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Ish’s Friday Night Iceland Airwaves Diary: I’d like to welcome to the stage….
I start my Friday night of Airwaves at Grapewaves, and I arrive just as Snorri Helgason is taking to the Lækjartorg tower stage. Always earnest — even more so in this stripped-down setting — Snorri’s music is thoughtful and I deeply enjoy…
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Wide Awake: Punk Pioneers Purrkur Pillnikk Star In A New Documentary
In August 1982, punk rock four-piece Purrkur Pillnikk played their final show at the Melarokk festival in Reykjavík. Their short, tight set featured five new songs emanating a power and drive that “had rarely been better,” as the newspaper Tíminn would write. …
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“Anything Can Happen”: Ghostigital Converse Through Art
Curver Thoroddsen and Einar Örn Benediktsson are an interesting pair. Together, they form Ghostigital—a spasmodic, apoplectic, one-off electronic-punk duo known for intense, confusing, abstract stage performances. So it comes as little surprise to find their creative energy also overspills into individual art…
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Listen: New Ghostigital Track Rejects, Mercilessly Mocks Iceland’s Government
Exactly one week ago, as Icelanders collectively fumed over their government’s latest acts of seemingly blatant disregard for democracy (and also the weather), Ghostigital dropped a bombshell of a song that seemed tailor-made for the current climate. Entitled Ekki mín ríkisstjórn (“Not…
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All Too Earthly Pleasures
We’re just about to beam up. We’re seriously there. Einar stands crouched and shaking on stage with his pointer finger in the air. His eyes are closed painfully tight. The audience has ceased to be an audience, we are his minions now…
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Einar Örn Makes Drawings To Dance To
For anyone who was blown away by the quite wonderful electronic-punk chaos of Ghostigital this Airwaves, here’s something you might find interesting. Their frontman Einar Örn – also known for his involvement in The Sugarcubes and the Best Party political movement –…