Posts Tagged ‘ iceland ’

Frontman in Sígur Rós and Icelandic great-cousin (probably) Jónsi has released another single from his forthcoming album Go, due to release April 6. It’s really hard to put words on this song because it’s so perfect. His falsetto, the strings, the drums, the ‘du du’ samples of his voice and all the other little...
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I’m sorry, I got sucked into a state of arctic hypnosis… I met the most amazing creatures, I heard the most amazing songs, I danced up-side-down in the Blue Lagoon, and totally forgot about the internet and steady blogging. Well dear reader, I’m not letting you down – so over the next week I’ll...
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So here is another crazy advert/experiment from the Sony madmen. In March 2009 a small town in Iceland, Seyðisfjörður, was turned into an extraordinary sound-system pumping an eclectic selection, from Múm to Bob Dylan. No bouncing balls or paint this time, but instead a lot of sheep listening to some cool tunes The campaign was...
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The Icelandic music marketplace Gogoyoko just launched their service in Scandinavia a couple of days ago. What sets this service apart from other recent ventures promising a final showdown with the Big Four, e.g. Spotify or Pandora, is that it picks up on the DIY trend and empowers artists to easily market, distribute and...
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Check out the latest video from Gus Gus – Add This song. Definitely looking forward to checking out their show at this years Iceland Airwaves!
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I just finished this feature by Michael Lewis in Vanity Fair on the Icelandic Financial collapse. This is an amazing piece and I urge you all to read it. He really manages to put it all in context – something I really needed! That was the biggest American financial lesson the Icelanders took to heart:...
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So I’ve been recommending the side-project Sin Fang Bous from Seabear frontman, Sindri Mar, to people around me for sometime. He mixes quite a lot of different genres and instruments – which surprisingly enough never ends up as a musical jerk-off. No, it’s just pretty damn great. Check out the first single from his album...
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