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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…
Straumur: Disco And Not Disco
Earlier this summer we introduced you to the debut album from Andi, who makes delightful retro-sounding instrumental synth pop with…
STRAUMUR: Excursion To The Ambient Underwaterground
Sindri Freyr Steinsson is a jack of many musical trades. He explores surf punk with a theremin twist in the…
STRAUMUR: Four Songs That Washed Upon Our Shore
by Davíð Roach and Óli Dóri
With the indie band Nóra on hiatus for the foreseeable future, singer/guitarist Egill Viðarsson has started a new band with…
Davíð Roach’s Five Favourite Albums
Davíð Roach is a vital figure in Icelandic music culture. For many years he and his friend Óli Dóri have…
Straumur: Life Secretive
A comprehensive overview of the 2016 Secret Solstice experience. Thursday The Good Flatbush Zombies Flatbush Zombies incited a minor riot…
Straumur: Icelanders Abroad
For the first time in the history of this column, the Straumur editorial board went outside of Iceland to mine…
Straumur: Tarnished
Musical recycling is a long and enduring tradition, kept alive this month by a gem of a remix, Einar’s Indra…
Nintendo, Slack Rock And Psychos!
This month saw the release of ‘Polyhedron’, the debut LP from the long-overlooked one-man band Laser Life. The one man…
Straumur: High Quality House & Melting Hearts
The editorial board of Straumur travelled all the way to Ísafjörður over Easter to witness the always extremely chilled and…
Straumur: The Voice Of A (de)Generation
The find of February for us was local band kef LAVÍK. Although they didn’t perform at Sónar, they were there…
The Straumur Guide to Sónaruary
by Davíð Roach and Óli Dóri
Once the darkest and dullest month on the Icelandic calendar for music and culture (and other things that make life…
Gangly: “Oh Grow Up”
In December of 2014, a song called “Fuck With Someone Else” hit the internet. The track was a glacially paced…
Straumur’s Definitive List Of 2015’s Best Albums And Songs
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach
Us Straumur guys would like to wish all of our readers a happy new musical year! With that out of…
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…
The Recent Iceland Airwaves Festival: The Definitive Straumur Statement
by Davíð Roach 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…
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,…
Psychedelic Ghost Pop, Straumur & Airwaves
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach
We just got our hands on the debut LP from A&E Sounds. It’s an impeccably produced collection of dreamy psychedelic…
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,…