30 Oct 2019Icelandic performer and multi-instrumentalist Gyða Valtýsdóttir was awarded the 2019 Nordic Council Music Award at a formal ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, last night.
24 May 2017Iceland's loudest band, or so they claim, the Pink Street Boys have just released a new video to their song Wet, from their forthcoming album Sleazus due in September.
15 Mar 2017Björk has named her as her number one inspiration and in January, The Line of Best Fit voted for her as the artists to watch for 2017. Jófríður Ákadóttir, member of Samaris, Gangly and Pascal Pinon, has launched an astounding solo project called JFDR.
16 Feb 2017Icelandic female rap group Reykjavikurdætur have released yet another provocative vidoe to a new song called "Kalla mig hvað?" (Call me what?).
13 Jan 2017Giggs, Blawan b2b Exos, Nadia Rose among new artists added to the Sónar Reykjavik 2017 line-up which already features Fatboy Slim, De La Soul, FM Belfast and Samaris to name a few.
6 Jan 2017Electronic music artist Arnar Már Ólafsson has just released a new album under the name Kuldaboli, an album that immediately made it to the Kraumur list of best albums of 2016. He's also joining a tenebrous line up at Gaukurinn in central Reykjavik tonight. Iceland Monitor gave him the third degree.
1 Dec 2016The Iceland Airwaves Music Festival will be held in Akureyri, sometimes referred to as the capital of North Iceland, in 2017. This is the first time that this popular Reykjavik international music festival expands to Akureyri.
2 Nov 2016This year, the Iceland Airwaves music festival collaborated with Urban Nation Berlin for the second year running in getting a number of artists to do murals on several city walls. The project, called Wall Poetry aims to connect creative minds all over the world with one another.
1 Nov 2016Björk has been particularly busy recently. She's been making a virtual reality version of her latest album Vulnicura, she's writing new songs for a new album and she's also directing an exhibition dedicated to the digital aspects of her work. Oh yes, and she's also performing twice at the Iceland Airwaves music festival.
6 Oct 2016Icelandic band Kaleo, who have had a fast rise to fame in the USA, have released a new music video in which they are shown performing on an iceberg in the glacial lagoon.
23 Sep 2016Designer Hildur Yeoman created the incredible lit-up dress which she wore at the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday night. Yeoman says that the collaboration was "a great honour."
20 Sep 2016Kex Hostel in downtown Reykjavik are hosting a surf party on Thursday night featuring Danish surf rockers The Tremolo Beer Gut and the Icelandic Brim.
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