Original Music from the film Screaming Masterpiece
Many visitors and fans of Iceland enjoy the film Screaming Masterpiece, by Ari Alexander Magnússon. The film features the best and brightest of Iceland’s “Cute Generation”,
Lights on the HighwaySelf-titled.
There’s a lot of layered acoustic guitar here, and a lot of layered vocals. Vocal effects and outstanding fill-heavy drumming also figure in prominently. The total of the parts s
Dr. Spock Dr. Phil
Explaining why he enjoys Icelandic staple Dr. Spock, who are releasing their first CD after having played live around Reykjavík for anywhere between a decade and four years, depen
Nix Noltes Orkidpur Hawaii
We got an early review copy of the debut release from a favourite live band the Nix Noltes. As best we can gather, Nix Noltes deliver frenetic Balkan music that […]
BjörkMusic from Matthew Barney’s Drawing Restraint 9
With this new release, we get the dubious proposition of attempting to understand both Björk and Matthew Barney, wonder artist behind the Cremaster Cycle. What we can report is th
FLÍS: Vottur
There’s usually integrity to any release from 12 Tónar, Iceland’s independent record label that closely resembles America’s Nonesuch Records. The store and the local music s
Bezt í Heimi:Hornið: The Chianti in wicker kind of classy
How do you take a quaint restaurant with the kind of consistently good Italian that always goes with the Chianti that comes in a wicker basket? Well, you make it […]
Letters
RE: Fan Mail, really… Back in January when I followed Bart and Ed’s tag team of idiocy, otherwise known as “Daily Life from Iceland,” I would often log on and [