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  • A Mr. Silla Sensation

    A Mr. Silla Sensation

    The lights never went up in Harpa’s Silfurberg when Mr. Silla unleashed her set. She played in a fog of dim backlighting; a triangular silhouette cut by the sharp contours of black blazer crowned by tight hair bun. Her set was equally…

  • Iceland Airwaves: Most Wanted

    Iceland Airwaves: Most Wanted

    Downtown Reykjavík during Airwaves is something to see. Every shop seems to sprout a sound system, and live music is everywhere. Amongst the happy throng are the musicians making it happen, many playing the festival multiple times, running from venue to venue…

  • Low Roar Start Off On A High Note

    Low Roar Start Off On A High Note

    What: Low Roar / Mr. Silla When: August 15, 20:30 Where: Tjarnarbíó, Tjarnargötu 12 Admission: 2,000 ISK It began with one of the best album openers I’ve heard this year. Clocking in at over nine minutes when performed live, “Breathe In” slowly…

  • ATP Iceland Portrait Series By Matthew Eisman

    ATP Iceland Portrait Series By Matthew Eisman

    I wanted to try something different and challenging at ATP Iceland 2014 so I decided to shoot a series of backstage band portraits. I set up a portrait studio on-location at Atlantic Studios and shot as many bands as possible. For some…

  • Once More, With Feeling // Intoxicate Me Now

    Every Airwaves Sunday I remember this again. That Airwaves works because Reykjavík is in essence a glorified festival ground; it is a play pen, a crib—it is safe, secluded, and full of young people who think they can do just about anything…

  • 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…

  • Going Into Withdrawal: Interview with Halldór Ragnarsson

    The Seabear and Mr. Silla band-member new art exhibition opens as a fun Airwaves party event Among the many great things about Iceland Airwaves is the fact that, along with all the great music, there is also a mass explosion of cultural…

  • 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…

  • Great Show, Crappy Backline

    Amsterdam is a pretty nice Airwaves venue. You get club atmosphere; it’s not too big, but you don’t get crushed by people as there is a corner in the front, where you still can elbow your way through when it gets packed.