Bellstop are actually Rúnar Sigurbjörnsson and Elín Ólafsdóttir. I have to say that I approached their album with some trepidation. The main reason for this? The awful artwork. The website and album cover suggests a sub-standard video game. Poor name, awful artwork; I was on a downer from the start. You could argue that I’m […]
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Lára Rúnars has been busy of late. She has traveled as part of a band on the boat Húni, sailing from Icelandic port to port, raising money for the search and rescue teams. After that she toured remote venues in the north of Iceland with three other singer-songwriters, including Hafdís Huld. Lára Rúnars has an […]
Ok, ok, I’ll admit it. I’m obsessed with new music from Iceland. I scour the internet looking for new bands, and I have been known to patrol the bars and clubs of Reykjavík looking for something new and exiting. Iceland Airwaves makes my head explode. Just lately, I’ve been hearing a lot about Orfia. I […]
Adda Ingólfsdóttir is hitchhiking her way around Iceland, playing concerts in living rooms and trying to fund her debut album. She is trying to teach her friend a Cyndi Lauper song but she needs to move quickly; there is a ferocious storm predicted for North Iceland. Surely it’s only in Iceland that a musician is […]
Sigur Rós have a habit of doing things out of the ordinary. Not only have they chosen to play at Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire, UK, beneath the world famous 250ft diameter Lovell Telescope, but their concert starts with a specially composed piece of music featuring radio echoes from meteors; signals from spacecraft travelling to the […]
Borko, also known as Björn Kristjánsson, is one of the enigmatic performers on the Iceland music scene. Whether as his bearded, solo and gentler incarnation (fresh back from a tour around Europe) or as the bongo-playing, half-naked lunatic with FM Belfast. Either way, his star is rising, and I took the chance to ask him […]
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 […]
Grúska Babúska is a female four-piece based in Reykjavík, but with their eyes firmly set on the rest of the world. They have a unique sound, whilst at the same time could only have come from Iceland. They could quite possibly be the next big thing. I caught up with one of the band members, […]
Amiina, one of my favourite Icelandic acts, have once again produced an advent calendar. Each day, we are provided with a treat that rivals the little chocolates in my advent calendar at home. Despite only being three days into December, we’ve already been treated to several lovely tracks, one slightly scuzzy track and neat little […]
Breakfast, lunch and dinner. My day started incongruously early, with a ‘Rock and Bacon’ session in Prikið. Grúska Babúska had just what I needed. A quartet of Icelandic girls, perched on tables and stools, and delivered a tasty breakfast of vocals, electronics and flute. It was a perfect start to the day, surrounded by Airwavers, […]
Iceland, Defrosted 
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