Bubbi gets help from Wonder Barði
BUBBI: PARADÍS AND ÁST. INSIDE ICELAND, BUBBI MORTHENS IS THE MOST CELEBRATED AND FINANCIALLY SUCCESSFUL SONGWRITER AND SINGER MAKING ALBUMS TODAY. HE IS ALSO THE BIGGEST TARGET,
CIGARS AND CHOCKOLADE
Grand Rokk’s upper floor was packed with people and spirits were high on last Thursday night for Apparat Organ Quartet’s first gig in a year. Promoting new songs among some [&h
DAVÍÐ SMÁRI: YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME
What do you do when you come in second on Icelandic Idol: you cover every great pop singer’s most cherished song. Davíð Smári takes the Edge off of U2’s One, […]
Hip-Hop revisited
Hip-hop hasn’t always been about bitches and bling, you know. It actually used to be a powerful and united movement of young African-Americans concerned with social justice and e
NÚMER NÚLL
A pleasant new demo making the rounds, Númer Núll blend country with classic hard rock. The production value here is excellent, and the guitar work of frontman Gestur blends T [&
KIPPI KANÍNUS HAPPENS SECRETLY
A travelling California musician in Iceland to visit the home of Múm and Sigur Rós highly recommended this new release from 12 Tónar to the Grapevine. Some of the chords [&helli
HÖLT HÓRALOVE ME LIKE YOU ELSKAR MIG
The snare drum on this album is amazing. Crisp and full, every beat is remarkable. Guitars are in tune, and in good time. The disk also has a 21:18 playing […]
ANTONY and the JOHNSONS:I AM A BIRD NOW
The first time you hear Antony’s voice, a gothic church-going blues instrument that sounds both pure and profoundly experienced, you think this is out of this world. In fact, you
MegasLoftmynd (1986)
Comparable Contemporary: Incomparable with anyone on the air today, to the envy of many wanna-bes. Description: Zig-zags thrillingly through jugband, boogie, and blues. Best played
Bob and Coral at Bar 11, Thursday 16 June, 10 pm.
A loud droning sound filled the second floor from the new stage at Bar 11. Gradually, it got fuller made richer with cymbal swirls and bass notes. This was Bob’s […]
Duran Duran, Duran Duran (1981)
Comparable Contemporary: Daft Punk Description: Driving, bare-bones, post-new wave pop songs good enough to let you not care how uncool it is to love this album. Dated Features: Fl
17 June ConcertsKK Band, Hjálmar, Írafár, Papar, Stuðmenn and Mínus at Arnarhóll, And Accordion Club of Reykjavík at City Hall.
When you’re desperate to have a nice holiday, and the sky is grey and rain is coming down in sheets, you can make yourself believe that Love Guru, a portly […]
Eighties Album Reviews
Ah, the 80s. Sideways ponytails, acid wash jeans, and the whole world perpetually on the brink of global thermonuclear war. It’s easy to understand why 80s nostalgia is so popula
RikshawAngels and Devils (1990)
Comparable Contemporary: Pink Floyd. That’s today’s Floyd, mind you. Description: Despite the cringingly bad lyrics (“I’m dreaming of making it big some day in the land of
Bubbi MorthensKona (1985)
Comparable Contemporary: Bubbi Morthens Description: Mostly acoustic, with two light jazz numbers (Frósin gríma and Eina nótt í viðbótt). Dated Features: Unnecessary and form
Mezzoforte, Garden Party (1983)
Comparable Contemporary: Incomparable with anyone on the air today, to the relief of everyone. Description: A nightmarish journey through a neon-coloured, mullet-sporting, Reebok-w
Todmobile Betra en nokkuð annað (1989)
Comparable Contemporary: Skunk Anansie Description: Airy, light compositions with an Eastern feel. Dated Features: Fretless bass. Rating: Your teenage sister might laugh at it, but
The new breed at keflavik
While the Beatles were poppin’ all over the world in the sixties, Keflavík was the home of rock in Iceland. But now these old bands, Hljómar (Chords), Flowers and most [&hellip
Lokbrá
Lokbrá is a celebrated local garage-rock band. What makes something garage-rock? Typically with garage-rock you have lyrics that you don’t go around quoting, you have somewhat f
Helgi ValurDemise of Faith
I’m looking at the album photos and listening to the CD, I can’t understand how Joe Cocker crawled into the body of what looks like an 18-year-old Icelandic boy. It’s [&helli