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Benni Hemm Hemm -
Benedikt Hermannsson is at the helm of supersized Icelandic brass-rock band Benni Hemm Hemm. Unlike 2007’s weighty Kajak, Murta St. Calunga is often pretty or cute and occasionally sung in English. It’s befitting too: the lyrics “We’re whaling in the North Atlantic,” the refrain of the album’s second track, means...
NEW NOIZE MAKERS: STRSVEIT NIX NOLTES -
Stórsveit Nix Noltes was founded in the Autumn of 2004 by nine musicians living in Reykjavik whose vision was to make folk music from Bulgaria and the Balkan regions but with their own arrangements.Although most members had participated in various bands and experiments before (and continue to do so,...
MUGISON, SUDAVIK, ICELAND -
THE ICELANDIC BECKPhoto AriMagg Equipped with a guitar and a laptop, former Icelandic fisherman Mugison stitches together heavy-metal screams, electronic pop hooks and blues melodies in a way that has earned him the nickname the Icelandic Beck. Born Örn Elías Gumundsson, he acquired the Mugison moniker from singing karaoke in...
Hafdis Huld - Kongulo (Single) -
Let's get a little of the press release information out of the way as this might explain things a little bit certainly better than I could:"'Kongulo' is the Icelandic word for spider. The song is about Frenchman Alain Robert, known as the 'human spiderman' famous for climbing skyscrapers using just...
Hype Monitor: Hatcham Social, Benjy Ferree and Cynic -
*Every week, Hype Monitor wades through the most buzzed-about bands all across the Internet to find the ones you need to hear now.***The Band:** Hatcham Social**The Buzz:** U.K. outfit revives the old sound of Scotland, bringing back clanging chords, loose percussion and loopy vocals.**Listen If:** For you, Something's Wrong - Bang Gang are a perfect example of what Icelandic alternative music is all about - the chilly atmospherics, the disregard for conventional rock and roll song structures and postures, the haunting melodies - it's all found on the group's debut album "Something Wrong". Even though they operate under a group... Similar Artists:
