tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49354348774212391552024-03-13T04:44:33.996+00:00Icelandic Music Maffia Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.comBlogger813125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935434877421239155.post-65358607265700203672011-10-29T01:33:00.016+00:002014-06-08T22:14:44.074+00:00R.I.P. Icelandic Music Maffia > Viva I love Icelandic music again - The Second Coming > ROK around the clock<div style="color: red; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
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<b style="color: black;">Start on 29. October 2006 </b><b><span style="color: blue;"></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">R.I.P. on 29. October 2011 </span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>This is the last post.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Keep on listening to <span style="color: blue;">Icelandic music</span>!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Keep on making good (or <span style="color: red;">bad</span>) <span style="color: blue;">Icelandic music</span>!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i style="color: red;">Bad Taste</i><span style="color: red;"> </span>rules anyway.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Keep on writing/blogging about <span style="color: blue;">Icelandic music</span>!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="st"><i>Takk fyrir síðast!</i></span></b><span class="st"><b> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="st"><b>Kæru vinir </b></span></span></div>
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<b>I'll leave you this for the upcoming winter time:</b><br />
<b><a href="http://icelandicmusic.blogspot.com/">I love Icelandic music (aka ILIM)</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://http//icelandicmusicmaffia.blogspot.com">Icelandic Music Maffia (aka IMM)</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://icelandicmusicmuseum.blogspot.com/">Icelandic Music Museum (aka IMM 2)</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://icelandicmusicmixtape.blogspot.com/">Icelandic Music Mixtape (aka IMM 3)</a></b><br />
and<br />
<a href="http://icelandicmusicmob.blogspot.com/">Icelandic Music Mob (aka IMM4)</a><br />
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Other interesting (music) stuff can be found:<br />
<a href="http://www.icelandmusic.is/">Iceland Music Export (IMX)</a> in English<br />
<a href="http://iceblah.typepad.com/">Iceblah</a> in English <br />
<a href="http://rjominn.is/">Rjominn</a> in Icelandic<br />
<a href="http://drgunni.wordpress.com/">Dr. Gunni</a> in Icelandic <br />
<a href="http://www.iheartreykjavik.net/">I heart Reykjavik</a> in English<br />
<a href="http://www.icelandreview.is/">Iceland Review</a> New about Iceland in English<br />
<a href="http://www.grapevine.is/">Reykjavik Grapevine Magazine </a> in English<br />
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Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935434877421239155.post-24545360951317855502011-10-22T08:44:00.005+00:002011-10-24T15:50:54.295+00:00Review of Iceland Airwaves 2011 Festival by Veerle Van Den BroeckI asked my friend <b>Veerle Van Den Broeck</b> aka <a href="http://littlefairytaleprincess.wordpress.com/">Little Fairy Tale Princess</a> to write a review of this year's <strong><span style="color: blue;">Iceland Airwaves</span></strong> festival.<br />
Airwaves 2011 was superb. A few <strong>highlights</strong>, as Wim asked me.<br />
<strong>Best Concert</strong>: <strong><span style="color: blue;">Mugison</span></strong> @ Harpa<br />
<strong>Coolest shoes</strong>: <strong><span style="color: blue;">Sóley</span></strong><br />
<strong>Best Off Venue</strong>: <strong><span style="color: blue;">Kippi Kaninus</span></strong> @ KEX<br />
<strong>Best Demons in Disguise</strong>: <strong><span style="color: blue;">Aela</span></strong> (I just adore that Snow White Costume)<br />
<strong>Weirdest object a visitor brought along</strong>: <strong><span style="color: blue;">Pineapple</span></strong> (during the Beach House concert @ the Art Museum)<br />
<strong>Longest queue</strong>: <strong><span style="color: black;">NASA</span></strong> before <strong><span style="color: blue;">tUnEyArDs</span></strong> (?) <br />
<strong>Biggest splash in a swimming pool</strong>: <strong><span style="color: black;">Elvar</span></strong> (of <strong><span style="color: blue;">Hellvar</span></strong>)<br />
<strong>Chasing all the skinkas and hnakkis out of the Art Museum</strong>: <strong><span style="color: blue;">HAM</span></strong><br />
<strong>Best visuals</strong>: <strong><span style="color: blue;">Of Monsters and Men</span></strong><br />
<strong>Concert I would have wanted to see</strong>: <strong><span style="color: blue;">Ólöf Arnalds</span></strong><br />
<strong>Best Discovery</strong>: <strong><span style="color: blue;">Samaris</span></strong><br />
<strong>Best dress</strong>: <strong><span style="color: blue;">Björk</span></strong><br />
<strong>Coolest hairdo</strong>: <strong><span style="color: blue;">Q4U</span></strong>'s singer <strong><span style="color: blue;">Elly</span></strong><br />
<strong>Biggest killjoy</strong>: <strong><span style="color: blue;">The weather</span></strong>Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935434877421239155.post-48228189540171819062011-10-17T14:34:00.007+00:002011-10-17T14:34:00.500+00:00Song of the 237. Week is Vicky's "Gold"237. Song of the Week is <b>Vicky</b>'s song "<b>Gold</b>". Track nr. 10 on their 2nd album "<b>Cast a light</b>" (released 12. October 2011).<br />
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<div style="color: black;"><span lang="NL"><b>More than 200 great Icelandic tracks </b></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span lang="NL"><b>(brand new or (instant) classics) </b></span></div></div><ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="NL"><b>Ensími</b> Slow return</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="NL"><b>Ampop</b> Sail to the moon</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="NL"><b>Eberg</b> Plastic lions</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="NL"><b>Hellvar</b> Electric toy</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="NL"><b>Mammút</b> Þorkell </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="NL"><b>Mínus</b> Futurist</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="NL"><b>Pétur Ben</b> White tiger</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="NL"><b>Jeff Who?</b> Death before disco</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="NL"><b>Bogomil Font & Flís</b> Eat your car</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="NL"><b>Funí</b> Morgunbæn</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="NL"><b>Bang Gang</b> It’s alright</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="NL"><b>Ólöf Arnalds</b> Í nýju húsi</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="NL"><b>Þór Eldon & Dagur Sigurðarson</b> Daudaskammtur</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="NL"><b>Benni Hemm Hemm </b>Snjór Ljós Snjór</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="NL"><b>Dyrðin</b> Hunangsdropar</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="NL"><b>kimono</b> Japanese Policemen</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Lada Sport</b> Tango in the valley of death<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><st1:place w:st="on"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Holiday in the sun</span></i></st1:place><i><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><st1:place w:st="on"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Holiday in the sun</span></i></st1:place><i><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Steindór Andersen & Sigur Rós </b>Fjöll í Austri Fagurblá<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="NL"><b>Hafdís Huld </b>Ski jumper</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>The Way Down </b>Bring me the sun<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Jan Mayen </b>We just want to get everybody high<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Retro Stefson</b> Medallion<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Yukatan</b> House<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Emiliana Torrini</b> Gollum’s Song<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><st1:city w:st="on"><span lang="EN-GB">Hudson</span></st1:city></b><span lang="EN-GB"><b> <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Wayne</st1:place></st1:city> </b>Coffee<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Fræbbblarnir</b> Ó Fræbbblar vors lands<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>HAM</b> Voulez-vous<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Brúðarbandid</b> Sid<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Worm is Green</b> Love will tear us apart<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Mr Silla & Mongoose </b>Ten foot bear<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Unun</b> Mexikó<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Elíza</b> Empire Fall<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Bloodgroup</b> Moving like a tiger<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Morðingjarnir</b> Airwaves<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Motion Boys</b> Hold me closer to your heart<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Ólafur Arnalds </b>Himininn er að hrynja en störnurnar fara Þér vel <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="NL"><b>Dimma</b> Mama </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="NL"><b>Jóhann G. Jóhannsson </b>Kjötsúpa </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Stafrænn Hákon &Unstatuesque</b> Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Sometime</b> Heart of spades<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>UMTBS</b> Story of a star<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Sprengjuhöllin</b> Worry til spring<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Védis</b> A beautiful life<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Dr. Gunni </b>Helvitis gráðugu fífl<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Purrkur Pillnikk</b> Óvænt<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Þeyr</b> Killer boogie<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>FM Belfast</b> Synthia<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Sudden Weather </b>Change Kill goretrout<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Þursaflokkurinn</b> Skriftaganger<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Borko</b> Spoonstabber<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Dísa</b> Temptation<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>The Sugarcubes</b> Dancing Queen (demo)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Björk</b> Wanderlust (Ratatat Remix)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span lang="EN-GB">Kenya</span></st1:place></st1:country-region></b><span lang="EN-GB"> This is real<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Who Knew </b>Sharpen the knife<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Ourlives</b> The audience part 2 <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Amiina</b> Fjarskanistan <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Blindfold</b> Don’t think it’s a sin <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="NL"><b>Andhéri</b> Stundum veit ég ekki hvar ég er </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="FR"><b>Dr. Gunni & Vinur hans </b>O kisa min <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="FR"><b>Reykjavík!</b> Æji plís <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="FR"><b>Rúnar Eff </b>Disco freaks<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="FR"><b>Singapore Sling</b> Guiding light <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="FR"><b>Heiða</b> Loftborg <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="FR"><b>Vicky</b> The Plan<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>BOB</b> Under the influence of My Bloody Valentine<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Steed Lord featuring Krummi</b> Bucket of blood<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Úlpa</b> Dinzl<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Gavin Portland </b>This ain’t the Dakota<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Tommygun Preachers </b><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Battle</st1:place></st1:city> of the Monkeys <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Barði Jóhannsson & Noemi</b> Dream <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Pornopop</b> Hangover you<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Rúnk</b> Klapparstígur<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Sverrir Bergmann</b> Snow<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>For a Minor Reflection</b> Óhljód<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Inside Bilderberg</b> Return of the pigs<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Hungry & The Burger</b> Cosmonauts<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Plúseinn</b> Shake<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Dynamo Fog</b> Rock & Rock<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Naflakusk</b> Habacap<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="ES-DO"><b>Elly Vilhjálms</b> Vegir liggja till alla átta<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="ES-DO"><b>Æla</b> Óður til hinna guðdómlegur<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="ES-DO"><b>Slugs</b> Lesbiur<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Jet Black Joe </b>Higher and higher<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>The Viking Giant Show </b>Chemicals<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>The Pet Cemetery</b> Cold hands<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span lang="EN-GB">Texas</span></st1:place></st1:state></b><span lang="EN-GB"><b> Jésus</b> Salatbar<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Sin Fang Bous</b> Catch the light<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Múgsefjun</b> Dag eftir dag<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Rúnar Júliusson & Hjálmar </b> Blæbrigði lífsins<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol><ol start="93" style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Bob Justman</b> Most of all <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Dr. Spcok Doctor</b> Patient Relationship<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Ruddinn</b> I need a vacation<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Toggi</b> Silly Old Song<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>7oi</b> The problems are complicated<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Klive</b> Don’t give up the ghost<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Sólstafir</b> Köld <o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Maus</b> Poppaldin<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Trabant</b> Superman (Remix by Worm is Green)<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Daisy Hill Puppy Farm </b>Young blood<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Sindri Eldon</b> Honeydrew<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Sing for me Sandra </b>The fight<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Cosmic Call</b> Cold hands<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Bag of Joys</b> Sveitasnakk<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Nögl</b> My world<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Captain Fufanu</b> The lake trough <st1:place w:st="on">Lake</st1:place> Town<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Íkarus</b> Krókódílamaðurinn<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Sleeping Prophets</b> 1,2,3!<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Leaves</b> We are shadows<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Cynic Guru</b> Drugs<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Vonbrigði</b> Sykill<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Foreign Monkeys</b> Molla<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Anonymous</b> Tao<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Hermigervill</b> Starlight<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Prinspólo</b></span><span lang="EN-GB"> Átjan & hundrað<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Snorri Helgason</b> Freeze-out<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Retrön</b> Slow me<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>GusGus</b> Add this song<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Pís of keik</b> Ég og Nonni<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Björt Sigfinns </b>Raining<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Árstiðir</b> Látum okkur sjá<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Stjörnukisi</b> Reykeitrun<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Pedro <st1:place w:st="on">Pilatus</st1:place></b> Stella<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Weapons</b> Up tight<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Skelkur í brengu</b> Sindri drepa<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Bróðir Svartúlfs</b> Rólan Sveiflast enn<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Me, the Slumbering Napoleon </b>She’s a maniac<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Hjálmar</b> Það sýnir sig<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>DJ Musician</b> I put my hand up in the air<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Lady & Bird</b> Not going anywhere<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Hafdís Huld </b>Robot, Robt<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Hellvar</b> Falsetto<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"> <b>Óli Popp</b> You and I<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="ES-DO"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="ES-DO"><b>Ljósvaki</b> Indigo Revolution<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="ES-DO"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="ES-DO"><b>Pascal Pinon</b> Djölflasnaran<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="ES-DO"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="ES-DO"><b>Sykur</b> Bite me <o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Lára Rúnarsdóttir</b> In between<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Hjaltalín</b> Hooked on chili<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Cosmic Call</b> Owls<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Svavar Knútur</b> Clementine<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Stafrænn Hákon</b> Hátiðarskap<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Nóra</b> Opin fyrir morði<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Reptile</b> Kindness &Love<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Berndsen</b> Dark times<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Plúseinn</b> Heat<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Foreign Monkeys</b> Los<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Elíza Newman</b> Hopeless case<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Fábula</b> Call it a night <o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Markús &The Diversion Sessions</b> Now I know<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Hildur Guðnadóttir, BJ Nilsen &Stilluppsteypa</b> The <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Temple</st1:place></st1:city> of the Holy Tooth<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="FR"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="FR"><b>FM Belfast</b> Par Avion (RMX Retro Stefson)<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Benni Hemm Hemm</b> Retaliate<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Seabear</b> Softship<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Sindri Eldon</b> The Ugly Truth<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Who Knew</b> Perfect parenting<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Thor Kristinsson</b> Our love<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Ruddinn feat. Heiða</b> Cover the distance<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Biogen</b> Element<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Hank &Tank</b> Precious one<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Eberg & Pétur Ben</b> Come