Icelandic Music Releases in 2008 - And what to expect ?

Last year we had debut albums by Benny Crespo’s Gang, Bloodgroup, Elíza, For A Minor Reflection, Hjaltalín, Hellvar, Jakobinarina, Mr. Silla & Mongoose, Ólöf Arnalds, Rökkuró, and Sprengjuhöllin.
Successful albums last year were by GusGus, Megas, Mugison, múm, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Páll Óskar, and others.

Icelandic albums released in 2008
Bang Gang released “Ghosts From the Past”, Barði’s third album in Bang Gang outfit (COD Music/EMI)
Benni Hemm Hemm “Murta St. Calunga” (Kimi Records Label)
BergÞóra Árnadóttir “Heildarútgafa” (Dimma Label)
Borko “Celebrating life” (Kimi Records Label)
Bubbi Morthens’s new album “Fjórir naglar” (4 Nails) (Sena Label)
Album with help of Pétur Ben (guitarist of Mugison fame)
Compilation “100 bestu lög lýðveldisins” (5CD)
This compilation of the 100 Best Songs in Icelandic music history was released the 17. June, Iceland’s National Holiday.
Cortes aka Garðar Þór Cortes, Iceland’s answer to Pavarotti, came with his second album “When You Say You Love Me” (Believer Music Ltd http://www.believer.is/)
Dimma “Stigmata”
Second album
Dísa “Dísa”
Debut Album of Bryndís Jakobsdóttir, got a lot of radio airplay in Iceland.
Evil Madness “Demoni Paradiso”
Traveling Wilburys of Icelandic electronic music
Grjóthrun í Hólshreppi “Grjóthrun”
Rock album
Video of Grjóthrun

Klive “Sweaty Psalms” (released by artist, distribution by Kimi Records)
Electronic music
Morðingjarnir “Áfram Ísland!” (Kimi Records Label)
Icelandic punk band
Múgsefjun “Skiptar skoðanir”(Different Opinions)
Debut folk/rock album
My Summer As A Salvation Soldier (Þórir) “Activism” (12 Tónar)
Númer Núll “Lykill að skírlífisbelti” (released by band)
Ólafur Arnalds “Variations of Static” (Erased Tapes Records / Progression (Germany))
Ómar Guðjónsson “Framan Af”
Guitar music
Sesar A “Of Gott”
“Grandfather” of Icelandic hiphop Sesar A (real name Eyjólfur Eyvindarson) ’s third album, after 5 years and collaborating with IFS crew
Sigurður Guðmundsson og Memfismafían “Oft spurði ég mömmu” (Often I asked my mom)
This member of Hjálmar and Senuþjófar released a solo album with 11 covers
Sigur Rós “Með suð í eyrunum við spilum endalaust”
Sigur Rós’s first record made outside of Iceland & first studio album since Takk (2005).
Steintryggur “Trappa” (Smekkleysa)
Their second album is out
We Made God “As we sleep” (released by band)
Postrock/ Postmetal genre
Yohanna “Butterflies and Elvis” (Hljóðsmiðjan)
Popmusic

Forthcoming Albums - In the pipeline - To be released in 2008 (?):

Apparat Organ Quartet
Atomstation “Exile Republic”
This album has to follow their debut album “New York, Baghdad, Reykjavík” (2003)
Bob Justman "Happiness and Woe"
Bob Justman aka Kristinn Gunnar Blöndal (KGB) aka Unsound aka Phil Stadium will release on Smekkleysa label
Dikta
Waiting for their second album
DJ B-Ruff “Rólegur í kvöld” (Quiet in the evening)
Dr. Spock
Ensími
FM Belfast
Debut album
Gavin Portland
Ghostigital feat. Finnbogi Pétursson & Skúli Sverrisson “Aero”
Hairdoctor
Waiting for their second album (debut “Shampoo” (2006) on Smekkleysa Label)
Hraun “Silent Treatment”
Jeff Who?
Waiting for their second album (Debut “Death before disco” (2005) on Smekkleysa Label)
Johnny Sexual “Nifty fingerwork” out soon on 12 Tónar ?
Kimono
Kippi Kaninus
Kira Kira “Our Map to the Monster Olympics”
Release Party 26. June 2008 @ Idno

Lay Low

Waiting for her second album

Mammút

Waiting for their second album

Motion Boys
Waiting for their debut album
Retro Stefson
Waiting for their debut album
Retrön Debut on Grandmothers Records (GMR)
Reykjavík!
Shogun “Charm City”
Singapore Sling “Godman”
Ske
Skúli Sverrisson
Sólstafir “Köld”
Steed Lord
Stilluppsteypa
Ultra Mega Technobandið Stefán (UMTBS) “Circus”
Viking Giant Show