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Straumur’s Best Of 2014!

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We at Straumur wish all you readers a happy new year, and hope 2015 will be a blast for all…

Five Icelandic Christmas Songs That Don’t Suck

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Like we noted in last year’s Straumur Xmas Special, the holidays can be hard on the ears for folks who…

Welcome To The New Year

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By the time this issue hits the streets, we will be halfway through the fourteenth edition of the Iceland Arwaves…

The Best-Waves

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We are extra excited for this year’s festival because for the first time we, Straumur, are having our very own…

We Want The Airwaves

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We are thrilled to announce that Straumur will host its own Iceland Airwaves off-venue programme at Bíó Paradís, November 5-9….

Autumnal Blues

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Five songs to get you through the fallThe pouring rain in the past couple of weeks has made it painfully…

The Knife, Neutral Timberlake And The French Connection

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Just as it appeared that Iceland Airwaves’ giant lineup couldn’t get any more packed with big name international acts (see:…

Seven Icelandic Elf Songs

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In keeping with this issue’s theme…“Álfareiðin” (“The Elf Ride”) “Álfareiðin” is one of Iceland’s most beloved elf-themed songs, and is…

Parties Of The North

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Following a tremendously successful All Tomorrow’s Parties festival (ATP), the organisers have announced the headliner for next year’s fest, indie…

Straumur: Best Of Music

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It’s That Time Of Year…Best album: GusGus’s ‘Mexico’ The greats of Icelandic dance music, GusGus, have yet to slip up…

The Festival Season Has Commenced

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StraumurBy the time this paper comes out we will be up and away at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark enjoying…

Never Ending Never

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We still can’t shake the smile off our faces after seeing a fantastic Pixies concert at Laugardalshöll on June 11. They…

Planet Of Sound

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The great summer of concerts begins with a bang on June 11 with the legendary American indie band Pixies playing…

Is Charm Something You Can Hoard?

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Ft. Prins Pólo, Mar and VAR We’ve had Prins Póló’s second LP, `Sorrí,’ on repeat since it came out on…

“If You Milk It Long Enough”

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Elvis Presley—On Stage: April 23, Harpa Concert HallThe all new “ELVIS PRESLEY – ON STAGE” music experience kicked off its…

Brighter Days Ahead

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StraumurFirst things first, we’d like to thank Phédre, Ken Park, Nolo and everybody who showed up for our summer celebration…

Spring Bangers

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Five songs to celebrate the coming of springSince our winters are very long and dark (with seasonal affective disorder being…

Contagious Joy, Merrymaking, Serial Killers And Trash

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We have been busy listening to some new music these days. FM Belfast released their long-awaited third LP, including the…

The Music Festival Season Is Upon Us

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The first couple of months of the year are usually pretty uneventful music-wise, but the upcoming Sónar festival later this…

Not Too Shabby

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A lot of great albums were released this year and the best one, in our humble opinion, came early in…

Surfing The Airwaves

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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

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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

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First of all, we hope you read our last column and followed our advice about getting your Iceland Airwaves ticket…

Autumn Horror

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To begin with, the band Two Step Horror—duo Þórður Grímsson and Anna Margrét Björnsson—have just released two new songs on…

It’s A Celebration!

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Every once in a while we like to indulge in a bit of shameless self-promotion and we are doing so…