On, Come Over<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Futuregrapher</b> Acid Hverfisgata<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Kakali</b> The Cave<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Two Step Horror</b> King Bee<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>S.H. Draumur </b>Helmút á mótorhjóli<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Siggi Ármann</b> Every second<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Steini</b> Beat Love Down<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Miri</b> Ég á heimi á Íslandi<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Pollopönk</b> Kjólakallinn<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Of Monsters & Men</b> Love Love Love<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Bellatrix</b> Dare Devil<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Toggi</b> Take me dancing<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Reptilicus</b> Okkar heili er innsiglaður<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>Prinspólo</b> Underwear (FM <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Belfast</st1:city></st1:place> cover)<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="IS">Berglind Ágústsd</span><span lang="EN-GB">ó</span></b><span lang="IS"><b>ttir (feat. Hellvar)</b> Kúrekastelpan</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"><b>Moses Hightower</b> Vandratað<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Biggibix</b> Situation<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Swords of Chaos</b> Skeletons having sex on a tin roof<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Amiina</b> Over and Again<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Hairdoctor</b> Dagur Eitt<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Svartidauði</b> The Temple of Deformation<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>For a Minor Reflection</b> Flóð<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Króna</b> Maðurinn sem vildi verða Guð<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Suicide Coffee</b> Party People<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Lifun</b> Ein stök ást<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><o:p></o:p></span><i>Holiday in Norway</i><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Vicky</b> Portrait<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Skorpulifur</b> Eldur og Ís<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Singapore Sling</b> One more trip<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Peter and Wolf</b> Lagið um Guð<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Hostile</b> Ad infinitum<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Nolo</b> Pretty face<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Just another snake cult </b>Spell of Platonic reversal<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Dyrðin</b> Snj</span><span lang="EN-GB">ó</span><span lang="IS">f</span><span lang="EN-GB">ó</span><span lang="IS">lk<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Kúra</b> Einstein<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Morning After Youth </b>Lived<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="IS">Sk</span><span lang="EN-GB">á</span></b><span lang="IS"><b>lmöld</b> Kvaðning<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="IS">Lj</span><span lang="EN-GB">ó</span></b><span lang="IS"><b>tu hálfvitarnir</b> Bj</span><span lang="EN-GB">ó</span><span lang="IS">r, meiri bj</span><span lang="EN-GB">ó</span><span lang="IS">r<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Valdimar</b> Undraland<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Mugison</b> Haglél<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Biogen</b> On with the show<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>California Cheeseburger </b>On the beach<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Prince Valium </b>Crying hearts<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Sóley</b> Theater Island<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Apparat Organ Quartet </b>Söngur geimunglingsins<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Lockerbie</b> Snjóljón<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Caterpillarmen</b> Revenge<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Inside Bilderberg</b> Superposition<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Sudden Weather Change</b> A smoke trail in the sky<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Orphic Oxtra</b> Hey <o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="IS">Jón </span><span lang="EN-GB">Þ</span></b><span lang="IS"><b>ór Ólafsson</b> Tímavell<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Plastic Gods</b> Zero Tolerance<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Two Tickets To Japan </b>Stellar patterns<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Johnny and The Rest</b> Sunday blues<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Kira Kira</b> Gremlin holiday<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Vigri</b> Drag down the dark<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Spacevestite</b> The skies will leave the light on<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>FM Belfast</b> In line<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>1860</b> Snæfellsnes<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>GusGus</b> Deep inside<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Manslaughter</b> Eistnafluglagið<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Rúnk</b> Rúnk<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Ofvitarnir</b> Time the elevator<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Saytan</b> Empire<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Hellvar</b> I should be cool<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Samaris</b> Góða tungl<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Ruddinn</b> Supersonic situation<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Krummi</b> Broken clock<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>RÓ</b> The battle of brothers<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>HAM</b> Ingimar<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Ikea Satan</b> Babaramas<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Two Step Horror </b>Wray<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>Skurken</b> Lager fyrir Futuregrapher<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS"><b>KJARR</b> Harvest (go to sleep)<o:p></o:p></span><span lang="IS" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Dathi</b> Bitter sweet tears</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="IS" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Vicky</b> Gold </span></li>
</ol>Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935434877421239155.post-59999642777881530212011-10-16T07:54:00.011+00:002011-10-16T09:09:08.229+00:00Best Icelandic Albums of 2011, so far...<div style="color: blue;"><b>Icelandic music I like - My personal favorites of this year are:</b></div>1. <b>Hellvar</b> "Stop that noise" (Kimi Records)<br />
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2. <b>HAM</b> "Svik, Harmur og Dauði" (Smekkleysa)<br />
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3. <b>Reykjavik!</b> "Locust Sounds" (Kimi Records)<br />
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4. <b>Vicky</b> "Cast a light"<br />
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5. <b>Ruddinn</b> "Need a vacation"<br />
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Good 2: <b>Mugison</b>'s "Haglél" (his first one in Icelandic), <b>FM Belfast</b>'s "Don't want to sleep", <b>Björk</b>'s "Biophilia" (if you can call it an album with all the Apps).<br />
Most disappointing album by <b>Sykur</b>. Just to mention one. Sorry guys.<br />
Still prefer <b>Sykurmolarnir</b>. <br />
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"<b>dEUS</b>" does not exist, but if he does...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://hellvar2.blogspot.com/">Hellvar 2.0</a></span></div>Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935434877421239155.post-2155001830970818922011-10-16T07:39:00.003+00:002011-10-16T09:10:47.795+00:00Goodmorning Reykjavik! - Here are The Murderers to Wake You Up!<b style="color: blue;">Going Underground </b><br />
<b>Morðingjarnir</b><b>/The Murderers</b><br />
"<b><span class="st">Sunnudagsmorgun í Reykjavik</span></b>" (Sunday Morning in R'vik!)<br />
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<div style="color: blue;"><b>What to do on a lazy morning/afternoon with a hangover (or not, whatever) in downtown R'vik on the last <span style="color: red;">Hellv/ar</span>/<span style="color: black;">itis</span> day of the Airwaves?</b></div>Feed the ducks @ <i>Tjörnin</i> lake near the City Hall. Buy yourself a hot dog with everything @ the best place in town, near the flea market/old harbour of Reykjavik. The bad boys <b>Metallica</b> & <b>Bill Clinton</b> were there long before you ;-)<br />
Go to the Flea Market <i>Kolarportið</i>. Taste the rotten shark, sheep head, Icelandic candy; or just a tasty icecream will do for most of you. You can find some good (and bad) 2nd hand Icelandic music there 2. Have a kebab, pizza, sandwich on the way back. You're 100% ready for the final night & morning of Airwaves 2011 after a cup of coffee or thee. <br />
Don't forget to drink plenty of Icelandic water, tap or other H20. The pure <i>Air</i> is for free.<br />
Buy an apple in the supermarket you can eat it while waiting outside if you're unlucky. Just eat when you get in line. Make friends with people in the row before & behind you.<br />
<i>Free you're mind & the rest will follow.</i><br />
Go & see the band <b style="color: red;">Hellvar</b> (with <b>Haukur</b> of <b>Morðingjarnir</b> on bass)<i> @ Munnharpan</i> @ Harpa (the huge glasscube by the harbour, you already know, you can't miss it) @ 17:00 sharp. And say "Hi". Or go to <a href="http://gotohellvar.blogspot.com/">Hellvar</a> Online.<br />
