To help fill the void of a year without Airwaves I am going over all my many videos from over the last 16 years and trying to find a few interesting things that I haven’t made public before. Starting today with what I think was the very first appearance by Of Monsters And Men at […]
Replacing Iceland Airwaves 2020
First things first, a massive congratulations to everyone associated with Airwaves on reaching their 20th birthday, and for celebrating it by having gender parity on the line-up. That’s a wonderful, and somehow Icelandic, message to give the music world. This will be my 15th Airwaves birthday and boy do I regret missing those first five! […]
What do you mean it’s only two weeks until Iceland Airwaves 2017? Where did the time go? Obviously this blog been busy watching the Icelandic football team but it’s fair to say that iceblah needed to be woken up. There is no more effective band to be woken up by than The Pink Street Boys, […]
I really try not to feature the same artists two years in a row, but I was really keen to make Milkywhale an exception. They got such great reaction from so many people at Iceland Airwaves 2015, and many people can’t wait to see them again. I’m sure people would love to hear about what […]
Reykjavíkurdætur have been very hard to ignore over the last two or three years. An all-female collective with the sound and beats to easily get past the early novelty value, they will be high up on a lot of must-see lists for Airwaves again. I’ve been hoping to chat to them since 2014 so I’m […]
Stroff are an excellent indie-sounding guitar band, they’ve been around since 2012. They feature, as is fashionable, members of various other excellent bands. I thought it was about time I had a chat with them. Beware though, this interview features the devastating news, to me at least, that the logo which I had presumed to […]
So I have just interviewed Major Pink and, to be honest, I still have no idea if he is real or not. But it doesn't matter, it's been a lot of fun and I am convinced enough to place them on the 'must see' list and I suspect you might feel the same in a […]
As far as I know, Kreld (the solo project of Kristján Eldjárn of Sykur) has only released one song, but what a song it is. On "Way Low" Kristján duets with the amazing Jófríður Ákadóttir of Gangly, Pascal Pinon and Samaris, and the song is an ice-cold elctro treat. Press play on the video below […]
I'll be honest, and I don't want to diminish the art or the brilliance of a lot of Icelandic music, but I've always been a sucker for a funny band name. It is true that I heard the name "Krakk & Spaghettí" before I heard their music – but I was very ready and willing […]