I came home from Reykjavik and the Iceland Airwaves music festival last weekend, returning with a ridiculous number of physical releases – 22 records, 15 tapes, and nine CDs. As if that wasn’t enough, there were also two packages waiting for me, one from the Fogged Entity label (more on that in another post) and […]
Month: November 2024
“A Taste Of Iceland Airwaves 2024” (2024)
In the past, back when physical media was barely hanging on for dear life before the vinyl resurgence, Iceland Airwaves would sometimes put out CDs featuring artists who were playing at the festival. The first of these came out in 2000, the festival’s second year, and it was the most ambitious – a double CD […]
Iceland Airwaves 2024 – Day 3
I’m sitting in Keflavik airport waiting for my eight hour flight, both glad to be returning home but also a bit melancholy about another Airwaves coming to an end. After so many visits to Iceland I’m used to the realities of departure day – checking out of the hotel and having them store your bags, […]
Iceland Airwaves 2024 – Day 2
It’s just after midnight. I’m sitting in my hotel room and my ears are still ringing. I just scarfed down the last slice of a pizza I bought two nights ago and I’m sipping from can of Pepsi Max, not because I wanted either, but because I needed them. I no longer have any sense […]
Iceland Airwaves 2024 – Day 1
I know a lot of people complain about the kind of blog that gets all personal before it gets down to doing the review, providing the recipe, or delivering the content you came for. I get it. You do you. But personally those are the kinds of blogs I’m more drawn to, and thus how […]