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  • Alexander Dan On The Untapped Resource of Icelandic Fantasy

    Alexander Dan On The Untapped Resource of Icelandic Fantasy

    In 2014, when Alexander Dan first started looking for a publisher for the sci-fi/fantasy novel that he’d worked on for the past four years, the response was somewhat disheartening. “I couldn’t figure out why the manuscript kept getting rejected,” he reminisces. “I…

  • Blast From The Past: The First Icelandic Sci-Fi

    Blast From The Past: The First Icelandic Sci-Fi

    It seems that every space film these days, from ‘Prometheus’ to ‘Oblivion’ to ‘Star Wars’, is shot in Iceland. But fewer know that this trend began over 400 years ago, with the German astronomer Johannes Kepler. Not only is he a founding…

  • Sci-fi Disco, 60s Lounge And Berlin Techno

    Sci-fi Disco, 60s Lounge And Berlin Techno

    An odd recording came over our transom last month: the self-titled debut album/cassette of electronic musician Andi, which came out May 19 on the prestigious underground label Lady Boy Records. It’s a beautiful cassette that looks and sounds like an ancient relic…

  • Útidúr Release New Space Cowboy Music Video!

    Útidúr Release New Space Cowboy Music Video!

    Chamber-pop band Útidúr has just released a new music video that they say is inspired by Spaghetti Westerns and low-budget sci-fi films. The song, “Ennio,” is off of their new album ‘Bila-St.Æðin’ which hits the streets on March 16. What can you…