While attending the Iceland Airwaves festival in Reykjavik earlier this month, we had the unique opportunity to visit bands in their rehearsal spaces, their recording studios and even their living rooms to catch an inside glimpse of the country’s diverse music scene. Here are a few of the highlights:
Bloodgroup - My Arms
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Just before the week-long CMJ broadcast, KEXP was invited to cover the Iceland Airwaves festival in Reykjavik, where over 215 artists, the majority from Iceland, performed at venues around the city.
Iceland itself is a microcosm of a music scene; in a city of only 200,000, comprising two-thirds of the country’s entire population — which [...]
photos by Scott Holpainen
Our final featured guests recorded live at RUV Radio in Iceland during the Iceland Airwaves festival have both received some success outside of their country. The quartet For A Minor Reflection create instrumental post-rock that appeal to fans of Godspeed You Black Emperor! and Mogwai, and even toured for a bit with [...]
Continuing our broadcast of exclusive sessions recorded live in Iceland and shipped to KEXP for you hear on the Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole the very same day: two more great bands showing the diversity and communality of Rrrreykjavik music. First up, Hjaltalín, who create sublime orchestral pop that has been the highlight of many [...]
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The first full day of the Iceland Airwaves festival ended and it’s clear from seeing even a small handful of the 40 acts or so playing that night that Iceland is place of extraordinary passion — not the love kind so much, but the outright explosion of feeling. “It’s from being on the island,” says [...]
writeup by Jim Beckmann
photos by Scott Holpainen
Iceland Airwaves, the country’s premier music festival, begins today in Reykjavik, and KEXP is there… well, a couple of us at least! Today through Friday, we’re featuring six live bands (two a day) from some of the most buzzworthy bands at the festival — tune in to the Afternoon [...]
