I’m not sure exactly when my fascination with experimental music started. It was probably back in 2009 after seeing a performance at Iceland Airwaves, the sounds of birds chirping in what can be best described as an environmental soundscape striking me at that time as so radically different than anything my rock-loving ears had heard […]
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Iceland Airwaves 2025 – Day 3
I realized earlier this week that I never posted about the final day of Iceland Airwaves 2025, which was a serious oversight on my part because a few really cool things happened. We opened the day at Lucky Records just after Noon. Why, you ask? Oh, I don’t know, maybe because I kinda-sorta was scheduled […]
Iceland Airwaves 2025 – Day 2
The weather remained perfect for the second day of Iceland Airwaves. Sure, it was chilly – it’s November and the country has “ice” in its name. But it was also sunny for much of the day, so it stayed dry, and the was only a bit of a breeze, not the normal take-your-breath-away wind we’ve […]
Iceland Airwaves 2025 – Day 1
The official schedule kicked off on Thursday and we were ready, catching seven artists ranging in styles from pop to punk to techo to chap hop. Yes, chap hop. It’s an actual thing. The performers were from Iceland and England and Wales and Denmark, performing solo and in duos an in five-piece bands. Guitars and […]
“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 […]