Or here for the new version:<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://hellvar2.blogspot.com/">Hellvar 2.0</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Personal Advice provided for free by Your Doctor ;-)</i></div>Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935434877421239155.post-24229099129243069002011-10-15T22:35:00.005+00:002011-10-16T06:50:33.550+00:00MÓGIL Off-Venue @ 12Tónar Record Store @ Iceland Airwaves 2011<b>MÓGIL</b> Off-Venue @ <b style="color: blue;">Iceland Airwaves 2011</b>@ 1<i>2Tónar,</i> Reykjavík on 14. October 2011<br />
The only Belgian-Icelandic band there is, as far as I know, unless you call <b>Reykjavík!</b> also a Belgian-Icelandic band ...<br />
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Although I think GuildfordGhost should buy a better camera next year. </span>Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935434877421239155.post-70172847364040052722011-10-15T21:12:00.005+00:002011-10-15T21:22:55.244+00:00Synthia in Icelandic music<b style="color: blue;">Synthia in Icelandic music </b><br />
<b style="color: black;">Worm is Green</b><br />
"<b>Synthia</b>", on the album "<b>Push Play</b>" (<i>Mikrofona</i>, 2007)<br />
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<b>FM Belfast</b><br />
"<b>I can feel love/Synthia</b>" @ <i>Botanique</i> venue, Brussels, Belgium (February 2010)<br />
2 songs featured on their debut album "<b>How to make friends</b>" (<i>World Champion Records</i>, 2010)<br />
Performed for a full house: an audience of Belgian Iceland(ic music) lovers & Icelanders living/working in Belgium (& even around Belgium)<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/V9nN0oPSVHU" width="500"></iframe>Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935434877421239155.post-60895035296337048572011-10-15T18:07:00.003+00:002011-10-15T18:08:47.389+00:00Samaris "Góða tungl" Live Off-Venue @ Iceland Airwaves 2011Another good Video by <b><span style="color: blue;">I <span style="color: red;">heart</span> Reykjavik</span></b><br />
<b>Samaris </b><br />
"<b>Góða tungl</b>"<br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">For Iceland Bob</div>Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935434877421239155.post-59909389914807873882011-10-15T18:04:00.001+00:002011-10-15T18:06:22.068+00:00Strangest Iceland Airwaves 2011 Video So Far<div style="color: blue;"><b>Sightseeing ... & Icelandic music</b></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/30596245?portrait=0&color=cc0000" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/30596245">iceland airwaves - upstairs version</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/the3ye">3llipsis</a> <a href="http://vimeo.com/"></a>Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935434877421239155.post-60578221993731705262011-10-15T17:11:00.007+00:002011-10-15T17:59:55.709+00:00HAM @ Reykjavik Art Museum @ Airwaves 2011<b>HAM</b><br />
"<b>Ingimar</b>", the single of the new album "<b>Svik, harmur, dauði</b>" (<i>Smekkleysa</i>, 2011) live @ <i>Listasafn</i> (Reykjavik Art Musuem) @ <b style="color: blue;">Airwaves 2011</b> <br />
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An old Video by me <br />
<b>HAM</b> @ <i>NASA</i> @ <b style="color: blue;">Airwaves 2010</b><br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uJg6iwE7jdQ" width="500"></iframe>Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935434877421239155.post-53520273646330651652011-10-15T14:42:00.005+00:002011-10-15T14:53:33.538+00:00Nurses in Icelandic music<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Nurses in Icelandic music</span></b><br />
This morning I was listening to the song "<b>Nurse, please</b>" on the new <b>Reykjavik! </b>record "<b>Locust Sounds</b>" (<i>Kimi Records</i>, 2011).<br />
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Reminds me of this:<br />
"<b>Add this song</b>" by <b>GusGus</b>, filmed @ hospital<br />
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But the one & only <b>Sugarcubes</b> made "<b>Happy Nurse</b>". A track on their 3rd album "<b>Stick around for joy</b>" (<i>Smekkleysa, One Little Indian/Play It Again Sam</i>, 1992)<br />
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The kinky punk band <b><span class="st">Æla</span></b> likes to perform in nurses uniforms on stage (here Live @ <i>Organ</i> venue)<br />
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Or do you prefer this water?<br />
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"<b>Water</b>" by <b>The Sugarcubes</b><br />
From the album "<b>Here today, tomorrow next week</b>!" / "<b>Illur arfur!</b>" (<i>Smekkleysa/Rough Trade & One Little Indian</i>, 1989)<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><i>Wait for me underneath the water</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Wait for me I have to go now</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Into the big city</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>She pulls me firmly towards her</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Wait for me underneath the water</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Wait for me here</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>You'll be fine underneath the water</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I'll be back early next summer</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>We met again at the lake</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>After all these years,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>You said "want a drink?"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I love you</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And you know I will be back</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hold your breath</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And nestle into the ice</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Wait for me underneath the water</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Wait for me and count to ten</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>You'll look up and I will be there</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<i>Wait for me</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The lake was frozen,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>You took me for a walk over the ice,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I cracked</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The ice cracked</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I fell into the lake</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I watched you through the eyes</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Love into you</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Wait for me underneath the water</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Wait for me and singalong</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"She's coming, coming, coming"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Wait for me</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I watched you through the ice</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I expected you to crawl for help</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I smiled, you just stood there</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I tried to kiss you through the ice,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>You just walked away</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
Or "<b>Tidal Wave</b>" by <b>The Sugarcubes </b><br />
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If you like <b>t</b>he singing (?) of<b> Einar Örn Benediktsson </b>aka<b> EÖB</b>, go & see him @ <i>Faktory</i> Main Stage tonight downtown 101.<br />
<i>Please, Don't forget to say Goodmorning!</i>Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935434877421239155.post-84328529324602101522011-10-15T09:22:00.012+00:002011-10-15T10:07:43.274+00:00Ghostigital @ Faktory @ Iceland Airwaves 2011 on Saturday 15. October 2011 @ 21:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TCwJjuUshbQ/TplQPXAgHOI/AAAAAAAANVQ/IijATJa3ZMI/s1600/Ghostigital+Curver+Einar+Photo+2011" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TCwJjuUshbQ/TplQPXAgHOI/AAAAAAAANVQ/IijATJa3ZMI/s400/Ghostigital+Curver+Einar+Photo+2011" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Don't miss <b>Ghostigital</b> @ this year's <b style="color: blue;">Airwaves</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ghostigital = duo Einar Örn Benediktsson & Curver Thoroddsen </span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Ghostigital @ Faktory Main Stage @ 21:00 </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">And stay for the next duo <b>Captain Fufanu</b> with <b>Einar</b>'s son <b>Kaktus</b> @ 22:00<br />
<a href="http://ghostigital.com/">Ghostigital's Website</a><br />
<div style="text-align: right;"><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">Photograph by Sveinn Steinar</span><br />
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<b>Ghostigital</b> @ <i>NASA</i> @ <b style="color: blue;">Airwaves 2007</b><br />
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<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"><b> Ghostigital </b>@<b> </b><i>Tunglid</i><b> @ <span style="color: blue;">Airwaves 2008 </span></b></span><br />
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<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"><b>Ghostigital</b> @ <b><span style="color: blue;">Edgy Evening of Bad Taste</span></b> @ <i>Bozar Museum</i>, Brussels, Belgium (2008)</span><br />
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<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"><b>Ghostigital</b> (& <b>Finnbogi Pétursson</b>) Off-Venue @ <b style="color: blue;">Airwaves 2009</b></span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"><b style="color: blue;">A Quiet Afternoon </b>@<i> i-8 Gallery </i></span></div><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/921AhmNI85c" width="500"></iframe> </span><b> </b><br />
<b>Ghostigital</b> final song @ <i>Tjarnarbio</i> Cinema @<b style="color: blue;"> Airwaves 2010</b></div></div>Notice the party on Stage<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/30571018">Icelandic viking power</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user5452302">Hali Slick</a> <a href="http://vimeo.com/"></a>Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935434877421239155.post-80457710192411144322011-10-15T08:23:00.002+00:002011-10-15T08:25:18.528+00:00The Boys Are Back In Town - Review of "Locust Sounds" by Reykjavík! (Kimi Records, 2011)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1MEt-er8PQo/TplCRNy-tUI/AAAAAAAANUg/2I_c59xT1TQ/s1600/LocustSounds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="362" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1MEt-er8PQo/TplCRNy-tUI/AAAAAAAANUg/2I_c59xT1TQ/s400/LocustSounds.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Boys Are Back In Town</b></span></div>Let’s do something special in my final week, reviewing an Icelandic album. <br />
