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by Sean Adams
"On July 25th 2009 we headed our way from Seyðisfjörður towards the Dalatangi Lighthouse (far-east Iceland) in our van, loaded with all our instruments through narrow, steep roads and miles of fjords and heaths where not a trace of human inhabitants could be found. The rough dirt road with all it's blind turns and the steep drop into the ocean on one side freaked us out a bit, so when we finally got to the lighthouse we were both relieved and touched by the harsh beauty of the lighthouse and it's surroundings." - Maria Sigfusdottir from amiina»
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by Luke Slater
As ever, Iceland Airwaves pulls many of the stops, if not in fact all of them. With just over a couple of months to go until it all kicks off, the festival have just announced another FIFTY acts who will play the venues across Reykjavík. It's a good list. Right, here they are, then.»
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by Luke Slater
A longlist of 50 will be shortened to 12. »
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by Luke Slater
Earlier in the year we covered Hjaltalín's landmark concert with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra or, as it's known natively, Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands. It was beyond brilliant. Transcendental even. They are to release a DVD of this performance (actually, there were two, but still) entitled Alpanon, but since that's only coming out in Iceland, we thought we'd furnish you with a couple of videos of songs from their set that night.»
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by Luke Slater
We decided to kick off our 10 Years Of Nordic series on the very week that Iceland Airwaves takes place, for quite obvious reasons. Partly because things like this happen and by "things" I mean "a massive, comprehensive 38-track compilation being given away entirely for free". Pretty good, yeah?»
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by Luke Slater
Last week we ran the first episode of 'Sleepless In Reykjavik', which offers us a look at the various musical things going on in Iceland's capital city. It was quite enjoyable and featured the likes of Olafur Arnalds and other Icelandic musical luminaries. We promised you more. »
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by Luke Slater
Last month, when DiS went to Iceland, we were genuinely blown away by the brilliant orchestral pop of of seven-piece Hjaltalin, accompanied by the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra. It'd be bad of us, then, to not offer you a bit more from them.»
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by Luke Slater
Oxfordshire based Truck festival celebrates its 12th year this year, and they've so far secured one of the best bills to date.
In May a trailer-load of additions were delivered, including Wild Beasts, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Wintersleep, A Place To B»
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by Luke Slater
Yes, rejoice fans of Iceland and music from the isolated island nation. Icelandic national radio have selected their 100 best Icelandic records, and the results are in.»
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by Luke Slater
Joyous times to be had, festival goers, as Truck have announced the second delivery of bands to be added to their already pretty damned good line-up.»
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