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Bjarki Moves Beyond The Dancefloor
Producer and DJ Bjarki unpacks his latest album A Guide To Hellthier Lifestyle After years of performing in techno clubs around the world, Icelandic producer Bjarki Rúnar Sigurðsson — better known mononymously as Bjarki — is back and taking over Harpa’s Kaldalón…
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Talkin’ ’bout my generation
I used to joke, privately, that there are two kinds of poets in the world: on the one hand, mathematicians, and on the other, magicians. While such simplifications obviously trivialise a craft that is really quite multifarious—I am large, I contain multitudes—I’ve recently come…
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Kaldalón Attacked By Canadian Gay Pirates!!!
The first half of Harpa Kaldalón’s Saturday line-up felt incredibly random, as if the organizers pulled names out of a bag. I spent most of the night alternating between being deeply moved, annoyed, and confused. GUÐRIÐ HANDSDÓTTIR had a band on stage…
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Friday Night Taken By The Collar
It’s safe to say that despite it’s ever-thriving music scene, Reykjavík doesn’t exactly have a rapid thoroughfare of touring acts. In fact, if you want to hear live music in one minority genre or another, you’d be better off starting the band…
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Something Old, Something New: From Country To The Cutting Edge
Ladies and gentleman, come on in. We have quite a spectacle here at Kaldalon this evening. On drums, we have the polar opposite of Keith Moon! This man hits the drums like no other: he’s never bruised a skin. He is indisputably…
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Moments Strung Together On A Thread Of Other Moments
It’s Wednesday night and it’s all beginning. The wind is blowing like it doesn’t blow anywhere else and I am almost pushed from my bike on the way down to Harpa, body forcing against the brute strength of it. But I prevail,…
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This Is Not A La-la-la-la Lovesong : The Hanne Kolstø Interview
You might have noticed the continuously strong Scandinavian representation at Iceland Airwaves through the years. And the 2012 edition is no exception, as you’ll find perusing the programme (we’ve already given you the low-down on Denmark and Finland, click through to learn more…). One artist you really…
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Getting The New Gang Back Together – The Mr. Silla Interview
If you’re the kind of person who keeps an eye on the Icelandic music scene, you will know that the social web of inter-band friendships and relationships here is often incredibly tangled and layered, with people taking part in various bands and…
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Carl Sagan Pop Cosmology – The 1860 Interview
1860 do some mean folk pop, are fans of Jusup Wilkosz, and think Cradle Of filth are for kids. True story! [pullquote_left] “It would definitely fill us with murderous rage if someone were to dismiss us as a “happy…
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Chariots Of The Suomi – The Siinai Interview
Siinai are definitely a band that you would call wide-screen. From the thick synth drones of opening track “Anthem 1&2” on their 2011 debut album ‘Olympic Games,’ this Finnish 4-piece make a sound more suited to chariot races across the skies than airless, dingy…
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Autumn Evening Coming Down
The whole night was mostly very enjoyable. After three long nights of Airwaves it was nice to relax in a seat in Kaldalón and listen to thoughtful, well constructed songs from a variety of artists. I just wish that some of them,…
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Kreatiivmootor Smash Music Into Joyful Sonic Non-Sequitors
Harpa’s Kaldalón is a seated theatre, below ground level, that plays host tonight to a mixed bag of young Icelandic bands and esteemed visitors, including a solo set by Björk’s percussionist Manu Delago, and headlined by rising Estonian art-music collective Kreatiivmootor. The…
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A Night To Remember
Fönksveinar – 20:00 Young, energetic, and looking good, these talented gents had the task of opening up Airwaves at Harpa Kaldalón, and did so confidently. With a congealed, classic sound, Fönksveinar launched in front of an eager audience into their blend of…