Author: Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
Manufacturing Content: The morally bankrupt economy of modern Icelandic hype
Prettyboitjokkó, PATRi!K or Patrik Atlason, is Iceland’s newest pop star manufactured by joint patriarchal forces in a corporate handshake with…
Straumur: Drugs, Masculinity And Depression
Kef LAVÍK is the best-kept secret in the Icelandic music scene. They are two guys in their early twenties hailing…
Let The Children Boogie
The year 2012 was a big hit for disco dancers worldwide: they lost their queen, Donna Summer, and their prince,…
Psych Fuck
Although not quite of it, Singapore Sling are a constant in the Icelandic music scene. As trends cycle from hip-hop…
Straumur’s Guide To An Alternative Christmas
by Davíð Roach Gunnarsson and Óli Dóri
With that hectic Iceland Airwaves week still simmering in our hearts, we feel obligated to bring you a list of…
Straumur: Sci-Fi Hits And Electronic Deserts
by Davíð Roach Gunnarsson and Óli Dóri
One of our favourite Icelandic bands, Just Another Snake Cult, just released the best Icelandic music video of 2015 so…
Running Up Those Slippery Steps: Bjarni Bernharður’s Journey Through The Darkness
Poet and painter Bjarni Bernharður Bjarnason is a unique presence in the Icelandic art world. He has endured a life…
Straumur: Hassle, Techno & Balkan Metal!
by Davíð Roach Gunnarsson and Óli Dóri
There’s a brand, brand new musical project out there, and it sounds mighty good. Wesen (“Hassle”) consists of Loji Höskuldsson,…
Straumur: Snapshots Of Excellence
by Davíð Roach Gunnarsson and Óli Dóri
Straumur’s favourite electronic album of 2015 (so far), ‘Snapshots’ by Tonik Ensemble, was celebrated with a long-overdue release concert on…
Straumur: Festival Fun & Electro Pop
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
While Straumur of course live in the great city of Reykjavík, we sometimes make it out into the country. Recently,…
STRAUMUR: The Best Of 2015, So Far!
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
For our contribution to the Grapevine’s annual Best of Reykjavík issue, we reflect on the best of the Icelandic music…
We Want The Airwaves
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
We are thrilled to announce that Straumur will host its own Iceland Airwaves off-venue programme at Bíó Paradís, November 5-9….
Autumnal Blues
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
Five songs to get you through the fallThe pouring rain in the past couple of weeks has made it painfully…
The Music Festival Season Is Upon Us
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
The first couple of months of the year are usually pretty uneventful music-wise, but the upcoming Sónar festival later this…
Not Too Shabby
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
A lot of great albums were released this year and the best one, in our humble opinion, came early in…
Surfing The Airwaves
by Davíð Roach Gunnarsson and Óli Dóri
We have to start by mentioning what a blast we had at the Iceland Airwaves festival. Some highlights from the…
Young Boys And The Movies
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
Sin Fang’s ‘Flowers’ is one of our favourite albums of the year and now one of its standout tracks, “Young…
On And Off The Venue
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
First of all, we hope you read our last column and followed our advice about getting your Iceland Airwaves ticket…
Autumn Horror
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
To begin with, the band Two Step Horror—duo Þórður Grímsson and Anna Margrét Björnsson—have just released two new songs on…
Marching On A Road To Nowhere
Anyone who’s seen the Talking Heads’ phenomenal concert film ‘Stop Making Sense’ knows that David Byrne does not fuck around…
It’s A Celebration!
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
Every once in a while we like to indulge in a bit of shameless self-promotion and we are doing so…
GusGus Bid Farewell To Faktorý
The Sunday night in question was special and historical for few different reasons. It was GusGus’ first concert at Faktorý…
Bárujárn: Bárujárn
Bárujárn got a lot of hype a few years back when they hit the scene with their inventive breed of…
Hörður&Emiliana&David&Vincent
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
Hörður Már Bjarnason, who goes by the stage name M-Band, just released a second single from his forthcoming LP ‘Haust’…
The Disco Mothership Lands At Harpa
Moses Hightower started warming up the crowd with some of their polite funk and low-key whispered soul. It went down…