Another year in the books. Musically it was pretty solid. I attended my 14th Iceland Airwaves music festival. I did my first-ever DJ set. I went record shopping in New York City, Vienna, Bratislava, and Reykjavik. And I brought 277 physical releases into the house, if my Disocgs collection is to be believed (and I […]
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Mr. B the Gentleman Rhymer – “B-Curious” (2025)
The beauty of going to a music festival is encountering unexpected things, things you never knew existed, let alone that you needed, until the moment you heard them. And that happened to me this year at Iceland Airwaves when a tweed-suited chap with a waxed handlebar mustache strode into Lucky Records, walked up to the […]
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 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 […]