Tag: FM Belfast

Every year, the week after Iceland Airwaves is full of the obvious great memories, the impossibility of getting that song out of my head (this year – Sin Fang's "Walk With You") and impatience to do it all over again a year on, but it is also full of regrets. Come on, there were something […]

I was pretty lucky and excited to get a promo copy of the brand new FM Belfast album recently, it arrived in one of those square parcels with Icelandic postage on it that I so love to receive. This is their third album – if you discount that oddly premature but excellent ‘best of’ that […]

  I have the best excuse yet for the woeful update. Mini Iceblah (a very beautiful James) arrived just one month ago, so all my attentions are going that way. And yes, of course, he will soon be subjected to various pieces of Icelandic music and I will report back on those experiments right here. […]

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 […]

Dear Iceland Airwaves, Thank you for all the lovely bands you have booked for the festival this year. You seem to have hit the bullseye again with bands clearly about to be huge (Everything Everything, Hurts, Mount Kimbie, Neon Indian), the amazing Robyn and loads of great international stuff just waiting to be discovered (start […]