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Author: Joe Shooman

Epilepsy EP

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Let’s be straight from the start on this one: it’s not all indie-rock, quite often it’s the other way around;…

Rivers & Poems

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A collaboration between Frosti Jónsson and Japanese ambient drone artist Nobuto Suda, this four-and-a-half track suite falls deeply into the…

I Got A Feeling

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The opening track “Like A Bird” is well-named because it really does resemble the output of Mr. Oizo of Flat…

Apeshedder

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Glitchy synths, ambient interludes, and dreamscape pop: that’s ‘Apeshedder’ in a nutshell. What that doesn’t tell us about, of course, is the shimmering flourishes with…

Heretic EP

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A man woke up from dreams of flying to find the grey skies had finally, irrevocably and godlessly fallen; a…

The Sun’s Gotta Shine…

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In numerous ways this is a pure blues/rock album, but the lyrics throughout are sharp, witty and personal/political. It’s easy…

Bitter & Resentful

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Smekkleysa (2014)Well, he isn’t really, although he comes close on “The Lovers” a giddy duet in which he and his…

Autumn Skies

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What beautiful sounds this album delivers; it’s simply a brilliantly-designed and controlled set of pastoral pop songs that delivers an…

Black Valentine – Polygamy Is Alright With Me

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Whoa, someone likes the Velvet Underground don’t they? “Get It Together,” which opens this tawdry album, is—probably by design—exactly like…

Klezmer Kaos: Froggy

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Get ready to dance! And possibly cry. And then to say, “Hang on, how come this band is now playing…

For Weeks

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Oh ok then, Henrik Björnsson sounds like some kind of deadpan cynical cowboy fronting a hybrid Pet Shop Boys /…

AMFJ: Bæn

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‘Útburður Umskiptingur’ is a cracking opener: for nearly a minute you’ll be turning the volume up and up to try…

Ham: Svik, Harmur Og Dauði

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A juggernaut doesn’t have to be going at 100mph to squish you flat: the inexorable push forward of a 25mph…

Skúli Mennski: Búgí!

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The opening tracks of this fine, strange album—‘Innsigling’ and ‘Leggir’—set up this LP as one containing the best doomy-blues songs…

Daníel Ágúst: The Drift

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Blues doesn’t get the appreciation it deserves. But if Daníel Águst has got anything to do with it, that’s gonna…

Deep Jimi and the Zep Creams: Better When We´re Dead

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Start this album on track 7—‘Don’t Let Your Dreams Go’—which will tell you everything you need to know about the…

Jón Jónsson: Wait For Fate

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What is evident about Mr Jónsson is that he has absolutely impeccable taste. The title track’s acoustic spins on The…

Valgeir Sigurðsson: Draumalandið

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Divested of the enviro-politic moving picture of the same name, this ceases to be a soundtrack and transcends even the…

Ourlives: We Lost The Race

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Thanks, you bastards. I was having a zonked-out Sunday there, minding my own business, before your proggy, introspective tunes made…

Nögl: I Proudly Present

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Well, yes indeed: why not be proud of what you produce? We were massively proud of a cake we made…

Snorri Helgason: I’m Gonna Put My Name On Your Door (2009)

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This debut solo album takes in country-blues (The Silence Of The Night) , a kinda hoedown rock (Freeze-out) and purer,…

The Foghorns: A Diamond As Big As The Motel 6 (2009)

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The boy Bart Cameron and friends return with an album that manages to simultaneously inhabit a Midwestern, dusty landscape and…

Moto Boy

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Mozzer—were you in Sverige 20-odd years ago? We think you were… If Morrissey was a little less of a miserable,…

Casiokids

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Oh yes! Dubby, poppy, swinkly basslines, Mr Oizo-esque bubbly farty electro-kazoo noises! Jaunty drums! Yes, jaunty! Sweet pop melodies! Harmonies!…

Metronomy

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Inventive to the point of annoyance Who’d have thought that being in debt would make you famous these days? For…