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  • “All Sorts Of Crazy”: Our Team’s Friday At Sónar Reykjavík

    “All Sorts Of Crazy”: Our Team’s Friday At Sónar Reykjavík

    Our review team shook off any Thursday weariness and went full tilt into Sónar last night. Despite seeing a vast range of music in all the spaces of the festival, from experimental electronica in SonarComplex to pounding techno at the car-park stage…

  • Iceland Airwaves Complete 2015 Lineup With Huge 120-Band Announcement

    Iceland Airwaves Complete 2015 Lineup With Huge 120-Band Announcement

    Iceland Airwaves have completed the festival’s 2015 lineup with a bang, announcing no less than 120 new additions to the already packed programme. Watch their fancy new announcement video (made by the one and only Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir): The best known name in…

  • Happening Tonight: Halleluwah Album Release Party

    Happening Tonight: Halleluwah Album Release Party

    Duo Halleluwah are bringing the electronic garage—and the psychedelic kitchen sink to boot—on the back of their critically acclaimed eponymous debut album, which they are celebrating tonight. They are joined by EAST OF MY YOUTH, an experimental pop trio fresh out of…

  • Inside-Out

    I like to think about what Iceland Airwaves means for Iceland. The first IA marked a turning point for Icelandic festivals Festivals up to that point had largely been concerned with bringing cultural edification to us country bumpkins, whether that was the…