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  • An Autodrone Shaped Bloodstain On Iceland

    An Autodrone Shaped Bloodstain On Iceland

    “Well we are Autodrone, we come from New York City and we make the only kind of music that we are capable of making.” Hey Autodrone! Tell us a little bit about yourself: who you are, what you do, why you do…

  • Your Handy Guide For Airwaves 2010

    Your Handy Guide For Airwaves 2010

    We are always hanging out in downtown Reykjavík (it’s where most of us work and live, you know), so we are fairly familiar with the venues that will be in use for Iceland Airwaves 2010. Lucky you, then, that we would bother…

  • Airwaves Off-Venue 2010

    Airwaves Off-Venue 2010

    Grapevine’s Most Fun Shop of 2010 sure lives up to its reputation during this years Iceland Airwaves music festival. The epicenter of off-venue fun, Havarí have about twenty bands performing on their daytime festival extravaganza.  Everything from avant garde noise to sophisticated…

  • Icelandic Metal Is [insert Eyjafjallajökull pun here]!

    Don’t be lame. Subject yourself to Icelandic metal. Trust me, it will pull you in all sorts of directions ‘cause our bands steer clear of sloppy seconds. They are dynamic, diverse, and bloody good a lot of the time… Members of the…

  • Kraumur and Backyard at Iceland Airwaves

    Kraumur and Backyard at Iceland Airwaves

    Icelandic music documentary Backyard, will be screened at Bíó Paradís over the Airwaves festival this coming weekend. The film, which features top Icelandic bands múm, FM Belfast, Hjaltalín, Reykjavík!, Borko, Sin Fang and Retro Stefson, will be screened daily starting Wednesay, with…

  • The Annual Iceland Airwaves Editorial

    The Annual Iceland Airwaves Editorial

    I will come right out and say it: I have been in love with the Iceland Airwaves festival ever since I was a teenager. There’s just something about it. Something in the air. I can’t really define it. I guess it’s some…

  • Iceland Airwaves Warm-Up

    Iceland Airwaves Warm-Up

    For years, the staff of the Iceland Airwaves festival has worked tirelessly to promote the festival abroad as an exciting option for a weekend get-away destination for young people on both sides of the Atlantic. As a part of this effort, Iceland…

  • Blastbeats Be Gone

    Blastbeats Be Gone

    Momentum want to welcome you to the genre of progressive doom. Never heard of the genre? Neither had I before their bass player Hörður sprang it on me. I find myself sitting down with Momentum’s bassist Hörður and guitarist Erling to talk…

  • Eight Weeks Until Airwaves!

    Eight Weeks Until Airwaves!

    Summer is over and school is back in session, which means the party is basically over. Well, not really, it’s just on a much needed hiatus before the biggest, wildest, messiest and most drunken five-day party of the year: the infamous Iceland…

  • Iceland Airwaves Warm-Up Show In Akureyri

    A lot has happened since we last brought you news from camp Airwaves. The team has been hard at work booking and announcing dozens of local and international acts, while re-organising the festival to include a ton of new venues in town…