Seabear: We Built A Fire Categories: Albums • Iceland • Rock Seabear: We Built A Fire Back in December Icelandic seven-piece Seabear released the first single and B-side from ‘We Built A Fire’, the followup to 2007s acclaimed debut ‘The Ghost That Carried Us Away’, with founding father Sindri Már Sigfússon (also Sin Fang Bous) stating that the new album would mark a move away from ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
SpaceScan10 #17: The Happy Hippo Family and Árstíðir Categories: Features • Iceland • Pop • Rock • Sweden SpaceScan10 #17: The Happy Hippo Family and Árstíðir Another weekend is nigh and we are ready with a fresh installment of the Friday SpaceScan, again presenting two rather different acts in Icelandic six-piece Árstíðir, who aim for our emotional apparatus with their dreamy acoustic vocal pop, and Swedish outfit The Happy Hippo Family, who target our motoric ditto ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Hjaltalín: Terminal Categories: Albums • Alternative • Iceland Hjaltalín: Terminal Two years ago Icelandic outfit Hjaltalín excited with their amazing orchestral pop debut, ‘Sleepdrunk Seasons’, receiving much and well deserved praise, and last year they released this second and just as great effort titled ‘Terminal’ in Iceland. On it they continue the debut’s enticingly playful blend of rock, pop and ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Music Alliance Pact – April 2010 Categories: Denmark • Faroe Islands • Features • Finland • Iceland • Norway • Sweden Music Alliance Pact - April 2010 Another edition of the World’s Greatest Mixtape is ready for download, and this month we welcome 78s from Switzerland to the Music Alliance Pact. Before we get to that, I’ll quickly mention and recommend another awesome project (yes, MAP is awesome) which offers both loads of music and a chance ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
SpaceScan10 #13: Futuregrapher and Steso Categories: Alternative • Electronica • Faroe Islands • Features • Iceland SpaceScan10 #13: Futuregrapher and Steso Our thirteenth SpaceScan this year presents laptop composer Futuregrapher aka Árni Grétar (Iceland) and Faroese 12-piece Steso, counting members from Makrel, ORKA and Sic among others, who are both working on their debut albums (both with no release date yet). Check them out, let us know what you think and ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Indonesia salutes Scandinavian music Categories: Denmark • Faroe Islands • Features • Finland • Iceland • Live • Norway • Sweden Indonesia salutes Scandinavian music On April 10 Scandinavian music will take over the Indonesian capital Jakarta by proxy. On the day 15 local bands will play the music of Mew (photo), Sigur Rós, Immanu El and Röyksopp among others at the event SUPER YOUTH 2!!! - Scandinavia (A Tribute to Scandinavian Indiepop/Indierock), and I ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
SpaceScan10 #11: Sibling Sense and Yagya Categories: Electronica • Features • Iceland • Rock • Sweden SpaceScan10 #11: Sibling Sense and Yagya Two "not really related" Scandinavian acts in one sitting has been a theme in several of the past Friday SpaceScans. It is again, this one presenting Swedish melodic and dirty rock trio Sibling Sense and Icelandic one-man dub techno army Yagya aka Aðalsteinn Guðmundsson. Regular readers should know the drill ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Music Alliance Pact – March 2010 Categories: Denmark • Faroe Islands • Features • Finland • Iceland • Norway • Sweden Music Alliance Pact - March 2010 We’re halfway through March which means time for another installment of the World’s Greatest Mixtape - brought to you by the Music Alliance Pact. This month we're welcoming Israeli blog Metal Israel to the ranks which takes the number of contributors to an amazing 36, offering more than two hours ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
SpaceScan10 #8: John Doe Secret and HyPNO Categories: Electronica • Features • Finland • Iceland • Rock SpaceScan10 #8: John Doe Secret and HyPNO Friday, SpaceScan and two Scandinavian acts for you to (hopefully) enjoy. First up young Icelandic DJ/producer HyPNO aka Kári Guðmundsson who’s in to dubstep and dub, and he’s followed by Finnish rock outfit John Doe Secret, who - for whatever reason - have taken a wow of secrecy, neatly suggested ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
The ultimate festival guide to Scandinavia Categories: Denmark • Faroe Islands • Features • Finland • Iceland • Live • Norway • Sweden The ultimate festival guide to Scandinavia UPDATED: Considering Scandinavia's size, especially in terms of population, it's rather amazing how many festivals the region offers throughout the year. It's in fact so amazing that we’ve decided not to try and keep up with them as they announce new artists. Instead we have compiled this list of the ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Music Alliance Pact – February 2010 Categories: Denmark • Faroe Islands • Features • Finland • Iceland • Norway • Sweden Music Alliance Pact - February 2010 Monday’s generally suck, not least in the wintertime, but luckily this February combine Monday with Music Alliance Pact day, giving you The World's Greatest Mixtape as welcomed relief with 35 free songs from all around the planet. As usual you can download each song separately or all in a single ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
Benni Hemm Hemm: Retaliate Categories: Iceland • Rock • Tracks Benni Hemm Hemm: Retaliate Come March/April (the closest we get on a date) Iceland’s Benni Hemm Hemm will release his third EP ‘Retaliate’, his first with all English lyrics which probably has something to do with him relocating to Scotland. The EP is recorded in his Edinburgh home with Benni playing almost all instruments ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
SpaceScan10 #3: Lena Anderssen and Leaves Categories: Faroe Islands • Features • Iceland • Pop • Rock SpaceScan10 #3: Lena Anderssen and Leaves The weekend is steadily approaching, but before we leave you to do whatever it is you do on weekends we suggest you check out our SpaceScan, this week presenting two quite established artists in the Icelandic powerpop quintet Leaves and Faroese singer/songwriter Lena Anderssen. Read, listen and then continue to ... (Click To Continue Reading)
 
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