There’s an old guy in Iceland, a musician called Megas. My knowledge of the history of popular music in Iceland is sketchy, but this one name comes up over and over again. You’ll find out all you need to know on the wikipedia page but what is pretty exciting is that this year, aged 63, […]
The third (but probably not final) instalment in the Airwaves in London story: The event is now confirmed here and looks much as expected. It is only one day (September 19th) and features old Airwaves favourites such as wristbands, multiple venues and a few late surprises. The bands playing are much as previously reported and […]
A most pleasant afternoon in slightly rainy Regent’s Park at the annual Innocent Village Fete. And amongst all the duck herding, ferret racing, farmer’s market and welly wanging (really) were two tents of live music. And amongst that lot a real gem in the form of a most admirable fellow by the name of Mr […]
A bit of a bonanza today. Firstly there are free songs (tasters from forthcoming albums) from Bob Dylan and Kings Of Leon to be had on the interweb. In October Dylan will release the 8th volume of The Bootleg Series, which is entitled "Tell Tale" Signs and runs to 3 discs (if you still do […]
There’s more detail on this rumoured event now. It appears to have changed its name slightly to now be called AllSpitalfields, the dates are confirmed as 18,19,20th September. Even though the name Airwaves has gone, the influence is definitely still there – this is over 3 nights in 10 small venues and it features a […]
That’s not a clever title, that’s just where I am. Waiting at Knock Airport after an all too brief weekend in the far west of Ireland with Mrs iceblah and her enormous (as in numerous) family. Beautiful weather, and the sort of scenery that is very similar to Iceland in its splendour under sunshine and […]
There was a good debate on a Sigur Ros message board the other day about people liking music just because it was from Iceland. I don’t think that happens, if anyone’s going to do it then it would be me. Firstly, you wont find me writing on here about music I don’t like – because […]
If this blog had virtual literary parents (stick with me…), they would be two books by one of my very favourite authors, certainly the one who seems to know most about me when he picks up his pen (do authors still use pens?). Nick Hornby has written bestsellers about football and music. I do believe, […]
It’s fair to say that metal isn’t my most preferred brand of music. Sure it has it’s moments, in the right mood I’m a bit of a sucker for a bit of classic AC/DC or Motley Crue, and I really, really don’t think anyone has ever nailed album one, track one as well as Guns […]
Something’s going on, and it might be pretty exciting for us London based fans of Icelandic music! How does Spitalfields Airwaves sound? There’s just a couple of references online to such an event – nothing official but if you look here and here it would seem as if GusGus and FM Belfast think they are […]