I ♥ Icelandic Music

þriðjudagur, mars 24, 2009

Sýna og sjá: Kolrössa Krókríðandi 26. March 2009

Sýna og sjá: Kolrössa Krókríðandi @ Nýlistasafnið (Nýlo, Living Art Museum), Laugevegur 26, Reykjavik
26. March 2009
Time: 20:00-23:00
Kolrössa Krókríðandi, the band from "Beatles Town" Keflavík , formed in 1991 by Elíza M. Geirsdóttir Newman (vocals/violin), Sigrún Eiríksdóttir (guitar), Ester Bíbí Ásgeirsdóttir (bass) & Birgitta M. Vilbergsdóttir (drums). They won the Músiktilraunir competition in the year 1992.
www.nylo.is

Björk in Cartoons - An Update

Björk or Bobcat
www.youtube.com/v/PcB0CnC7uOY&hl&fmt=18

mánudagur, mars 23, 2009

Three Sudden Weather Change Songs on MySpace

Three songs of the forthcoming Debut Album "Stop! Handgrenade In The Name of Crib Death 'nderstand?" of Sudden Weather Change on the band's MySpace:
"Kajaks", "Matrix" & "St Peters Day"
The album was mostly recorded @ Tranir @ Borgarfjörður, a summer cottage, and then mastered @ Goodbeating Studios in London. It contains 13 loud rock songs about love, hate, Kurt Vonnegut, Dolphins, ampegs, The Beatles and Nicholas Cage. It will be released on LP and CD. Released soon (April 2009).
Album Tracklist
1. Kilgore Trout III
2. 1.6 Facilitate Access
3. Beatlemania
4. St. Peters Day
5. Matrix
6. Blacklung
7. Prey Mode
8. Ampeg!
9. Kajaks
10. Vagina Bleeding
11. Team Explosion Dolphin
12. Metaknight
13. She Was a Cheerleader
www.myspace.com/suddenweatherchange
Photograph of Sudden Weather Change @ Gaukurinn venue by Wim Van Hooste (October 2007).

Iceland: The Future of Sound

Documentary about Icelandic music, filmed @ Iceland Airwaves 2002.
Featuring Jóhann Jóhannsson & Apparat Organ Quartet, Trabant, Singapore Sling (short), Hudson Wayne, Changer, and more.
www.youtube.com/v/6X0o82BWbTk&hl&fmt=18

Song of the 104. Week: "The fight" by Sing for me Sandra

Song of the 104. week is "The fight" by the band Sing for me Sandra.
www.myspace.com/singformesandra

sunnudagur, mars 22, 2009

Icelandic musical families - Update

Update on my topics on Icelandic musical families.
Also the son of Einar Örn Benediktsson is following in his father's musical footsteps. EÖB, a founding member of the Smekkleysa collective, now in the band Ghostigital, and previous part of Grindverk, The Sugarcubes, KUKL, Purrkur Pillnikk, besides starting Grapewire, having the first Icelandic internetcafe Siberia, cofounder of the Gramm Record Label and being the manager of Bubbi's The Outsiders long ago.
Einar Örn Benediktsson's mother was a singer, and his grandfather was operasinger Einar Kristjánsson.
EÖB, Kaktus, Curver & Gísli Galdur Þorgeirsson/ Ghostigital @ Tunglid @ Iceland Airwaves 2008
www.youtube.com/v/XqzwvvBsOJw&hl&fmt=18

His son Hrafnkell Flóki Einarsson (aka Kaktus) plays sometimes trumpet with his father in Ghostigital, but has a band named Captain Fufanu with Guðlaugur Halldór Einarsson.