Bloodgroup, an electro four piece from Reykjavík are back. They have released their latest album, Tracing Echoes, this week and there was a release concert last night in Iðnó, with support from Samaris. Damn, I wish I had been there, with a cold beer in hand. In the meantime, here is the lovely Fall from […]
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The death of an 11-year-old boy. The subsequent discovery on a beach. The cover up. The informing of the parents. A police officer searching the child’s bedroom. I am very nearly moved to tears. It’s a TV drama, one that British TV seems to do so well but somewhat over frequently, but with a difference. […]
I’ve seen Sigur Rós a few times. Ok, more than a few times. But it doesn’t mean I want to talk though their performance. I mean, who exactly are these people that fork out for a ticket and then jabber on to their mates throughout concerts? This is exactly what happened last night at Wolverhampton […]
Grúska Babúska are releasing their debut album on 1st of April 2013 with the UK label Static Caravan. Grúska Babúska’s songs are all sung in Icelandic and recorded in Iceland – co- produced by Mike Lindsay (Tuung, Cheek Moutain Thief) and mixed in Greenhouse studios in Reykjavík. An online release will follow on the 14th of April. They are also on […]
I’m really getting into the new album from Sin Fang, Flowers. Here is a track from it; I hope you like it as much as I do. Quite why he is wearing flowers as a beard, I have no idea! Sin Fang website
My latest article on Iceland Review online: Little Free Library is an international project, and it is estimated that there are between 5,000 and 6,000 ‘branches’ in 36 countries around the world. But thus far, there are no branches in Iceland. Larissa Kyzer is doing her best to change this. What is the Little Free […]
Ólafur Arnalds has released his latest track on Soundcloud, ahead of his album release in March. It’s no surprise that its bloody lovely. Here is another chance to read my interview with Ólafur at Airwaves: Ólafur Arnalds is younger than me. And so much more talented; it makes me sick. Ólafur produces a strain of […]
björk: road to crystalline from Björk on Vimeo. My latest Iceland Review online column is an update on the Kickstarter project, and how Björk followed suit. As I mentioned in an earlier column, I launched my Kickstarter project back in December. The aim was to raise funds to allow my book about Iceland to be […]
SR7 is here. Today is Bóndadagur, or Husband’s Day, when wives and girlfriends in Iceland should be especially nice to their men. Tomorrow is my birthday. I don’t have tickets to this: Is that a big enough hint?!
Its 40 years today since Eldfell in the Westman Islands erupted. I was there in June last year, and I’ve never climbed an active volcano before. It was worth it though, for the view. More details here.
Iceland, Defrosted 
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