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Why All The Awards For Hildur’s Film Scores Should Be No Surprise
Hildur Guðnadóttir has made history by being the first Icelander to win an Oscar, and the first solo woman to win the award for a dramatic score, securing the award along with a Grammy, Emmy, a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe,…
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Björk, The Knife And Fever Ray – An Experiment
In a musical exchange, Icelandic icon Björk Guðmundsdóttir and Swedish artists Fever Ray and The Knife remixed each other’s songs. The outcome is experimental… and just a little bit disturbing on Björk’s side. Fever Ray and The Knife tackle Björk’s “Features Creatures”…
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The Best Of What We Saw At Iceland Airwaves 2014
Iceland Airwaves 2014 came and went, and oh what a blast it was (it was. It’s crazy. You should come next year). We very much like the Iceland Airwaves festival. Indeed, every year since 2005, we’ve operated a gargantuan team dedicated to…
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Matt’s Fave Airwaves 2014 Shots
That Matthew Eisman sure was busy during Iceland Airwaves. In addition to shooting an absurd number of band portraits at our Hafnarstræti office throughout the festival, Matthew was also on staff with Iceland Airwaves, responsible for capturing live shows every night. He sent us an assortment…
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Let’s Get Physical
Hater’s gonna hate, but The Knife’s performance on Saturday night was plenty to write home about. Their hour-and-a-half-long aerobic marathon in Harpa’s Silfurberg—officially their last live show of all time—was spectacular in the most literal meaning of the word. I’ll admit I…
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Eulogy To The Knife/Birth Of Zhala: The Future Of Popstar
The Knife has cut and run its course. As last night’s concert demonstrated, when the yahoos join the fray to crush beer cans on their foreheads before engaging in fist fights in a crowd that hoists up shoulder sitters, the caché appeal…
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The Unmissables: Day 4
You must be wondering why clocks even exist on this island. Between the sunset at 16:30 and a festival schedule that has you eating breakfast promptly at 14:00 and dinner at…dinner what? The music has started by then…Maintaining a sense of time…
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Best Laid Plans
It’s somewhat common around this time of year for Reykjavík music lovers to get, in the parlance of our times, “hella planny.” Many locals map their movements during the Iceland Airwaves festival to an uncharacteristically exact degree. A simple “who are you…
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Time To Get Planny! The Airwaves Schedule Is Up
In case anyone missed it, Iceland Airwaves have released the official festival schedule in the shape of this handy PDF. Once you’ve scanned the lineup (and, if your taste lies on the art-pop side, realised with mounting horror that Future Islands (pictured)…
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The Knife, Neutral Timberlake And The French Connection
Just as it appeared that Iceland Airwaves’ giant lineup couldn’t get any more packed with big name international acts (see: The Flaming Lips, Caribou, Future Islands), the festival pulls a final Scandinavian ace from its sleeve. Yup, local music fanatics’ jaws collectively…