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Californian garage rock band Thee Oh Sees are one of the fantastic bands to play in Reykjavik this weekend.

ATP got cancelled but no worries, some of it is happening in Reykjavik this weekend

1 Jul 2016 So ATP pissed a lot of bands and audiences by cancelling the festival twoweeks before it was supposed to take place. Several bands had already booked tickets to Iceland so several Reykjavik venues stepped in, resulting in a weekend of extremely cool music.

“ATP in Iceland – RIP”

17 Jun 2016 These were the solemn words in an announcement posted yesterday afternoon on the ATP event page on Facebook.

There are a number of music festivals in Iceland, as different as they are numerous.

Let the music (festivals) guide you

21 May 2016 There are many things to consider when choosing the timing of a trip to Iceland. Why not let your taste in music factor play a part too? Music festivals are held all year long in Iceland, though most of them take place over the summer. They are as different as they are numerous, but the general atmosphere and theme of the festivals usually takes inspiration from the season.

Loop at ATP in Iceland in the summer of 2015.

Music: New additions for the ATP Iceland festival

16 Mar 2016 Cult horror composers Goblin and Fabio Frizzi join master of horror John Carpenter at ATP Iceland 2016 for a spectacular celebration of soundtrack mastery at the abandoned army base in Keflavík.

San Francisco garage rock band Thee Oh Sees will be joining the line-up for ATP Iceland next summer.

More artists announced for ATP Iceland 2016

13 Nov 2015 ATP Iceland has announced a second round of exceptional artists for the festival, taking place in Keflavík, Iceland on July 1- 3rd 2016.

Legendary film director and composer John Carpenter will be performing at ATP Iceland in Ásbrú in 2016.

ATP Iceland announces John Carpenter for the 2016 festival

30 Sep 2015 The ATP music festival in Iceland has just announced that US composer and filmmaker John Carpenter will be performing at the festival in the summer of 2016. This will also be the first time that Carpenter performs his own music in public.

A photograph from the Eistnaflug festival in 2014. The festival has become extremely popular in the last few years.

No kids allowed at Eistnaflug rock festival

9 Jul 2015 Directors of rock festival Eistnaflug which takes place in Neskaupsstaður, east Iceland this weekend announced last night that no children would be allowed at the concerts. This was a decision made by the East Iceland Chief of Police.

Endless fuzz: British cult band Loop on the Atlantic Studio stage.

ATP Day Three: Mantra-like soundscapes

5 Jul 2015 The highlights of the final night of the ATP festival at Ásbrú in Iceland included majestic experimental band Swans and the fuzz-laden guitar riffs of Loop.

ATP Day two: Sunshine and post-rock

4 Jul 2015 The ATP festival at Ásbrú continued last night with offerings from rock bands including Ice Age, Drive like Jehu, Oyama and the evenings highlight: Godspeed!You Black Emperor. Guests of ATP basked in the sun until the late evening on the festival grounds.

Photos: The atmosphere at ATP on Thursday

3 Jul 2015 The ATP Festival kicked off to a fantastic start last night with performances including those of Public Enemy, Iggy Pop and Belle and Sebastian. Mbl.is/ Iceland Monitor photographer Þórður Arnar Þórðarson captured these images from the event.

Iggy Pop, a leathery and boundlessly energetic idol of rock.

Review: The grandfathers of rap and a half-naked Iggy Pop at ATP

3 Jul 2015 The All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Ásbrú, Keflavík, took off last night with a loud bang with performances by festival headliners Iggy Pop and Public Enemy.

THE Travel Weekend!

1 Jul 2015 The first weekend of July is THE travel weekend in Iceland, so if you’re heading from Reykjavik on Friday, or to Reykjavik on Sunday, it is better to travel either early or late to avoid the traffic.

Iggy Pop is among the highlights of this year's ATP festival taking place this weekend.

ATP announces schedule for this weekend's festival

29 Jun 2015 All Tomorrow's Parties, or the ATP Festival, Iceland, has just announced the complete programme. The festival takes place for the third time in Iceland this year with headliners such as Public Enemy, Iggy Pop, Loop and Godspeed You!Black Emperor.

Valgeir Sigurðsson will be performing at ATP Iceland this summer.

Bedroom Community collective joins Iggy Pop and Public Enemy at ATP Iceland

1 Jun 2015 The All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Ásbrú, Iceland has confirmed that influential Icelandic music collective Bedroom Community will be curating the festival's Andrew Theatre Stage, thus completing the 2015 line up. Among the headliners this year are Public Enemy, Iggy Pop, Swans, Belle and Sebastian and Godspeed You!Black Emperor.

Ex-Spacemen 3, Spiritualized and Spectrum bassist WIll Carruthers will be reading from his novel, A Book of Jobs, this Friday in Reykjavik.

A Spaceman in Reykjavik

28 May 2015 Will Carruthers, who cuts a dapper and rather pirate-like figure on the currently rainy and grey Reykjavik horizon, is a writer. He was also the bassist for Spacemen 3, Spiritualized and Spectrum, three bands who were probably the most influential rock outfits of the late 80's and early 90's. He will be reading from his recently published Book of Jobs here in Reykjavik on Friday afternoon, a book where Iceland plays a small but interesting part.