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Iceland Airwaves Insider: Megan Horan
Airwaves Insider is a series of interviews with the movers & shakers of the Reykjavík scene. We’ll chat with concert promoters, musicians, music industry folks and the like and get their advice and tips for the festival. First up is Megan Horan,…
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International stars flock to Iceland for Airwaves
With bands travelling from all over the world to play at Iceland Airwaves, we thought it would be fun to break down exactly where the performers are from (all correct at the time of writing, and subject to lineup changes). With over…
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Poliçagate: “…sometimes circumstances occur in life that make a happy ending impossible.”
As we reported yesterday, Minneapolis hipstergazewave newcomers Poliça (finally learned to make that weird ‘c’ thing!) have cancelled their anticipated appearance at Iceland Airwaves 2012 with but a week’s notice, drawing the ire of the festival’s organisers as well as Iceland’s “hip youth demographic” with…
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WTF ICELAND AIRWAVES!? Pt. III: Advice for getting through your first (or fifth!) festival experience
Dear Grapevine, I’ve heard rumours that getting into the more well-known bands’ shows will be really difficult and I may have to wait in line for a long time. Is this true? I’m just trying to see as much music as possible…
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Great Airwaves Memories Plus One Virgin’s Expectations
Christian Hoard, Rolling Stone I have tons of great memories from past festivals. Like the time in 2005 when I lost a drunken bet (something to do with someone eating a large quantity of Icelandic hot dogs) and had to get an…
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The Hardcore Kid’s Guide To Reykjavík Sightseeing
By Birkir Fjalar Viðarsson Birkir Fjalar Viðarsson often plays in bands, most notably Bisund, Stjörnukisi, I Adapt, Gavin Portland, Celestine and Hellvar. These days, though, he does less of that and spends more of his waking hours on his music/culture blog Halifax…
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The Old DJ’s Guide To Shopping
By Pan & Óskar Thorarensen You know what they say—families that play together, stay together. Combining forty years of musical experience into one down-tempo chill duo are Stereo Hypnosis, a father and son who are both prominent figures in the local electronic…
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WTF ICELAND AIRWAVES!? Pt. II: Advice for getting through your first (or fifth!) festival experience
My husband and I are festival bound this year for the first time and couldn’t be more excited. We have been trying to pick up some simple Icelandic phrases to use, (or at least attempt to use), while there. We’ve searched the…