And what an album. “<b>Locust Sounds</b>” by rockers <b>Reykjavík!</b>, don’t forget the exclamation mark to avoid confusion with Iceland’s capital city. Without any doubt the best album artwork I saw this year. While lying in my bath @ home, I was having my private listening party in a small Belgian hot tub. Finally Reykjavík! made their grown-up, mature record. Although the 2 previous kids, “<i>Glacial Landscapes, Religion, Oppression & Alcohol</i>”(2006) and “<i>The BLOOD</i>” (2009), were not ugly @ all. Say the rise of Reykjavik! 2.0. Or <i>Ride</i> is having a cozy but loud barbecue with <i>I Adapt</i> & <i>Gavin Portland</i> in the backyard, while some family & friends (<i>Mugison</i> e.g.) are providing the extra meat & beer. Great vocals, noisy guitars, banging drums: this is Rokk i Reykjavík - The Revenge. Certain one of the best records made in Iceland this year. Need I say more? Yes, I love the track titles. My favorite track is “Nurse, please”, of course ;-). <br />
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The album is released today on the local <i>Kimi Records</i> label.<br />
See Reykjavík! @ Reykjavík, or somewhere close to you soon!?<br />
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Label: <a href="http://www.kimirecords.com/">Kimi Records</a>Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935434877421239155.post-49456600699035294732011-10-14T22:52:00.004+00:002011-10-14T22:55:10.458+00:00AMFJ "BÆN" released on 10. October 2011<b>AMFJ</b><br />
"<b>BÆN</b>"<br />
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They are playing @ the moment (as we speak) Off-Venue @ <i>Bakkus</i> venue (opposite <i>Amsterdam</i> venue). You can buy it there already if you're @ Airwaves. <br />
<a href="http://www.gogoyoko.com/#/artist/reykjavik">Reykjavik @ Gogoyoko</a> <br />
"<b>Hellbound Heart</b>", a track of their 3rd Album<br />
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What's more<br />
<b>R!</b>'s "<b>Cats</b>" was the best Icelandic song of 2010 in my humble opinion.<br />
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<b>Reykjavík!</b> performed "<b>Cats</b>" last year for KEXP<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jFnYdG63NNc" width="500"></iframe>Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935434877421239155.post-5517863129246656342011-10-14T22:18:00.005+00:002011-10-15T09:08:05.509+00:00Music Alliance Pact (MAP) # 37 (October 2011)<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">3 years </span></b></div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">MAP</span></b></div><div style="color: red; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">2008-2011</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><a href="http://icelandicmusicmixtape.blogspot.com/">World Domination or Death Vol. 2</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JN2DVTXjOZk/TphuvCDSviI/AAAAAAAANTI/XY8f9njoQ1I/s1600/Mixtape.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JN2DVTXjOZk/TphuvCDSviI/AAAAAAAANTI/XY8f9njoQ1I/s1600/Mixtape.jpg" /></a><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>37 <span style="color: red;">great</span> <span style="color: blue;">Icelandic</span> tracks</b></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492596181211604626" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_1VGv3GNTg8s/TDmfIDPI5pI/AAAAAAAAKJk/acKLld8rYe8/s400/MAP+2010+JUNI.jpg" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />It's time for the 37th <span style="font-size: 100%;"><b>I <span style="color: red;">love</span> <span style="color: #3333ff;">Icelandic music/Icelandic Music <span style="color: red;">Maffia</span></span></b> </span> contribution to an international initiative, the Music Alliance Pact, aka MAP. I take part in this Blog Alliance since the start in October 2008 3 years ago. On a monthly basis music bloggers from around the globe select a track from their country which is then posted collectively and simultaneously on those blogs - giving each nation's track international exposure.<br />
A trip around the world in 34 songs with a take off in Iceland:<br />
This month I contributed the song "<b>Cover the distance</b>" by <b>Ruddinn</b> featuring <b>Heiða Eiríks</b> (<b>Ragnheiður Eiríksdóttir</b>).<br />
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<b>Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a .zip file of the whole 34-track compilation via <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?41le9vgrpesa4jv">MediaFire</a>.</b><br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/argentina.gif" /> <i>ARGENTINA</i>: <a href="http://zonaindie.com.ar/"><i>Zonaindie</i></a><br />
<a href="http://flopa-minimal.com.ar/"><b>Flopa/Minimal</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://map.zonaindie.com.ar/Flopa-Minimal-Atolondron%28Argentina%29.mp3"><b>Atolondrón</b></a><br />
A couple of months ago, the indie supergroup formed by Flopa Lestani, Mariano "Manza" Esaín and Ariel Minimal reunited for several sold-out concerts in Buenos Aires. The experience was so positive that Flopa and Minimal decided to step into the studio to record some songs, and the result is an EP called Reducción de Daños. Atolondrón was written by Flopa and is our favorite track from it, but you can download the whole EP for free from their website.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/australia.gif" /> <i>AUSTRALIA</i>: <a href="http://whothehell.net/"><i>Who The Bloody Hell Are They?</i></a><br />
<a href="http://kingdeluxe.ca/horizon-glow/"><b>Option Command</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://whothehell.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/05-Break-Even.mp3"><b>Break Even</b></a><br />
Option Command (who has previously released gorgeous music under the name Broken Chip) hails from the Blue Mountains outside of Sydney. Where his former project often focused on texture and mood, Option Command is a more beat-oriented project. Break Even sounds like playing Atari in a canyon, and is a good blend of the two musical personas. Both are worth checking out.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/brazil.gif" /> <i>BRAZIL</i>: <a href="http://www.meiodesligado.com/"><i>Meio Desligado</i></a><br />
<a href="http://www.josepaesdelira.net/"><b>Lirinha</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://alinecalixto.com.br/mp3/Lirinha%20-%20%20ADEBAYOR%20%28Brazil%29.mp3"><b>Adebayor</b></a><br />
Jose de Paes Lira, best known as Lirinha, is the former vocalist of Brazilian group Cordel do Fogo Encantado, who have produced some of the most consistent works in terms of updating regional sounds from Brazil's northeast. In Lirinha's first solo album, the results are somewhere between alternative rock and a new take on mangue beat. His excellent CD is available for free download at his website.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/canada.gif" /> <i>CANADA</i>: <a href="http://www.iheartmusic.net/serendipity/"><i>I(Heart)Music</i></a><br />
<a href="http://soundoflions.com/"><b>Sound Of Lions</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://www.iheartmusic.net/mp3/SoundOfLions-Enders.mp3"><b>Enders</b></a><br />
Yes, Sound Of Lions borrow somewhat liberally from 90s trip-hop generally, and Portishead in particular. However, as Enders - and the rest of their debut, 11:44 - demonstrates, they're so good at making the old genre sound fresh and new, it's easy to overlook a little thievery when the end results are so incredibly listenable.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/chile.gif" /> <i>CHILE</i>: <a href="http://super45.net/"><i>Super 45</i></a><br />
<a href="http://soundcloud.com/nuevacosta"><b>Nuevacosta</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://map.super45.cl/map-2011-10/Nuevacosta_-_Todo_Facil_-_Chile.mp3"><b>Todo Fácil</b></a><br />
Four-piece outfit Nuevacosta released their debut offering, Costa Brava EP (available for free at their <a href="http://www.nuevacosta.com/">website</a>) this year under the Casa Joven and Espacio Cellar labels. Through these six songs, the band explores new wave sounds and early 90s Chilean pop, creating dark, lo-fi, atmospheric soundscapes.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/china.gif" /> <i>CHINA</i>: <a href="http://www.wooozy.cn/"><i>Wooozy</i></a><br />
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/eataliensbrainmusic"><b>Eat Alien's Brain</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://www.wooozy.cn/wp-content/uploads/MAP/2011.10/Eat%20Aliens%20Brain%20-%20Sick%20Body%20Dance%20%28China%29.mp3"><b>Sick Body Dance</b></a><br />
Eat Alien's Brain are an electro duo from Chengdu, who formed in August 2010. Loco and Umar, both in their early 20s, use music to express their attitude towards freedom. Their sound is hard to define - electro/dance with a bit of Nintendocore/chiptune/crunk. They were highly recommended by the NME, who described them as "Crystal Castle bound up with Burial and Sepultura".<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/denmark.gif" /> <i>DENMARK</i>: <a href="http://allscandinavian.com/"><i>All Scandinavian</i></a><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Drescher/135194396552290"><b>Laura Drescher</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://map.super45.cl/map-2011-10/Laura_Drescher_-_I_Do_I_Will_-_Denmark.mp3"><b>I Do I Will</b></a><br />
I can't really tell you much about Laura Drescher other than she was born in Spain, raised in Denmark, and that she released both an EP (Polyest) and an album (Hallucinations Of A Good Life) last year. Oh, and she's not sore on the eyes either. It's gloomy and groovy electronica - here represented by I Do I Will from Hallucinations Of A Good Life - and if you like what you hear, head for <a href="http://soundcloud.com/lauradrescher/sets">SoundCloud</a> where you can download both album and EP for free.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/england.gif" /> <i>ENGLAND</i>: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog"><i>The Guardian Music Blog</i></a><br />
