Category Archives: Iceland Airwaves

Live Video: Ólafur Arnalds at SXSW

By Jim Beckmann | Published: April 14, 2013

It’s been hard for us to forget the beautiful and intimate session we had with Ólafur Arnalds during our Iceland Airwaves broadcast last year at KEX Hostel. This year, when we saw that the young Icelandic composer and songwriter would be performing at SXSW, we wanted to get him live on air again, not toRead more...

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Live Video: Boogie Trouble

By Jim Beckmann | Published: February 28, 2013

Okay, let the “slappin da bass” jokes commence! Icelandic disco outfit Boogie Trouble get down to some serious grooves (in the funnest possible way) and really showcase the talent of bass player Ingibjörg Elsa Turchi (also of Rökkurró) as you’ll see in the videos. But everyone in Boogie Trouble is a disco star. Guitarist SindriRead more...

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Song of the Day: Sin Fang - Look at the Light

By Jim Beckmann | Published: February 27, 2013

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s featured song, selected by Midday Show host Cheryl Waters, is “Look at the Light” byRead more...

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Song of the Day: Pétur Ben - Cold War Baby

By Jim Beckmann | Published: January 16, 2013

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s selection, featured on the Midday Show with Cheryl Waters, is “Cold War Baby” by IcelandicRead more...

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Live Video: Mr. Silla at KEX Hostel

By Jim Beckmann | Published: January 11, 2013

Another Icelandic band whose debut we are eagerly looking forward to is Mr. Silla, a “supergroup” of sorts, led by Sigurlaug Gísladóttir (a.k.a. Silla) of of múm, and members of Sin Fang, amiina, Seabear, Tilbury and other great bands. We caught them in their studio a year ago, when they had just a few songs,Read more...

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Live Video: Monotown

By Jim Beckmann | Published: January 9, 2013

Monotown: it’s a name you’ll be hearing a lot on KEXP, and hopefully everywhere else, in 2013. Over the past several years, our trips to Iceland have allowed us to discover bands sometimes even before they’ve released any albums (as was the case with Of Monsters and Men in 2010), or at least before they’veRead more...

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2012 Top Ten List Spotlight: Iceland Bands

By Jim Beckmann | Published: December 21, 2012

For the rest of the year, we’ll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2012, leading up to our 2012 Top Album Countdown, as voted on by our listeners! Voting ends today, Friday, December 21st, so let us know your favorites right now, and tune in on Friday, December 28th to hear if yourRead more...

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Song of the Day: Silla & Snorri Helgason - Hvíld og ró

By Jim Beckmann | Published: December 18, 2012

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. This week we are featuring all holiday tunes! Today’s selection comes from Iceland’s Silla & SnorriRead more...

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Live Video: Sin Fang at KEX Hostel

By Jim Beckmann | Published: December 8, 2012

It was fitting a fitting way to wrap our broadcast at KEX Hostel in Reykjavik during Iceland Airwaves ’12 with Sindri Már Sigfússon and his group Sin Fang. Sindri was one of the first artists we met the first year we arrived in Iceland in 2009, and we recorded him as a solo performer inRead more...

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Song of the Day: My bubba & Mi - Wild & You

By Jim Beckmann | Published: December 6, 2012

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s selection, featured on the Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole, is “Wild & You” by MyRead more...

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