The guys behind the newly-formed Brimbrot have been making various kinds of noise in the Icelandic music scene for decades. Their combined credits include seminal acts like Das Kapital, HAM, Sólstafir, and Mínus; some lesser-know-but-every-bit-as-good bands like XIII, PS&CO, and the Swedish death metallers Nirvana 2002; and they have supported some pretty solid solo artists […]
Month: August 2025
Unfiled – “Unfiled” (2025)
It’s a little after 7PM and I’m sitting on my couch, sweating due to our lack of air conditioning and having brownies with whiskey because of the kind of bullshit today served up. What kind of bullshit, you ask? It involved maggots falling out of the console of my car and onto the floorboard and […]
Hrotur – “Hringvegur” (2024)
Hrotur are, as near as I can tell, Konrad Groen and Mateusz Weremczuk. The duo are based in Reykjavik, Iceland, and the only project I can find either of them tied to is, interestingly enough, Groen’s credit on Omniups’ All Around The Universe, on which he played… wait for it… didgeridoo. Classifying Hringvegur is a […]
Joshua Bonnetta – “The Pines” (2025)
I first learned about Joshua Bonnetta’s The Pines project via an article in The Guardian. Just the basic concept is utterly fascinating – attach a microphone to a tree and have it record constantly for an entire year. Every sound. Every season. Everything. The idea is both utterly simple and completely preposterous. And I, for […]
Joey Arias – “Arias On Holiday” (1987)
Joey Arias has been performing his entire life – singing, improv, cabaret, acting, drag… anything and everything to entertain an audience. Arias On Holiday was his debut solo record, though he’d been singing for ages – his band Purlie put out a 7″ on Capitol all the way back in 1973 and he famously accompanied […]