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/daleyofficial"><b>Daley</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://download.guardian.co.uk/sys-audio/Music/Audio/2011/10/13/DALEYSmokingGun.mp3"><b>Smoking Gun</b></a><br />
A new blue-eyed soul boy from Manchester, Gareth "Daley" Daley looks set to be the first genuinely interesting British artist to operate in that area since David McAlmont or Lewis Taylor. He was a nominee on this year's BBC Sound of 2011 poll, has already tasted chart success, having sung on Long Way Home from Wretch 32's top-5 debut album as well as on the Gorillaz track Doncamatic, which he co-wrote with Damon Albarn. Now he's signed to A&M and working on his own debut album, due out in 2012, with Suede guitarist and Duffy producer Bernard Butler as well as Dre of Dre & Vidal (Alicia Keys, Usher) and Shea Taylor (Ne-Yo, Beyoncé). <br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/finland.jpg" /> <i>FINLAND</i>: <a href="http://www.glue.fi/"><i>Glue</i></a><br />
<a href="http://koriakittenriot.com/"><b>Koria Kitten Riot</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://www.glue.fi/mp3/koria_kitten_riot_an_anthem_from_the_80s_finland.mp3"><b>An Anthem From The 80's</b></a><br />
Koria Kitten Riot is the project of singer-songwriter Antti Reikko and it brings well-crafted pop songs, full of detail and ambitious instrumentation. It puts together the intimacy of the songwriter and grandiose arrangements in a manner that reminds us of Bright Eyes. An Anthem From The 80's is a melancholic song about long-gone happy times and is taken from Koria Kitten Riot's second album, The Lows & The Highs, out this month.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/germany.gif" /> <i>GERMANY</i>: <a href="http://www.blogpartei.de/"><i>Blogpartei</i></a><br />
<a href="http://www.listentoboy.com/"><b>BOY</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://www.blogpartei.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/BOY-ThisIsTheBeginningGermany.mp3"><b>This Is The Beginning</b></a><br />
BOY are a little hyped in Germany right now. Valeska and Sonja just released their debut Mutual Friends via Groenland Records, which features warm and cosy folk-pop songs. They are written and sung so well that you instantly forget summer was awful this year and start enjoying the Indian summer.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/greece.gif" /> <i>GREECE</i>: <a href="http://mysteryfallsdown.blogspot.com/"><i>Mouxlaloulouda</i></a><br />
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/theyouandwhatarmyfaction"><b>The You And What Army Faction</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://map.super45.cl/map-2011-10/The_You_And_What_Army_Faction_-_I_Used_A_Blade_To_Carve_Me_A_New_Smile_-_Greece.mp3"><b>I Used A Blade To Carve Me A New Smile</b></a><br />
The You And What Army Faction set their distortion pedals on stun and amplify each strummed string to produce a crushing, absorbing and raw wall-of-sound repetition where chaos and beauty ravish each other within the same song. Their artful contrasts and angular arrangements are imbued with instrumental dexterity and coherent ideas and balanced between formlessness and structure, melody and cacophony. Here's a vibrating preview from their upcoming sophomore album.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/iceland.gif" /> <i>ICELAND</i>: <a href="http://icelandicmusicmaffia.blogspot.com/"><i>Icelandic Music Maffia</i></a><br />
<a href="http://www.gogoyoko.com/#/artist/Ruddinn"><b>Ruddinn</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://map.super45.cl/map-2011-10/Ruddinn_-_Cover_The_Distance_-_Iceland.mp3"><b>Cover The Distance</b></a><br />
Ruddinn is one guy, Bertel Ólafsson from Hafnarfjörður, who has released three albums to date. Ruddinn works primarily alone but receives a helping hand occasionally. He mixes electro pop with indie guitar and a dash of 80s shoegaze. Cover The Distance, a track from his third album I Need A Vacation, features Heiða Eiríksdóttir of the band Hellvar on vocals.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/Indonesia.gif" /> <i>INDONESIA</i>: <a href="http://deathrockstar.info/"><i>Deathrockstar</i></a><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Brandals/112570826262"><b>BRNDLS</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://deathrockstar.info/media/sampratot/2011_09_sept/01%20Start%20Bleeding%21.mp3"><b>Start Bleeding</b></a><br />
BRNDLS have helped shape today's Indonesian garage rock scene with their harsh sound, raw attitude and foul-mouthed frontman. Also known as The Brandals, they have just brought out their latest album that stole the XTRMNTR concept and delivered their most well-produced release to date.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/ireland.gif" /> <i>IRELAND</i>: <a href="http://www.nialler9.com/"><i>Nialler9</i></a><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/tieranniesaur/110975412280662"><b>Tieranniesaur</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://www.nialler9.com/mp3/tieranniesaur_-_In_The_Sargasso_IRELAND.mp3"><b>In The Sargasso</b></a><br />
Strutting disco-infused funky indie tunes that recall the experimental new wave pop visions of ESG and Tom Tom Club don't come by every day. So Tieranniesaur standout. This Irish six-piece revel in fun, old-school danceable thrills and their self-titled debut album is one of the best releases Ireland has to offer this year.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/italy.gif" /> <i>ITALY</i>: <a href="http://polaroid.blogspot.com/"><i>Polaroid</i></a><br />
<a href="http://www.aclassiceducation.com/"><b>A Classic Education</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://www.polaroidallaradio.it/audio/A_Classic_Education_-_Forever_Boy.mp3"><b>Forever Boy</b></a><br />
Produced by Jarvis Taveniere of Woods, Call It Blazing is undoubtedly the most eagerly-awaited indie rock album in Italy this year, but not only in Italy. A Classic Education have released two EPs and a single, traveled the US, Canada and UK, played SXSW and CMJ, and are touring Europe with British Sea Power right now. They are definitely one of the best things to have happened to the music in my country in the past decade. Their sound is magnificent, warm, ambitious and timeless.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/japan.jpg" /> <i>JAPAN</i>: <a href="http://makebelievemelodies.wordpress.com/"><i>Make Believe Melodies</i></a><br />
<a href="http://canopies-and-drapes.com/"><b>Canopies And Drapes</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20197641/SLEEPING%20UNDER%20THE%20BED%20mstrd.mp3"><b>Sleeping Under The Bed</b></a><br />
Sleeping Under The Bed twinkles from the get-go, Tokyo solo artist Canopies And Drapes setting up a glowing dream of a song about hearts melting like ice cream and perfect lovers. Yet this, the highlight off her debut EP, conceals some darkness around the corners. The minimalist structure allows for some chilly synths to stand out, and then she steps back from all the gooey love talk for a frank final line: “Where should I go? I got lost.” It sounds gorgeous from the start, but grows more complicated with time.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/malta.gif" /> <i>MALTA</i>: <a href="http://www.stagedivemalta.com/"><i>Stagedive Malta</i></a><br />
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/beangrowers"><b>Beangrowers</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://www.stagedivemalta.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Beangrowers-The-Priest.mp3"><b>The Priest</b></a><br />
Beangrowers are a rare and delicate breed of band - managing to be intelligent without being ponderous, fun without being silly, outrageously poppy without being cheesy, and rocking without being clichéd or predictable. This female-fronted three-piece are Malta's biggest music exports, with a following on both sides of the Atlantic. This track is from their album Dance Dance Baby, which has just been re-released digitally.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/mexico.jpg" /> <i>MEXICO</i>: <a href="http://redbull.panamerika.fm/"><i>Red Bull Panamérika</i></a><br />
<a href="http://rob0ta.bandcamp.com/"><b>Robota</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://panamerika.fm/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/07-Troqueladora.mp3"><b>Troqueladora</b></a><br />
Dystopian scenarios are inherent to industrial music, with narratives and textures well explored by artists on the Mute roster - from Throbbing Gristle and The Normal, to Suicide and Add (N) to X. Mexico City trio Robota particularly share Add (N) to X's aesthetic based on a vintage electronic junk sado-fetishism. Troqueladora is taken from their "vibrant" second album, Vulgar Display Of Power. No, there's no relation with Pantera other than pure cyber-punk irony.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/netherlands.gif" /> <i>NETHERLANDS</i>: <a href="http://www.unfoldamsterdam.nl/"><i>Unfold Amsterdam</i></a><br />
<a href="http://chriskok.bandcamp.com/"><b>Chris Kok</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://www.unfoldamsterdam.nl/music/chriskok-soundsofsirens.mp3"><b>Sounds Of Sirens</b></a><br />
Since studying 'pop' at the Amsterdam Conservatory, Chris Kok has spent the past couple of years working on songcraft and stepping out to play live at every opportunity – be it contests, open mic nights, festivals or art openings – all while freely distributing his music online. The graft seems to be paying off, and now working with a full band, even his most intimate acoustic troubadour pieces are taking epic turns. Sounds Of Sirens is the kind of atmospheric pop Snow Patrol should be making, and that's merely one template from his sonic arsenal. Look out for a full album from Kok and his band Civil Union later this year, plus listen to his new self-titled acoustic EP (including a version of Sounds Of Sirens) on Bandcamp.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/newzealand.gif" /> <i>NEW ZEALAND</i>: <a href="http://www.einsteinmusicjournal.co.nz/"><i>Einstein Music Journal</i></a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/StRupertsberg"><b>St. Rupertsberg</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://www.einsteinmusicjournal.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/St.-Rupertsberg-In-Albania.mp3"><b>In Albania</b></a><br />
