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  • Is There A Sound Engineer In The Room?

    Is There A Sound Engineer In The Room?

    You know you’re going to see something unique, in many ways, when you get to a venue on time and it’s already crowded with elite hipsters sitting on the ground, eagerly waiting for a soon-to-be performing Sin Fang who is still fiddling…

  • ‘What’s Wrong With Your Eyes?’ And Other Delights Heard At Gamla Bíó

    At Gamla Bíó’s seated concert hall, we show our enthusiasm for a band by gently wobbling in our chairs. Tilbury’s opening performance, however, had the crowd rollicking on their asses like buoys in a storm on Reykjavik’s Old Harbour. The band’s music…

  • Grapevine Talks To… Sin Fang!

    We had a great Airwaves chat with veteran Icelandic indie star Sindri Már Sigfússon, well known for his work with Sin Fang and Seabear, at Kex Hostel, home of the popular KEXP off-venue and broadcast station during the festival. http://vimeo.com/76606284 See when…

  • Jónsi Remixes Sin Fang’s Young Boys

    We’ve something a little bit special for you today. Sigur Rós frontman and Icelandic music icon Jónsi has remixed Sin Fang’s Young Boys – the first ever Sin Fang remix to be released, no less. It comes out via Morr Music today…

  • Dirty Projectors Whip Up A Masterpiece

    Prinspóló have been going a long while now, and in that time they have perfected an Icelandic version of the lo-fi college-rock sound, a bit like the sweet-hearted early days of Yo La Tengo. They’re innately loveable, but I’ve always felt slight…

  • A Truly Incredible Opening Night

    Experiencing FM Belfast closing up a very effective snapshot of homegrown talent is a glimpse for me, an outsider, into that moment where music and place become synergous. The band’s energy bounces around the room, back and forth between the stage and…

  • sóley’s New Video Is A TOTAL BEAUT! Checkitout!

    Oh hey wow! The one and only sóley, who many of you might know from one of her NINETY FIVE MILLION YOUTUBE HITS that her most awesome solo stuff has gotten (not to mention from her being part of Iceland’s answer to…

  • Video: Sin Fang – “Walk With You”

    Video by Alísa Kalyanova / Interview by Rebecca Louder With exactly three weeks to go until the festival, we’ve decided to kick our preview coverage up a gear and get some actual live music on this site! We are extremely pleased to…

  • Sufi Madness Destroys White Bread Rock Shock Horror!

    Arriving at Iðnó and taking in my surroundings, the first thought that entered into my head is that it looked a lot smaller than it did in the pictures, without all those tables and chairs. My second thought was that it was…