Jun 18, 2013 0
Sigur Rós: Kveikur Categories: Albums • Alternative • Iceland Sigur Rós: Kveikur Just over a year on from their sixth album, 'Valtari', and a goodbye to Kjartan Sveinsson, Sigur Rós released their seventh full length yesterday. Now a trio the Icelanders have taken themselves to a new and in no way less compelling place on 'Kveikur', a place where their ethereal trademarks ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Jun 15, 2013 0
Music Alliance Pact – June 2013 Categories: Denmark • Faroe Islands • Features • Finland • Iceland • Norway • Sweden • Tracks Music Alliance Pact - June 2013 We're halfway through June and that means time for a fresh edition of the World’s Greatest Mixtape bringing you 34 free songs from 34 countries around the planet courtesy of the Music Alliance Pact. Today we say goodbye to Coltran run by Tom, who's represented Germany every month since December ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
May 15, 2013 0
Music Alliance Pact – May 2013 Categories: Denmark • Faroe Islands • Features • Finland • Iceland • Norway • Sweden • Tracks Music Alliance Pact - May 2013 We're halfway through May and that means time for a fresh edition of the World’s Greatest Mixtape bringing you 36 free songs from 36 countries around the planet courtesy of the Music Alliance Pact. Today we bid a warm welcome to Drowned In Sound as new England representative, while saying ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
May 8, 2013 0
Disa: Sun Categories: Electronica • Iceland • Videos Disa: Sun In 2008 Disa (then Dísa) released a very good, eponymous pop debut album, but after that I lost track of the excellent Icelandic songstress. In the years passed she has relocated to Copenhagen and it sounds like the Danish capital has had a quite an impact on her as her ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
May 3, 2013 0
Ásgeir Trausti: Going Home Categories: Iceland • Rock • Videos Ásgeir Trausti: Going Home Also taking a first stab at English lyrics is Icelandic singer/songwriter Ásgeir Trausti. Having signed to One Little Indian Trausti will release an English version of his award winning Icelandic debut 'Dýrð Í Dauðaþögn' this fall, but first here's 'Going Home' in a live version recorded at Toe Rag Studios ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Apr 25, 2013 0
Sigur Rós: Ísjaki Categories: Alternative • Iceland • Videos Sigur Rós: Ísjaki Come mid-June Icelandic post-rock legends Sigur Rós will release their new album ‘Kveikur’ and slowly but steadily sounds begin to seep from the trio's HQ. Late March I shared the awesome ‘Brennisteinn’ and here's the latest offering, 'Ísjaki', which gives you a chance to learn a little Icelandic. A beautiful ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Apr 15, 2013 0
Music Alliance Pact – April 2013 Categories: Denmark • Faroe Islands • Features • Finland • Iceland • Norway • Sweden • Tracks Music Alliance Pact - April 2013 We're halfway through April and that means time for a fresh edition of the World’s Greatest Mixtape bringing you 37 free songs from 37 countries around the planet courtesy of the Music Alliance Pact. For this fourth mixtape of 2013 we've decided to change absolutely nothing and you can again ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Apr 9, 2013 0
Bloodgroup: Disquiet Categories: Electronica • Faroe Islands • Iceland • Live • Tracks Bloodgroup: Disquiet Back when all we talked about was March Icelandic/Faroese quartet Bloodgroup released their third full length, 'Tracing Echoes', which you can stream almost in full on SoundCloud. To support the release Bloodgroup have now embarked on a month long tour of Europe and if you are anywhere near a gig ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Mar 29, 2013 0
Sigur Rós: Brennisteinn Categories: Alternative • Iceland • Videos Sigur Rós: Brennisteinn Back in January Sigur Rós announced that keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson had left the band and that a new album was getting ready for release this year. Now an album title ('Kveikur'), a release date (June 17/18) and a first taste of their new sound ('Brennisteinn') has followed, and simply put ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Mar 15, 2013 0
Music Alliance Pact – March 2013 Categories: Denmark • Faroe Islands • Features • Finland • Iceland • Norway • Sweden • Tracks Music Alliance Pact - March 2013 We're halfway through March and that means time for a fresh edition of the World’s Greatest Mixtape bringing you 40 free songs from 40 countries around the planet courtesy of the Music Alliance Pact. For this third mixtape of 2013 we welcome new Cuba representative suenacubano.com to the alliance, but ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Mar 13, 2013 1
Ólafur Arnalds: Old Skin Categories: Electronica • Iceland • Videos Ólafur Arnalds: Old Skin February 25 Iceland's neo-classical composer Ólafur Arnalds released his new album 'For Now I Am Winter' (out in the US April 2), which comes with this Magnús Leifsson directed video for single 'Old Skin' featuring Agent Fresco's Arnór Dan Arnarson. Beautiful... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Mar 12, 2013 6
Roskilde Festival 2013: You really should book these bands Categories: Denmark • Faroe Islands • Features • Finland • Iceland • Live • Norway • Sweden Roskilde Festival 2013: You really should book these bands The Scandinavian festival season is well under way with some festivals already over and others still in the process of planning everything, e.g. which bands should be invited to play, and one of these, the Danish festival flagship Roskilde, have asked us and other blogs to share our thoughts on ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Feb 15, 2013 0
Music Alliance Pact – February 2013 Categories: Denmark • Faroe Islands • Features • Finland • Iceland • Norway • Sweden • Tracks Music Alliance Pact - February 2013 We're halfway through February and that means time for a fresh edition of the World’s Greatest Mixtape bringing you 39 free songs from 39 countries around the planet courtesy of the Music Alliance Pact. For this second mixtape of 2013 we welcome blogs nh7.in and rada7.ee, representing India and Estonia ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 

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