Wellington octet St Rupertsberg began in 2009 when Kate Whelen assembled a group of female musicians to start a rather unique band. Now, after gaining rave reviews from critics and audience members at this year's Campus A Low Hum festival, word of the group's musical prowess has spread. Performing together like a multi-talented musical circus, the band members take turns playing various instruments, including trumpets, clarinets, trombones, synthesisers and percussion. But the main highlight is an all-inclusive vocal chorus. Their debut EP is available now from <a href="http://strupertsberg.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a>.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/norway.gif" /> <i>NORWAY</i>: <a href="http://birdssometimesdance.com/"><i>Birds Sometimes Dance</i></a><br />
<a href="http://soundcloud.com/autonomia"><b>Autonomia</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://birdssometimesdance.com/wp-content/uploads/Autonomia_-_Steiner_Aa_Staa_Paa_-_Norway.mp3"><b>Steiner Å Stå På</b></a><br />
Autonomia are a great and hidden gem from the large underground of Norwegian music, with members from veteran bands such as Freeshine, Dunderhonning and Far From Tellus. Singing in Norwegian, their music is eclectic and it can shift from sweet and rough indie-pop with Hüsker Dü guitars to long, slow and heavy post-rock/post-hardcore anthems reminiscent of bands like Envy and Neurosis.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/peru.gif" /> <i>PERU</i>: <a href="http://sideoftheblog.blogspot.com/"><i>SoTB</i></a><br />
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/royalvaletsitio"><b>Royalvalet</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://map.super45.cl/map-2011-10/Royalvalet_-_Escorpio_y_Rimel_-Peru.mp3"><b>Escorpio y Rimel</b></a><br />
Royalvalet is a project formed by musicians who had their beginnings in other bands. When it comes to composing a song, each member gives his contribution with full freedom, there are no creative limitations. Led by Salim Vera, Royalvalet began in March 2010 and have released three highly creative rock singles to date.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/portugal.gif" /> <i>PORTUGAL</i>: <a href="http://possoouvirumdisco.blogspot.com/"><i>Posso Ouvir Um Disco?</i></a><br />
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/theklintonkings"><b>The Klinton Kings</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://map.super45.cl/map-2011-10/The_Klinton_Kings_-_Rulin_-_Portugal.mp3"><b>Rulin'</b></a><br />
The Klinton Kings is the project of Lewis M, a recent graduate of Oporto College of Arts and Music. He has just a few songs available online. However, his most promising single, Rulin', which was recently available on a CD of new Portuguese acts, transmits a maturity and creativity rarely heard in most first singles. A debut album is expected in 2012.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/romania_flag.gif" /> <i>ROMANIA</i>: <a href="http://babylonoise.wordpress.com/"><i>Babylon Noise</i></a><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/moonlightbreakfast"><b>Moonlight Breakfast</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12595881/map%202011/Moonlight%20Breakfast%20-%20Still%20%28Romania%29.mp3"><b>Still</b></a><br />
Self-characterized as a retro electro band, Moonlight Breakfast is one of the freshest presences on the Romanian alternative music stage. In only a couple of months after getting together for this project, they reached the top position in Romania's alternative radio charts.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/russia.gif" /> <i>RUSSIA</i>: <a href="http://bigecho.ru/"><i>Big Echo</i></a><br />
<a href="http://www.inwhite.su/"><b>InWhite</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3008350/MAP/InWhite%20-%20Mope%20%28Russia%29.mp3"><b>Sea</b></a><br />
One of the cutest Russian indie-pop bands, InWhite is looking forward to their upcoming album. Sea is a beautiful piano-driven song that can carry you away from a seaside to the storm.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/scotland.gif" /> <i>SCOTLAND</i>: <a href="http://thepopcop.co.uk/"><i>The Pop Cop</i></a><br />
<a href="http://www.pandasu.co.uk/"><b>Panda Su</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://thepopcop.co.uk/music/Panda-Su-I-Begin.mp3"><b>I Begin</b></a><br />
The title track of Panda Su's second EP illustrates her appeal: dark, intelligent pop with all sense of vulnerability left intact. Apart from her occasional on-stage face paint, the Panda Su package is never black and white. Her music often draws on experimental sounds, but never at the expense of melody. Her lyrics, both fragile and cryptic, demand attention – I Begin finds Su repeating the poignant lines, "I should try to remember/I should try to forget". It's apt that Su Shaw named the outlet for her music after an endangered creature - songs of this quality really are rather rare.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/singapore.gif" /> <i>SINGAPORE</i>: <a href="http://wakingupto.wordpress.com/"><i>I'm Waking Up To...</i></a><br />
<a href="http://soundcloud.com/abcdetc/"><b>Etc</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://wakingupto.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/etc-big-girls-blouse-singapore.mp3"><b>Big Girl's Blouse</b></a><br />
Etc is truly one of Singapore's best-kept secrets. There are no fancy fashions or trends associated with the duo of Ben Harrison and Harvey Chamberlain, just well-written guitar-rock to a steady beat. Harrison's jangle-raggedy guitar work is exciting and tasteful enough to balance perfectly atop Chamberlain's near-primal approach to the beat, yet also easy enough for that slacker sway. They have an album in the works, but we'll make do with their generous online singles in the meantime.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/southafrica.gif" /> <i>SOUTH AFRICA</i>: <a href="http://musicalmover.wordpress.com/"><i>Musical Mover & Shaker!</i></a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/140band"><b>140</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://map.super45.cl/map-2011-10/140_-_Say_It_Better_-_South_Africa.mp3"><b>Say It Better</b></a><br />
Meet your new favourite power-pop, tongue-in-cheek, somewhat satirical band. Meet 140. They recently released their debut single Say It Better, a synth-drenched pop song. But not to be stereotyped or confined, the band's next single could range from indie-rock to anything they feel their listeners would like. With a unique, zany and out-there approach, 140 is band whose mantra is to do things differently. In fact, it's experimentation that will keep everyone engaged and interested in this provoking new set of creatives.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/southkorea.gif" /> <i>SOUTH KOREA</i>: <a href="http://indiefulrok.blogspot.com/"><i>Indieful ROK</i></a><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/mightycoala"><b>Mighty Coala</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://map.super45.cl/map-2011-10/Mighty_Coala_-_Seoul_-_South_Korea.mp3"><b>Seoul</b></a><br />
Indie-pop band Mighty Coala has been around for many years, but it wasn't until this month that their first album For Bright And Healthy Mornings, mixed by Yeol Park of August MAP band Pigibit5, was released. With a preference for short songs that are both fun to play and listen to, Mighty Coala offer a rich sound with plenty of curiosities. Seoul is an uplifting tune dedicated to the city where they live and the city they love.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/spain.gif" /> <i>SPAIN</i>: <a href="http://musikorner.com/"><i>Musikorner</i></a><br />
<a href="http://lastocayas.bandcamp.com/"><b>Las Tocayas</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://musikorner.com/mapfiles/Las%20Tocayas%20-%20Hombres%20%28Spain%29.mp3"><b>Hombres</b></a><br />
Las Tocayas, despite their name, are not an all-girl band; they're actually two girls and a boy who met through an internet forum dedicated to Spanish indie band Los Planetas. If we said that their influences include The Flaming Lips, Surfin' Bichos, Nacho Vegas and The National, you wouldn't believe us, but, yes, we mean it. Their music can be described as hedonistic and their lyrics are rather irreverent and joyful. Maybe, as they confess, they're more inspired by everyday life, television, their gossiping neighbours and Jon Secada. Hombres is a hilarious ode to men and what we can and cannot expect from them.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/sweden.gif" /> <i>SWEDEN</i>: <a href="http://www.swedesplease.net/"><i>Swedesplease</i></a><br />
<a href="http://poorlifestyleband.blogspot.com/"><b>Poor Lifestyle</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://swedesplease.net/music/These%20times.mp3"><b>These Times</b></a><br />
Hardcore and punk should be immediate and Poor Lifestyle certainly is. You may argue that this song is breaking no new ground and I'd say you're right - that's the beauty of it. This song will be coming out in Sweden on a split 7" with friends The Wallrides sometime soon.<br />
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<img alt="" src="[%20http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/switzerland.gif%20]http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/switzerland.gif" /> <i>SWITZERLAND</i>: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%5B%20http://www.78s.ch/%20%5Dhttp://www.78s.ch/"><i>78s</i></a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/%5B%20http://www.myspace.com/evelinntrouble%20%5Dhttp://www.myspace.com/evelinntrouble"><b>Evelinn Trouble</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%5B%20http://www.78s.ch/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Evelinn_Trouble_I_m_on_fire_Switzerland.mp3%20%5Dhttp://www.78s.ch/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Evelinn_Trouble_I_m_on_fire_Switzerland.mp3"><b>I'm On Fire</b></a><br />
