“Í upphafi var orðið og orðið var hja…”
A man walks. A man walks in. A church. A man walks into a church. Peeled and scraped iconography clings to an arch. “Í upphafi var orðið og orðið var hja…” A man walks in and sits down. Many bodies sit...
View ArticleA Night Of Hip Hop And Its Bastards
What was to become one of the fest’s most consistent night (sub)genre-wise didn’t go down without some ups and downs. There was surprisingly good turnout for opener Gísli Pálmi and although he doesn’t...
View ArticleGOOOOOOAAAAL!
When Adda took the stage at Glaumbar there were only a handful of people in the crowd. “I love playing for a full house. I fucking love it. Thanks for coming,” Adda said from her seat. It wasn’t...
View ArticleIn Remembrance of Biogen, Reykjavik’s own electronica partisan
Various electronic groups from the Weirdcore crew and the recently established Möller label played Faktorý this Thursday in honour of the late, great Sigurbjörn Þorgrímsson, who passed away last...
View ArticleHipsters Through the Ages
The entrance was timid—firstly just the one, soon followed by the rest of the pack. Greeting the cloth ears on Raised Among Wolves’s hooded sweaters were lone woo hoos from the crowd, which—fragmentary...
View ArticleMichael Gira And The Ever-Changing Goal For Joy
The SWANS bandleader talks about performance and the pushing of sound By Rebecca Louder / Photo by Jennifer Church Occasionally when you import music into your iTunes, it will aggravatingly insert...
View ArticleDreamland Regained – The Valgeir Sigurðsson Interview
The latest album from Bedroom Community founder VALGEIR SIGURÐSSON sees the composer beginning to stretch his music and ambitions, while marking the latest in a furtive year of creativity for the label...
View ArticleThis Is Not A La-la-la-la Lovesong : The Hanne Kolstø Interview
You might have noticed the continuously strong Scandinavian representation at Iceland Airwaves through the years. And the 2012 edition is no exception, as you’ll find perusing the programme (we’ve...
View ArticleIceland Airwaves Kicks Off! Changes Made To The Airwaves Schedule!
Scrap all your plans! Lose your shit! Start again! Just kidding… After the extreme drama that was Poliça-gate (the band cancelled their Airwaves gig at the last minute, in case you missed it), the...
View ArticleChilly Winds Don’t Blow
“Holy fucking Christ,” I said without hearing myself say it, the words sucked right out of my mouth. It was not just the wind—violent, subarctic, merciless—that assailed me from all directions and...
View Article“Hey Jimmay, Gonnae Gie It 27 Geetars????”– Hressó Brings On The Drone, Twang...
When I arrived at Hressó, the look of the places was slightly ominous and unwelcoming if I’m being honest. There was hardly anyone there, the place was bloody freezing, and an off-venue band was...
View ArticleMuck Me, I’m Glad We Metz
It seems like too many people paid heed to yesterday’s rant about the merit of smaller venues, as Harpa Norðurljós is almost empty when Momentum started playing. The crowd stood soberly scattered with...
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