Belfast ‘Lotus’ (World Champion)
Fuck Buttons ‘Colours Move’ (ATP)
Florence & The Machine ‘Kiss With A Fist’ (Moshi Moshi)
Evil Madness ‘La Casa Di Satana’ (12 Tonar)
Ghostigital/Finnbogi Petursson/Skuli Sverrisson ‘Landscape’ (Smekkleysa)
Lay Low ‘By And By’ ()
Seabear ‘Libraries’ (Morr Music)
Sprengjuhollin ‘Byrum Upp A Nytt (Bestu Kvedjur)’ (Sena)
X-Posure Long One: For A Minor Reflection ‘Reistu Pig Vid, Solin Er Komin A Loft…’
Boys In A Band ‘Most Of The Time’ (BIAB)
Bloodgroup ‘Moving Like A Tiger’ (Sild)
Crystal Castles vs Health ‘Crimewave (Sinden Remix)’ (Different/Last Gang)
Mammut ‘Geimpra’ (Record Records)
Slugs ‘Drifum Okkur’ (Smekkleysa)
Dr. Spock ‘Fyrri Heimsstyrjoldin Og Seinni Heimsstyrjoldin’ (Smekkleysa)
Sudden Weather Change ‘St. Peter’s Day’ ()
Benny Crespo’s Gang ‘Next Weekend’ (Cod Music)
Borko ‘Continental Love’ (Kimi)
Hjaltalin ‘Traffic Music’ (Kimi)
Retro Stefson ‘Wolf, The Boy Who Cried’ (Kimi)
Miracle Fortress ‘Poetaster’ (Rough Trade)
Just so I don't get in trouble, all the above is nicked from here – his is always a varied and interesting show, but this one was particularly good! There will hopefully be an interview on here soon with Mr Kennedy about Iceland and the music scene over there.