Evelinn Trouble has, in her still very young career, gone through some major changes. The Zurich resident started off as an 18-year-old releasing a very intimate singer-songwriter record, alone in her bedroom. She was soon discovered and heartened by the Swiss indie scene and last month brought out her sophomore record Television Religion, which presents her as a 'femme fatale'. It's great pleasure seeing her grow.<br />
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The compositions of Colin Caulfield, playing under the moniker Young Man, have come full circle on his latest LP titled Ideas Of Distance. An achingly beautiful album with more layers than an Arctic explorer, Enough is a track that boils up slowly like water left on the stove. Except each rising bubble is a different sonic explosion and instead of bursting on the surface in watery, translucent explosion, you can see the melodic colors dispersing in swirls of steam.<br />
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<img src="http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/thepopcop/venezuela.jpg" /> <i>VENEZUELA</i>: <a href="http://musicaymaspodcast.wordpress.com/"><i>Música y Más</i></a><br />
<a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/limpiacabezales"><b>Limpiacabezales</b></a><b> - </b><a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1278121/Limpiacabezales%20-%20M%C3%A9rida%20%28Venezuela%29.mp3"><b>Mérida</b></a></http:></http:>Limpiacabezales was formed in 1998 by Claudio Sanchez, Orlando Toro and Carlos Eljuri. After a few shows in several cities across Venezuela, they released their first EP this year, which features five songs that serve as a teaser for their album, expected to come out later this year.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/30307062">Inspired by Iceland President's Address</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/icelandinspired">Inspired By Iceland</a><a href="http://vimeo.com/"></a><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">All The President's Men...</span></b><br />
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Reminds me of this: <br />
The third cause for controversy was <b>Þeyr</b>'s decision to perform in full Nazi regalia. Contrary to most of the other bands in the doc, Þeyr weren’t filmed during a concert. Instead, an ‘acted’ ‘music video’ was used to present the band. It shows the members goose step in Nazi gear towards the<b> Icelandic president's house at Bessastaðir</b> in-between shots of them rocking out in their rehearsal space (which was conveniently located at Álftanes, right next to Bessastaðir). Their Nazi get-up spurred the heated debate "Are Þeyr Nazis on top of being snobs?" The band of course denied all Nazi accusations. They did it ambivalently though, using the old "it was a joke" explanation.<br />
Source: The notorious Dr. Gunni about <b><span style="color: blue;">Rokk í Reykjavík</span></b> in <a href="http://www.grapevine.is/Author/ReadArticle/Rokk-i-Reykjavik">Grapevine</a><br />
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In 2004 the band <b>Trabant</b> performed @ the President's home.<br />
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"<b>The One</b>" Official Video<br />
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But not everybody likes the President. Some artist made an album cover showing half Grimsson/half Adolf Hitler.<br />
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The previous president of Iceland <b>Vigdis</b> was a great <b>Sugarcubes</b> fan, like a French minister...<br />
<i>Those were the days!</i>Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935434877421239155.post-89256575476402332372011-10-14T20:56:00.011+00:002011-10-14T21:24:22.599+00:00Rolling Stone review of Björk's Biophilia Show @ Harpa, Reykjavik @ Iceland Airwaves 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mXRgbhPBzE8/Tpii4M-mr1I/AAAAAAAANT4/b4ZN2HBZ56Y/s1600/Bj%25C3%25B6rk+Sindri+photo+DV+Nov+1996.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mXRgbhPBzE8/Tpii4M-mr1I/AAAAAAAANT4/b4ZN2HBZ56Y/s400/Bj%25C3%25B6rk+Sindri+photo+DV+Nov+1996.png" width="312" /></a></div>Read what <b>David Fricke</b> of <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/alternate-take/bjork-premieres-multimedia-biophilia-at-spectacular-iceland-concert-20111013">Rolling Stone</a> has to say about <b>Björk</b>'s <b><span style="color: blue;">Biophilia</span></b> show. Fricke is the man who called Airwaves "<i>the hippest long weekend on the annual music festival calendar</i>”.<br />
I thought it would be nice to use on old Björk photo.<br />
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<b>Icelandic musical families...</b><br />
The one on the left is performing @ Airwaves, but also reviewing Airwaves for <a href="http://www.grapevine.is/">Grapevine Magazine</a>/<a href="http://airwaves.grapevine.is/">Grapevine's Airwaves</a> the other is performing @ <i>Harpa</i> Hall this week & next week.<br />
<div style="text-align: right;">Photograph in DV (November 1996)<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">But of course Iceland is full of musical families. That's why they have a big festival in a small country.</div><div style="text-align: left;">If you want to see more old Björk photographs/articles, visit my <a href="http://icelandicmusicmuseum.blogspot.com/2010/11/14-rare-bjork-photographs.html">Icelandic Music Museum</a> </div>.<br />
</div>Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935434877421239155.post-44115463019751361012011-10-14T17:30:00.002+00:002011-10-14T17:31:53.895+00:00Jóhann Jóhannsson Live @ Fríkirkja @ Airwaves 2011<b>Jóhann Jóhannsson Live </b><span class="long-title" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="Jóhann Jóhannsson at Fríkirkjan, Iceland Airwaves 2011">@ <i>Fríkirkja</i> (Free Church) near the pond Tjörnin, downtown 101 R'vik@ <b style="color: blue;">Airwaves 2011</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.johannjohannsson.com/">Jóhann Jóhannsson's Website</a>Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935434877421239155.post-46566146150045834762011-10-14T17:07:00.008+00:002011-10-14T17:30:19.876+00:00Pascal Pinon "Walls" Airwaves 2011 Video<b>Pascal Pinon</b><br />
"<b>Walls</b>" Video @<b><span style="color: blue;"> Airwaves 2011 </span></b><br />
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Label: <a href="http://www.morrmusic.com/">Morr Music</a><br />
Buy their music @ <a href="http://www.gogoyoko.com/#/album/Pascal_Pinon">Gogoyoko</a><br />
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<b>Pascal Pinon</b> Off-Venue @ <i>Nordic House</i>, Reykjavik (October 2009)<br />
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<span class="long-title" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="Pascal Pinon "Djöflasnaran" Off-Venue @ Nordic House @ Iceland Airwaves '09, 17. October 2009">"<b>Djöflasnaran</b>"</span> <br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MYrrGvHOSaU" width="500"></iframe>Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935434877421239155.post-32245048110024517892011-10-14T15:51:00.009+00:002011-10-14T16:49:49.357+00:00Interview with Prinspóló @ Iceblah BlogA nice interview with supergroup <b><span class="st">Prinspóló</span></b> on the <a href="http://iceblah.typepad.com/mostly_music_lots_of_it_i/2011/10/the-prinsp%C3%B3l%C3%B3-interview.html">Iceblah</a> blog of fellow blogger <b>Mark</b>. One of the best bands I heard @ <b style="color: blue;">Iceland Airwaves 2010</b>. Takk/Thx Mark.<br />
Buy the music @ <a href="http://www.gogoyoko.com/#/artist/prinspolo">Gogoyoko</a><br />
"<b>Niðra Strönd</b>" of the "<b>Jukk</b>" album<br />
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<b>Prinspóló</b> (the band) performs <b>'Prinspóló</b>" (the song)(Video by Loji)<br />
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"<b>Hakk og Spaghetti</b>" Live @ <i>Havari</i> Store (A Video by Iceland Bob) <br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Xkw0pGjYgVY" width="500"></iframe>Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935434877421239155.post-41419742119744212062011-10-14T15:36:00.005+00:002011-10-14T17:24:22.070+00:00PBP Punk: And we don't care<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YiSpZfatD48/TphXrKEjlFI/AAAAAAAANTA/6kHjD6mrzO4/s1600/Afbeelding+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="102" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YiSpZfatD48/TphXrKEjlFI/AAAAAAAANTA/6kHjD6mrzO4/s400/Afbeelding+1.png" width="400" /></a></div>Nice article by <b>Birkir Fjalar Viðarsson</b> (of <b>I Adapt</b> fame) about <b>PBP Punk</b> on <a href="http://airwaves.grapevine.is/airwaves2011/pbp-punk-don%E2%80%99t-care-about-anything/">Airwaves Grapevine site</a><br />
Have a look @ <b>Paradisarborgarplötur</b>'s <a href="http://www.pbppunk.com/main/">Site</a><br />
You'll find free music, or buy it if you have money ;-)<span class="" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="ÞÓRIR - 12 Tónar, Reykjavík, 13th October 2011"> </span><br />
<span class="" dir="ltr" id="eow-title" title="ÞÓRIR - 12 Tónar, Reykjavík, 13th October 2011"><b>ÞÓRIR</b>, Off-Venue @ <b style="color: blue;">Iceland Airwaves 2011</b> @ 1<i>2Tónar Record Store</i>, Reykjavík on 13. October 2011 (Video by GuildfordGhost)</span><br />
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<b>Ofvitarnir</b> Live<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/S6Tfp0B3JXI" width="500"></iframe>Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935434877421239155.post-13138927518771019622011-10-14T12:03:00.001+00:002011-10-14T12:05:17.344+00:00Rafwaves '11 Off-Venue @ Iceland Airwaves 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z4XfbntckvM/TpgkWhCU5HI/AAAAAAAANS4/oHl_sYxtc78/s1600/Rafwaves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z4XfbntckvM/TpgkWhCU5HI/AAAAAAAANS4/oHl_sYxtc78/s400/Rafwaves.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Saturday 15. October 2011 </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">Off-Venue - Free Admission</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Iceland Airwaves 2011</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">21:00-04:00</div><div style="text-align: center;">@ <span class="st"><i>Lækjartorg</i></span> Square </div><div style="text-align: center;">downtown 101 Reykjavik</div>Wim Van Hoostehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971856586280077023noreply@blogger.com0