In the icy heart of Iceland’s glaciers, there is music. Echoing through the ethereal blue tunnels and chambers, these melodic sounds add another dimension to the already awe-inspiring experience of ...
Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson is set to be the next internationally known band from Iceland, following in the footsteps of Björk, Sigur Rós, and Of Monsters and Men. He rewrote and recorded his 2012 debut ...
Inside a top-floor recreation room at the Elliheimilið Grund, a retirement home for the elderly in downtown Reykjavík, the 25th annual Iceland Airwaves festival officially kicked off on Friday, ...
After taking a year off to regroup, Rock Music Menu was back at Iceland Airwaves, kicking off the month of November in the Icelandic capital city of Reykjavík and wondering exactly why missing the ...
America's fascination with Iceland is a relatively new phenomenon. Beginning with the explosion of Björk and The Sugarcubes onto the international scene in the late 1980s, Iceland's rich musical ...
The music of Icelandic band Sigur Ros is hard to describe. The critics have tried, comparing it to ice floes drifting across the water and a hang glider riding the breeze to the edge of the sea.
Icelandic post-punk group GRÓA has returned with their new single “Cranberry” via the US label, FOUND. The track showcases the band’s distinctly distorted sound, blending a variety of vocal styles – ...
A Google search this week for the name of the Icelandic rock band Sigur Ros with the word "ethereal" came up with 396,000 results. So clearly that's the place to start when describing the band. It ...