OK, it's not exactly "Hello Wembley!", but I'm chuffed to bits that iceblah has attracted the attention of the good people of IMX. IMX is Iceland Music Export and their wonderful, one stop shop for all Icelandic music is here. I've long been a fan of the site and (very obviously) a supporter of what […]
I love Icelandic music (did you know?) and I love books too. So imagine my delight when the postman delivered a parcel containing a book called "Project: Iceland". This is a large format, full colour book detailing the best of contemporary Iceland music, art & fashion, of which there is a lot. It even comes […]
Just under a month to go now and another batch of additions to the line-up are confirmed, and another potential one uncovered. Confirmations first, according to the official site, which should know! There's always a great night every year sponsored by Kerrang and it seems that the 2008 version will be headlined by Biffy Clyro. […]
The Iceland Airwaves festival is close, and getting closer. Let's face it, it's a month away now. And with more and more names being announced, or secretly just placed on the artists list iceblah is getting pretty exciting. Iceblah is also getting fairly worried one two counts, 1) I'm not going to be able to […]
Is it pure coincidence that scrolling down the artist list on iceblah's ipod (the icepod?) that Gus Gus are right next to Guns n Roses. I say this because these are two places I head to regularly depending on mood. "Welcome To The Jungle" usually gets the nod as the song to kick start a […]
Computer problems at home, work problems at work (iceblah has a day job!). One of these things is now resolved and iceblah returns. With apologies, and with news – lots of it. If I was a music festival, and I had booked a great, new, exciting band – I would be shouting about it, and […]
It is not really possible to write for very long about Icelandic music and not write about Björk, and this week's finale to the Volta tour seems like a good prompt. I caught this tour twice in London earlier this year and was left berating myself for not going to all three of her shows. […]
Iceland Airwaves is fast approaching, in fact 2 months from now it will be all over. Between now and the Reykjavik based fun kicking off we have the intriguing prospect of the airwaves event in Spitalfields, London (isn't it a bit odd that only one Icelandic act seems to be playing? Maybe and hopefully more […]
You remember mixtapes. Of course you do. They just don't exist anymore, you can just go on to itunes or similar and whack together a playlist, and a CD is ready to go 5 minutes later. It's a quick process, I have more ours in my day as a result – but somehow it ain't […]
If you know football, and you know me, then you will know that Shepherds Bush in West London is the home of football. The mighty, unexpectedly affluent, occasionally brilliant, often frustrating but frankly important Queens Park Rangers play there, and I and many others love the club and the area we spend so much time […]