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ATP Iceland Add Goblin, Dirty Three, And More
ATP Iceland festival, held each year in Keflavik’s ÁSBRÚ area, has today announced some new lineup additions. In addition to John Carpenter, who’ll perform his soundtrack material, the festival will also see Goblin and Fabio Frizzi take the stage in the cavernous…
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Iceland Whatever: Indie Label Aims To Break Icelandic Bands In US
Bryan Riebeek is an imposing, bearded American fellow who might look familiar to those who like to paint the town red (or other less appealing colours) during Iceland Airwaves. He has been to Iceland’s biggest annual party every year since 2008, and…
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Grísalappalísa’s Tumi’s Airwaves Highlights Of The Day
Mengi is a fantastic venue and on Saturday there is a showcase from its resident artists. 16:00 – Skúli Sverrisson in Mengi (off-venue) 17:00 – Kippi Kaninus in Mengi 18:00 – Collective Improv 19:00 – Dj Flugvél og Geimskip Skúli Sverrisson is one…
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Kælan Mikla’s Airwaves Highlights Of The Day
dj. flugvél og geimskip – Landbandsbankinn Austurstræti (off-venue) at 15:00 Starting the day off with dj. flugvél og geimskip’s horror-space pop is definitely going to cure all the hangover. 16:30 GKR – Laundromat Café (off-venue) at 16:30 You can get some food…
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That Second Airwaves Day: 11 Perspectives
Wow. It’s in full swing. Iceland Airwaves 15, such a crawling monster. So much good music, so many good times. We are all over that stuff. We are living, pulsating, vibrating, blubbering balls of joy. We are in the thick, in the…
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Börn’s Airwaves Highlight Of The Day
dj. flugvél og geimskip, Slippbarinn at 12:00 – Super hyped because she’s super good. Dulvitund, Dillon at 16:00 – Dark shit from Akureyri. Kvöl, Dillon at 16:45 – The Cure meets Cindytalk. Our drummer is their guitarist. Antimony, Dillon at 17:30 – Spooky pop shit. Kælan…
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kimono: This Will Hurt You More Than It Hurts Us
Over the past fifteen years, kimono have slowly become one of Iceland’s more venerated guitar bands, their small but powerful collection of music marking them as a band that runs a slightly different course to its peers. However, things have been fairly…
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Louder, Brighter, Bigger
In the wake of several live venues closing down in the past few years, news of Gamli Gaukurinn not only staying open, but working on improving its stage, lights and sound system was music to our ears (pardon the pun). To finance…
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Objectivity On Holiday – Gamli Gaukurinn pt. 2
It’s quite a mammoth task to try and cover every single gig that happens at Airwaves, and slip-ups are going to be pretty much inevitable. And a slip-up is what is responsible for me writing this particular review on a band that…
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NATURAL TRANSITION
On June 27, the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, a landmark occasion for human rights took place in Iceland as a bill protecting the rights of transgender people came into effect. Already commanding a reputation of being a leader in social equality,…