Every year I try very hard not to plan too far ahead of the first band of the first night and then see what happens from there. Cryptochrome play in Hurra before it's even 8pm on the first night of Iceland Airwaves 2016 so I suggest you join me in checking out their hard to […]
Art-punk band Tófa will be a new name to a lot of people at Iceland Airwaves this year. They actually unleashed their debut record 'Fleetwood Max' right in the middle of last year's festival. That got a lot of very nice reviews, and the band will be releasing their second collection any day now. Tófa […]
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 […]
“If Agent Fresco can burst out from the confines of their home-country, there’s no reason why the band couldn’t fill stadiums the world over.” That’s from Echoes and Dust, who don’t have a bad record at spotting a bit of talent or two. Even after one album Agent Fresco ranked pretty high up on the […]
Yes, I admit it. Even before I knew anything about Milkywhale, or heard any of their music, I was interested. It’s (another) one of those names that Iceland airwaves throws out every year that makes you want to find out more. It turns out that there’s a lot to like here. If you’ve ever wondered […]
Æla have played at pretty much every Iceland Airwaves I've been to, which is more than a few. They are always worth seeking out. They are a punk band with a long history, with consistently exciting, surprising and insanely energetic live performances and a front man, Halli Valli, who is right up there with the […]
Every year, each new Iceland Airwaves brings with it a bunch of brand new vital sounding bands, and it also brings with it a great new array of fabulously named Icelandic bands. And sometimes, there is a band that fit perfectly into both categories. So, here are Vaginaboys – memorable name, memorable sounds and they […]
Every year as part of this series of pre Iceland Airwaves features I try to interview the winners of the annual Músíktilraunir competition (music experiments). The competition has an incredible record of finding brand new bands on their way up. I guess most famously of all with Of Monsters And Men in 2010, but there […]
Axel Flovent is a singer-songwriter from Akureyri who played his first Airwaves festival a year ago and is back again after a year that has seen him release a highly acclaimed EP, led by the fabulous ‘Forest Fires’ (you can hear it below) and tour around Europe. The stage is definitely bigger this year for […]
21 year old GKR is an up and coming hip hop artist from Reykjavík and one of a growing number of acts in that area and RnB getting a load of attention at home but also starting to get some outside of Iceland too. It feels like the scene, if that’s what it is, is […]