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  • 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…

  • LOOK: It’s Útidúr!

    LOOK: It’s Útidúr!

    Chamber-pop band Útidúr just finished their fifth Airwaves festival, and guitarist Úlfur Alexander Einarsson says the crowd was fantastic. “The atmosphere was good and we really enjoyed playing at the Art Museum.” Úlfur missed the band’s first Airwaves venture as he wasn’t a…

  • “Hey Jimmay, Gonnae Gie It 27 Geetars????” – Hressó Brings On The Drone, Twang And Strum Of The Six String Beast…

    When I arrived  at Hressó, the look of the places was slightly ominous and unwelcoming if I’m being honest. There was hardly anyone there, the place was bloody freezing, and an off-venue band was already setting up to play in the bar…

  • River Gods

    River Gods

    Hold the phone. Iceland is over indie-rock? As the night went on at The Reykjavík Art Museum, I noticed that I could have been doing jumping jacks, the venue never filled, and the infamous queue was non-existent. The stormy weather earlier may…

  • WINDY DAY TIDBIT! Musicians & Their Pets!

    Stay inside, get some milkbones and catnip and cuddle up with a furry-friend! Compiled by Rebecca Louder & Bob Cluness While being a touring musician and a pet owner can’t be easy, there’s one thing that’s for sure – your pet will…

  • Sound the siren

    Once upon a time, the firm calm of sonowolf gaze. Úlfur may be the next beast to explode from birch undergrowth with a gnash of belief. Foregrounding fairy-tale twinkle and crusade, the expansive breath of Úlfur’s instrumentation — from processed guitar to plaintive clarinet…