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In The Mood For Experiments
Young punks Geðbrigði talk their Músíktilraunir win In early April, the final night of Músíktilraunir (Icelandic Music Experiments) brought forth a winner, following four nights of semi-finals. Four-piece pungarokk collective Geðbrigði won first place, followed by the second and third places given…
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Music History on Display on New Walking Tour
From Harpa to Hitt Húsið, Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen knows his way around Reykjavík’s music scene. As Arnar describes it, Iceland’s music community is “like a village,” and on his new guided walking tour he’s introducing people to its characters and history. The…
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What Is “Popular Music Studies?” Find Out Today From Dr. Matt Brennan!
Popular Music Studies is a growing field in academia that’s still relatively little known in Iceland. Dr Matt Brennan, lecturer at The University of Edinburgh, is one of Britains foremost scholars on the topic and works closely with Professor Simon Frith, one…
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WTF Is “Musicology” And Why Should You Care?
On Tuesday, the University of Iceland’s Continuing Education Institute kicks off a three-night seminar on musicology, taught by Iceland’s only (by now) music writer-slash-scholar, the wonderful Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen. We e-mailed Arnar some questions, to try and figure out wtf “musicology” is, and…