The settlement of Geir
Iceland has a lot to offer in matters of music and the way the industry works today, many musicians are trying to keep up with new and fresh sounds. But […]
Finding everything you lost on the way
“I don´t get Nasa,” people would tell me. “That place gives me the creeps.” But Nasa didn´t worry me at all. You see, any question you can ever have about […]
THE HAIR
But a question that I had to ask is: Where are the Icelandic hippies? How can an Icelandic audience connect to these freaks dancing around and grabbing each others’ asses? [&hell
Tom Waits
Thirty-one years ago, a struggling young artist named Tom Waits published his debut album entitled Closing Time. He went on to tour with Frank Zappa, record with Bette Midler, publ
A SPECIAL BULLET FOR A SPECIAL STAG
This seemed to wake up the man at the grill who jumped up, spun round and wrestled both men to the ground. There he held them until both had agreed […]
The God Damned Skunks get drunk
The first thing you need to know is that the God Damned Skunks aren’t a band really. They were formed to deal with the need that certain members of Singapore […]
TWENTY MEN AND A MOUSTACHE
The competition has been appropriately named after Tom Selleck who had the title role in TV series “Magnum, P.I” for eight years (a whopping 164 episodes) in addition to having
TOP 8 ALBUMS
I remember nothing! And I am thankful for that memory or memory loss which could be attributed to excessive exposure to noise and bad radio for decades. It also makes […]
Danny Pollock
Rokk í Reykjavík band: Bodies Best known for: Having fistfights with his brother on stage when the latter tried to trash guitars Danny Pollock was around from the beginning of [&
THE NEXT BIG THING
Mugison Plays a type of music that´s very hard to define but apparently goes well down in Japan and recently played at the Sonar festival in Spain. He´s an actual […]
The Wit and Wisdom of Maus
I met with Birgir, Palli and Eggert of Maus the day before they opened for Placebo. Since winning a battle of Icelandic bands in 1994, Maus has been a staple […]
The Grumpies Man in Dublin
The longhaired man paced back and forth. He had been there when I arrived earlier during the day to pick up the tickets. When I came back six hours later […]
On a mission to rock
Even though the Icelandic rock scene is full of interesting new things, there is always something that stands out. A band swept through my mind that had stuck there since […
Outclassing Metallica
Krummi: Sorry I couldn’t get you into the show. I couldn’t even get my girlfriend in. Grapevine: That sucks. If you’d known that, would you have signed on for the […]
PLEASE DON’T INTERRUPT SIGUR RÓS
As the photographer drove me out of Reykjavík, complaining about Mosfellsbær as a suburb that takes too long on the bus, I could help noticing that, boring as the town […]
THE BAND THAT ROCKED THE PRESIDENT’S HOUSE
“We kind of kept our clothes on,” says Trabant drummer Doddi about the band’s performance this winter at Bessastaðir, the president’s house. “Though Ragnar did open his
A PUNK ROCK GUITARIST GROWS UP
They would have been surprised that I found Michael Pollock, guitarist for Utangarðsmenn and returning solo artist, at the city library. We talked briefly and agreed to conduct an
Giving Away Great Art
5ta herdeildin is playing their second gig of the day. A talented four-piece, lo-fi, folk-influenced, genre-defying band, 5ta play in front of the globe in the pit of City Hall, [&
PEACHES: Somewhere between attitude and Tourette´s
The terms “Canadian” and “schoolteacher” don’t usually go with “porno-sexy hip-hop rocker.” Then again, one usually doesn’t associate “banking conglomerate” wit
Top 8 Albums
In my teenage years my parents’ collection of jazz records became my main fodder before turning on to the likes of Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Leon Russell, Steely Dan [&h
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON
So when he entered the studio again at the end of the year, he had a lot to live up to. Dylan rose to the challenge and the subsequent album, […]