Legend: Fearless
It’s a rare event that a debut album from a relatively new band could bring about severe fits of nostalgia for times not so long ago, yet easily forgotten. Though […]
Of Monsters and Men: My Head Is An Animal
I moved to Los Angeles nine years ago, which is kinda the same as saying I’ve earned a Ph.D. in cynicism. It’s not as if everyone here is a jerk—as […]
Kira Kira: Feathermagnetik
I tend to vacillate between indifference and enjoyment when it comes to more ambient music and such was my mood that, at first, ‘Feathermagnetik’ didn’t really register. ‘F
Of Monsters and Men: My Head Is An Animal
In 2012, Of Monsters And Men rose above all to the status as Iceland’s number one musical export, especially in the USA where their debut album stormed the Billboard charts,
Track Of The Issue: Just Another Snake Cult: Birds Carried Your Song Through The Night
A swell little solo EP from Just Another Snake Cult. Short, sweet and kaleidoscopic, ‘Birds Carried Your Song Though The Night’ has a distinctly retro feel to it, with synthesi
Track of the Issue – Japanese Super Shift And The Future Band: The Biggest Walls
It’s been a looooooong-ass wait, but local cult favourites Japanese Super Shift And The Future Band have finally released their début LP, ‘Futatsu,’ after taking over two ye
The Legends Return
Make no bones about it, Entombed are one of death metal’s pioneers and arguably amongst the elite that influenced and changed extreme metal as we know it. In 1990 the […]
Rock Me, Sexy Jesus
Let me just say this right off the bat: it’s not Bryan Ferry’s fault he’s old, and I am in no way insinuating he should retire. He’s made a half-dozen […]
Prog ‘Til You Drop
When Manfred Mann’s Earth Band takes the stage, they open, not unsurprisingly, with Bruce Springsteen’s “Spirit in the Night.” The Earth Band formula is quite simple. Take
Snorri Helgason Makes Kids Smile Tonight
Wondering what to do tonight? Snorri Helgason will be headlining GogoYoko’s second to last charity concert of the summer. At 22:30 he takes the stage for his charity, Barnabr
Will These Eurovision Predictions Hold Up?
Twenty six countries will compete in the Grand Final of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest tonight. Will predictions that we made a week ago hold up tonight? The Netherlands won̵
The Music Mess Needs To Get Messier
I figured a festival dubbed a ‘music mess’ would serve as a nice introduction to the Reykjavík music scene on my first Thursday night in the city. Here come the […]
The New Local Hotshots: Tilbury
One of the hotly anticipated local acts at this year’s Music Mess is Tilbury. Originally founded by Þormóður Dagsson as a solo project in 2010, Tilbury is now a band […
The International Up-And-Comer: Man Made
Niles Marr, who performs under the moniker Man Made, is one of the foreign acts appearing at this year’s Reykjavík Music Mess. Born into a heady rock pedigree (his father [&hell
HE HEARTS ICELANDIC MUSIC!
Belgian physician Dr. Wim Van Hooste is arguably Icelandic music’s biggest fan and greatest supporter. Upon overhearing the Sugarcubes’ “Birthday” on the radio in 1987 Wim
Iceland Will Definitely Win Eurovision This Time!
From the beginning of Icelandic Eurovision times (1986), Icelanders have been from 75% to 100% sure that the nation will win the song contest. This happens every year, so we [&hell
Track Sampler Of The Issue
DOWNLOAD THE SAMPLER HERE TO ENJOY THESE GREAT TRACKS FROM THE UPCOMING REYKJAVÍK MUSIC MESS: Benni Hemm Hemm – Vilhjálmur af Poitou / Cheek mountain Thief – Cheek Mountain (
Requiem For A Scene
As Nasa is closing its doors on June 1, it was with great grief that I walked through the lobby of the soon to be demolished concert venue to see […]
Intro Beats: Half Time
One of the more interesting aspects of Möller Records is the way they seem to act as a refuge for hip hop beat merchants, offering them a sanctuary so that […]
Haphazard Focus, Muck-Style
“We saw the fish on Klappastígur and thought it was somehow posh and that made us laugh,” Indriði Ingólfsson, guitarist and second vocalist for Reykjavík’s Muck, tells me
Of Monsters and Men: Colour Us Impressed
So we learned this week that Of Monsters and Men have sold over 100,000 copies of their début album, ‘My Head Is An Animal’ (with a total of over 95,000 […]