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Sonic Extremities: A Preview Of RVK Noise Fest
Þórir Georg books purely harsh noise at R6013 “Noise just keeps becoming more and more interesting to the point where it becomes the only interesting thing,” Reykjavík music legend Þórir Georg tells me in the basement of 12 Tónar. April 12-13 will…
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NORÐANPAUNK—MANIFESTO PROFUGUS BOREALIS: To be, or not to be, punk
“Difficult people listen to good music; Good people listen to difficult music.” This is the proverb of Norðanpaunk (“Northern Punk”), an annual family gathering of Iceland’s punk community in Iceland’s mid-west. Norðanpaunk is an event for difficult people, who like to listen…
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Plate Shifting, Wall Busting
If I didn’t know any better, I would say that the main purpose in the professional life of Tectonics curator and Icelandic Symphony Orchestra conductor Ilan Volkov is “to stir shit up.” Of course he’d probably call it something like “being radical…
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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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Postcards From The Edge – Noise
Postcards From the Edge is our cheeky little Airwaves feature where bands who are currently on tour outside of Iceland, send us short tales of where they are and of the great shows they’re playing at, while regaling us with stories of sheep rustling, confused sexuality, and…