Win Neil Young Tickets! Win ATP Iceland Tickets! Wow!
Wow! Oh boy, the coming week is going to be CRAZY for music lovers in Iceland. It starts off with a bang tomorrow, as Neil Young & Crazy Horse take […]
A Successful Solstice
The inaugural 72-hour music festival in reviewReykjavík’s first Secret Solstice festival brought 10,000 people to Laugardalur for 72 hours of fun in the sun. With 150 artists pe
Desperate, Drunk, And Love Sick
Grísalappalísa on the new record, performing live and shouting at the seaI finally caught indie supergroup Grísalappalísa live a few weeks ago and it’s safe to say I was enth
Track Of Issue: M-Band’s “All Is Love”
“All Is Love” starts off quietly, with skittering percussion and a burbling post-dubstep bassline. About 25 seconds in, comforting vocals arise seemingly from the depths of the
MORE Secret Solstice 2014 In Pictures
The show lives on in the eye of the cameraHere is a series of concert photos from the first annual Secret Solstice music festival held last weekend that hopefully will […]
Secret Solstice 2014 In Pictures
The spectacle captured on cameraIf you attended the first annual Secret Solstice, chances are you saw me running around Laugardalur photographing the spectacle. Yes, I looked sligh
A U R O R A
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Never Ending Never
We still can’t shake the smile off our faces after seeing a fantastic Pixies concert at Laugardalshöll on June 11. They were great 10 years ago, and even better this time arou
Secret Solstice: Futuregrapher And Lord Pusswhip SPEAK
A Few Words With Futuregrapher Árni Gretar is Futuregrapher, and one half of Árni2, both of whom will play at Secret Solstice. He’s a central figure at Møller Records and
A Summer Blockbuster?
With production on a cinematic scale, Secret Solstice prepares for liftoffFredrik Ólafsson, the man behind the Secret Solstice festival, is a tricky man to pin down. A short while
Planet Of Sound
The great summer of concerts begins with a bang on June 11 with the legendary American indie band Pixies playing at Laugardalshöll. We were fortunate enough to catch them the [&he
Chili And The Whalekillers: Turn
OK kids, some marketing semiotics 101 for you. When you see the cover of `Turn,’ the debut album from Chili And The Whalekillers, you’ll see a rather pernicious trend k
Kaleo
A kickass cruise on reinvented wheelsIf you think Kings of Leon, the Black Keys and the White Stripes are all purveyors of derivative trash, then there’s a new purveyor on [&
Is Charm Something You Can Hoard?
Ft. Prins Pólo, Mar and VAR We’ve had Prins Póló’s second LP, `Sorrí,’ on repeat since it came out on May 15. The prince is a prankster and master of [&hellip
Icelandic Punkers Grow Old Gracefully
Punk rock faced the same problem everywhere. Whereas rock music grew up and became the soundtrack of Western capitalism, punkers could only either die or become a joke. Sid Vicious
“If You Milk It Long Enough”
Elvis Presley—On Stage: April 23, Harpa Concert HallThe all new “ELVIS PRESLEY – ON STAGE” music experience kicked off its tour here in Reykjavík on the last day o
Brighter Days Ahead
StraumurFirst things first, we’d like to thank Phédre, Ken Park, Nolo and everybody who showed up for our summer celebration at KEX on May 3. The hostel was crammed with [&helli
Moonwalks, Melancholy And Mayhem
Aldrei fór ég suður 2014Can the inhabitants of a small fishing hamlet on the outskirts of Iceland join forces and collectively host a music festival that features a whopping 26
Plate Shifting, Wall Busting
If I didn’t know any better, I would say that the main purpose in the professional life of Tectonics curator and Icelandic Symphony Orchestra conductor Ilan Volkov is “to stir
Track of Issue: Krakkkbot’s “Drondorp Soloid”
This track is for all of our readers whose musical tastes do not fall within the vanilla pop-indie spectrum. Icelandic electronic doom artist Krakkkbot’s “Drondorp Solo