We're a week into October, and just over 3 weeks away from Iceland Airwaves 2012 the greatest music festival in the world, so the preview starts here. This blog will shortly leap into full swing. The interviewing season is well under way, a little slower than some years but I'm into double figures now – […]
No, not the space people thingy – I couldn't care less about that. The great venue/club/jar of memories in Reykjavik. News emerged a few days ago of plans to take down the wonderful NASA venue and turn it into yet another hotel. If there's one thing Reykjavik has a hell of a lot of it's […]
This list was compiled from 84 votes. 27 different records got some love, Iceland is truly full of wonderful music-makers and some lovely fans too. Here's our best of 2011 list… 1. Sóley – We Sink 2= FM Belfast – Don't Want to Sleep 2= Björk – Biophilia 4= Sin Fang – Summer Echoes […]
Thanks to everybody who took part. I've counted up 84 music-loving votes. I've checked and I've double-checked my maths. 27 different records (including a couple of E.P.s) received some love – I guess that underlines the breadth of talent around right now in Iceland. In a shock (!) development, 12 records have made it into […]
So here's the plan. You lovely fans of Iceland, music and therefore Icelandic Music email me at markollard AT googlemail.com with up to 5 of your favourite albums of the year by Icelandic artists. We'll have a deadline of Monday December 19th, then I'll do some sums and report back on the top ten and […]
Sóley Stefánsdóttir first came to my attention playing with the rather marvellous bands of Mr Sindri Már Sigfússon – Seabear, Sin Fang Bous and then plain old Sin Fang. Presumably she got fed up of not being in other bands – I believe the other members of Sindri's line-ups also turned up in bands such […]
So here's the thing, and I say this with the credibility of someone who goes to precisely zero other music festivals most years, Iceland Airwaves is without doubt the greatest music festival in the world. I've done it for years and years, and it's only getting better. This year was, in a nutshell, every bit […]
Prinspóló are one of those Icelandic supergroups where you'll recognise everyone on stage from one or more bands. This lot are led by local legend Svavar Pétur Eysteinsson, of Skakkamanage and the truly wonderful but now defunct and legendary Runk. The band includes members of FM Belfast, Reykjavik! and Sudden Weather Change. So, they're pretty […]
I'm an optimist. So all the anticipation of how good it would be to see Bjork in Reykjavik, at Iceland Airwaves, of how good this particular much lauded performance of Biophilia could be, could have been crippling. In fact my wildest expectations had nothing on the reality. This was music and performance at it's pinnacle, […]
Mr David Berndsen, or "Berndsen" as we know him is a regular Iceland Airwaves favourite. He wears his flawless eighties influences high up on his sleeve for all to see. His shows are all about giving the crowd a good time. They're usually full of locals too, that's always a good sign. Hello – Where […]