Singing Goddess Graces Iceland
It’s always a treat to have Eivór Pálsdóttir in Iceland. It’s a treat because Eivór, a singer/songwriter from neighbouring Faroe Islands, has an exceptionally beautiful voi
A New Reign of Terror Over Iceland
A relatively new group of Vikings calling themselves, Skálmöld, plan to terrorize Tjarnarbíó with their big bad, Viking metal on February 24. The occasion? They’re celebratin
Hjaltalín And Other Stuff At Café Rosenberg
Café Rosenberg may not be this town’s hipster mecca. To be sure, the atmosphere there is more reminiscent of bars in even smaller town Iceland. You may not have the […]
Prinspóló: Jukk
With ‘Átján og hundrað’, Prins Póló created one of Iceland’s more hideously catchy songs 2009. Fast forward a year and Svavar Pétur Eysteinsson’s (of Skakkamanage) on
Release Concert FRENZY Tonight!
Everyone’s two favourite Icelandic albums from last year are being celebrated tonight, with massive release concert party fun shindigs a go-go carrying on through the night. The
Get Your Geek On With Booka Shade
If you’re one of those weird people who like to go out and get monstrously drunk to rave music without being punched in the face, the CCP annual Fanfest might […]
Lifun: Fögur fyrirheit
The beginning of Lifun’s debut album seems designed to bring out feelings of despondency with trite pop pap that’s as disposable as last week’s newspapers. Improv
New Music Festival Hits Reykjavik
Reykjavik welcomes a new music festival this month called, BERGEN-REYKJAVIK-NUUK, which celebrates the relationship between Norway, Iceland, and Greenland. The festival will be hel
Dr. Gunni’s History Of Icelandic Rock / Part 27
Scoring a ‘Single of the Week’ in the English music press doesn’t necessary mean the instant access to the big time, but in The Sugarcubes’ case it did. After ‘Birthd
Enzyme Compatibility
Icelandic alt-rock champions Ensími have been proving that punk needn’t be simple and indie needn’t be complicated over four albums and fourteen years, and have recently emerg
Klassart: Bréf frá París
Klassart’s blues-y country (or is that country-style blues? Who can tell?), seems to have mistaken mellowness and intimacy for boredom and a complete and total lack of dynamism.
Ask The Slave: The Order Of Things
This is the type of music that experts and self-appointed authorities on what’s cool make fun of or are intimidated by. ‘The Order Of Things’ is equal part a display [&hellip
Dark Music Days
Reykjavík’s Dark Music Days Festival (Myrkir Músíkdagar) is a bit like Iceland Airwaves, if Airwaves catered mostly to hip classical musicians, threw in a ton of contrabass in
You Don’t Know What You’ve Got…
By the time this goes to print, Havarí will be shut. Temporarily closed while they seek a new locale, the independent record store/bookstore/small venue/art gallery/recording stud
Go Muck Yourself
Muck need some money to record their album, so go help them out, and see some of Reykjavik’s finest strut their stuff in the process, as it seems pretty much […]
Apparat Organ Quartet Plays ‘Pólýfónía’ – Heads Bob
After allowing eight years to pass since the release of their debut album, Apparat Organ Quartet have finally put out a second album, ‘Pólýfónía.’ While reassuringly belong
Headbanging Over A Piano
Viktoriya ‘Vika’ Yermoleva is a 32-year old classically educated pianist who hails from Ukraine. She plays, for the most part, piano versions of contemporary metal songs, and b
“And Some Things That Should Not Have Been Forgotten Were Lost.”
ENSÍMI – ‘ENSÍMI’ (2002) This bad boy pretty much set the standard, production-wise, for Icelandic rock in the… the whatever you call this decade. Oughties? Noughti
Five Albums That Shaped Bob Cluness’ Decade
Sigur Rós – () (2002) The world’s most infuriatingly enigmatic band. But man when they get it right they fucking get it right! I chose ‘()’ over ‘Takk’ as nobody [&he
Five Albums That Shaped Bergrún Anna Hallsteinsdóttir´s Decade
Sigur Rós – Takk (2007) Takk received critical acclaim here, there and everywhere, went gold and made everyone sit up and take notice… again. FM Belfast –
The Most Important Hard, Fast, and Heavy of 2001-10
No one wants to make a list like this. You like to get stoned (no pun) to death by disappointed band dorks? First I attempted a list of five. I […]