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Where Elves Dare Not Tread
The first weekend of August is known as Verslunarmannahelgi (“Merchant’s Weekend”), a national holiday that sees numerous festivals taking place around the island, with plenty of drunken debauchery on offer. Scores of folks make their way to festivals such as Vestmannaeyjar’s Þjóðhátíð…
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Some Loudness For Your Living Room
When life gives you lemons, you have a wicked house party with live performances! Or, wait, is that what you do when your landlord gives you notice because the house is being turned into (another) 101 hotel? That’s at least what occupants…
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Track Of Issue: Muck’s “Time”
This 88-second-long hurricane of a song features a jangle of guitars and bass with ultra heavy drums and screaming vocals. The lyrics to this relentless hardcore havoc-ridden track are one of Iceland’s premiere Chuck Palahniuk-esque nihilistic pieces of art, culminating in singer…
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Post-Set Breakdown With Muck
We met up with frontman Kalli of hardcore powerhouse band Muck and talked about singing in English, graffiti, and shiny hair. http://vimeo.com/93171900 This is part of a video series called “Post-Set Breakdown” in which we team up with Music Reach to interview…
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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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Going Out With A Bang
There were eight shows of varying quality and styles showcased at Gamli Gaukurinn on the big Saturday night. First up were Skepna, a rock band that just released a self-titled album. I had listened to said album several times and tried to…
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Northern Music, Northern Lights
It’s only my second day at Airwaves and already I have some solid advice. Icelanders: do not attempt to replicate the music of the African diaspora, especially reggae and hip-hop. You will fail. Miserably and laughably. Be yourselves. That is the way…
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Muck Me, I’m Glad We Metz
The lovely Torontonians made sure to shred, rip, tear and murder everything they could in the most efficient manner imaginable with the time allotted to them. And like true Canadians, they politely bade the attendees “a great night” and to “take care”…
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Favourite Five: Muck
Kallí of Reykjavík noiseniks Muck tells us five bands he won’t be missing at Iceland Airwaves this year. AMFJ I’ve been listening to his 2011 album “Bæn”. There’s something about his groove… I love to crank the volume till the speakers just…
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A Night of Grit and Momentum Inside The Temple Of Doom
Iceland Airwaves, you manage to surprise me. Similarly to last night, this line up is not genre specific. Sure, it’s not as wild card-y as yesterday was, this one leaning on rock and beers a bit more. A lot more, shall we…
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A GRAB-BAG OF GUITAR-ROCK
Hello, Airwaves. Having arrived at the festival a day late thanks to a certain big storm on America’s East Coast, I was treated to an evening of mostly homegrown talent at Amsterdam. Like a lot of Icelandic bands I’ve seen, these ones…
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Videos From The Edge – Muck Still On tour!!
It’s….. baaaaaack! After the success of their first video posting, we received another message (carried to us by a rabid crow) from those pesky scamps from MUCK. the message contained the good news that they’ve just made the latest instalment in their European tour video diary! In part…
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Videos From The Edge. Muck On Tour!
What – TWO instalments of “Postcards From The Edge” in two day? I know, we’re just spoiling you with it all. But as this just fell into our laps, we thought it would be churlish not to share it with you! Iceland’s hardcore/noise rock flag bearers…
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Crack Sounds
It is pretty safe to say that Gunslinger is probably the most interesting thing to ever come out of Egilsstaðir. But they might also be the most interesting band in Icelandic hard-core. Their music consists of fantastically arranged blend of brutal, technical…