I have just written a ‘guest blog’ for ‘I heart Reykjavík’ on Airwaves. You can read it here.
Inverness in the highlands of Scotland is not the most attractive town. I wouldn’t say it was ugly, but it’s not far off. Apart from the river, and a couple of restaurants, it didn’t seem to have much going for it. That was, until I found the bookshop. Not just any bookshop, one that might […]
I just heard that Days of Gray is being screened at Iceland Airwaves. I’m looking forward to this. In the meantime, here is an article I wrote on the project a short while back for Iceland Review online. There is a film being made in Iceland this summer. There are several actually, but this one […]
……..and it really is. There is something like 400 bands, in a huge variety of venues, including bars, restaurants, shops, record stores, chapels, hotels, hostels and even ‘Rock & Bacon’ breakfast shows. I can’t wait. You can read it here.
My latest piece, about the triumphant return to form of the annual Iceland Airwaves festival has just been published. You can read a copy here. It’s on page 12. Oh, and it gives me an opportunity to post this fantastic little tune from Phantogram, a US band playing this year.
Sóley from Iceland is a member of the indie-collective Seabear. She also studied composition and is a passionate piano player and singer. In 2010 she released her debut EP “Theater Island” which is followed by her first full-length ‘We Sink’ – a pop record, that sounds like a dream: sweet and weird at the same […]
Ólöf Arnalds has published a wonderful Icelandic meat soup recipe over on her blog. Whilst I am yet to try it, the timing couldn’t be better with the chill of Winter already being felt. And it looks gorgeous too. It would probably go well with a chunk of crusty bread, and a tune or two […]
This is a love story. Mike Lindsay, best known for his work with English folk-tronica band Tunng, first went to Iceland for the New Year’s Eve celebrations in 2006. He describes this as “like a war-zone, where everyone is more drunk than you, and yet still setting off fireworks out of their hands.” It was […]
Sigur Rós – Ekki múkk from Sigur Rós Valtari Mystery Films on Vimeo. This is the new video for Sigur Rós, Ekki Múkk, from director Nick Abrahams. It features a very English field, the Mayor from The Wire, close up snails, cute and not-so-cute foxes. What more could you want?
New York was baking hot, seeming to shimmer in the blazing sunlight. The skyscrapers turning from grey into a silver as they reflect back the sun’s rays. The sun beat down, sending commuters and hipsters running for shade and air conditioned shops, and turning the subway system into an underground oven. Typically, the English tennis […]
Iceland, Defrosted 
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