At Iceland Airwaves last year, a band called Yunioshi arrived determined to have fun, make friends and entertain. They succeeded brilliantly and I know I’m not the only person delighted to see them back in town again for Iceland Airwaves 2011. I don’t spend a whole load of my Airwaves time watching acts from outside […]
For A Minor Reflection are four young guys from Reykjavík who have grown from a hard rock duo, via a bunch of Pink Floyd covers, to the very wonderful post-rock soundscapers they are today. If this sounds like your thing you must catch them at Iceland Airwaves 2011 on Wednesday at 3pm at Kex, and […]
My instinct is to dislike (not really!) those Brits lucky enough to have settled in Iceland, especially when they end up "in bands", "with girls" or "working at grapevine", but they always turn out to be such lovely people. So I must wholeheartedly recommend that you see and befriend the half British, half Icelandic, all […]
I've never quite dared to do this before, but people always want suggestions of which local bands to go and see at Iceland Airwaves 2011. And whilst I could, in all truth, wholeheartedly recommend 30 or 40 bands that I know would not ever be a let down, the number I've been asked for by […]
Gosh. Iceland Airwaves is almost here again. A lot has happened since the last one (and here he is pictured choosing his own favourite Icelandic CD coincidentally titled "Don't Want To Sleep"). This nice little amateur blog suddenly gets a hell of a lot more hits around this time of year, and as normal I've had […]
The Sugarcubes were my first Icelandic music love, but they were swiftly followed into my early 90s Icelandic pop affections by Bellatrix, or Kolrassa krókríðandi (translation available here), as we used to know them. They were an (initially) all-girl punk-rock band who I would listen to over and over again. 20 or so years […]
So, Happy New Year. Blogs everywhere are full of top tips for music in 2011. I'm not going to give that a go, mine would (as always) be full of Icelandic acts! Having said that, I will say that I've been clicking on a lot of these 2011 tips and have found 2 bands that […]
Airwaves Saturday is always a pleasure. And after an incredibly great Airwaves Friday, a lot to match up to. The afternoon session with a quick look in at a couple of off venue gigs. Firstly was Of Monsters & Men (below, right), the winners of this year’s battle of the bands competition. They played in […]
Friday started with the very bad news that Lee had to get home in an emergency. Once the swift arrangements had been made and I’d taken him off to the bus station it was time to meet with fellow bloggers Bob, Wim, Elly & Katie for the so called “brunch of legends” – an excuse […]
Thursday morning in Reykjavik and there was no rain. According to the forecasts this was to be a rare moment during Iceland Airwaves 2010 so Lee & I set out on a whistle-stop tourist tour of Reykjavik by foot – I added to my collection of photos of Hallgrimskirkja just to prove the blue sky […]