Iceland Airwaves Announces 40 More Bands, Stéréógúm Is Unable To Resist
This year Iceland Airwaves (10/17-10/21) falls smack in the middle of CMJ (10/16-10/20). The latter takes place in our 'hood, the former on an island in Northwestern Europe ... but the Reykjavík festival's lineup's strong enough that the pull of indie rock besides black volcanic rock, geysers, puffins, overpriced beer, and Skyr has proven irresistible. Yes, this is gonna be Stereogum's first year weaving through the Reykjavikian streets and we're stoked (don't worry, we've uncovered a way to subdivide and plan to do double duty, covering both Airwaves and CMJ). Has anyone attended Iceland Airwaves before? How does it compare to, say, Coachella? Or CMJ for that matter? Takk in advance.
We'd already been psyched about catching Deerhoof, Of Montreal, those festival hounds !!!, Bloc Party (kinda), Best Fwends, Bonde de Role (nobody samples AC/DC and Europe better), Trentemøller, Buck 65, Chromeo, Loney, Dear and Icelandic favs múm, GusGus and Reykjavik! (their exclamation point, not ours). Then, a few minutes ago, we got a tip regarding 40 additional acts including Lali Puna, Tied & Tickled Trio, Ms John Soda, the Teenagers, Foals, Late of the Pier, the Duke Spirit, and what really has us excited, a pile of Icelandic acts, including Jakobínarína, Hafdís Huld, Kimono and...
Shogun (sigurvegarar Músíktilrauna)So many potential discoveries!
Brain Police
Envy of Nona
Cocktail Vomit
The Music Zoo
Póetrix
Dimma
Drep
Future Future
I Adapt
Sólstafir
Perfect Disorder
Royal Fortune
Hellvar
Dýrðin
Ég
Hoffman
Æla
Thundercats
Vilhelm
Múgsefjun
Kalli
Fabúla
The Viking Giant Show
Védís
Kenya
Single Drop
Toggi
Rafhans 021
President Bongo (DJ set)
Foreign Monkeys
Biogen
Atómstöðin
Úlpa
Noise
The Telepathetics
Nilfisk
Weapons
etc…
No, the Go! Team isn't playing this time around -- that photo's from last year. We figured we'd post it since we have a copy of Proof Of Youth and plan to prematurely evaluate all over that thing right quick.
Posted at 4:46 PM
Tags: Iceland Airwaves
Mike McCall is a queer and his MYSPACE name is socialexpartiate. His uncle is on megans list also. Watch out for this guy
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Sounds interesting!
Sorry.. Block Party?
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They have just about the entire line up of Morr Music there with Benni Hemm Hemm, ms john soda, Tied & Tickle Trio, Lali Puna there. No Go Find or Styrofoam (or, I'm sure, a few others I'm forgetting), or it'd be a clean sweep.
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A bartender at Hooters in Manhattan told me that she worked in Iceland for a time and that Icelanders look down upon foreigners. So you should maximize your chances of getting laid by restricting your efforts to other foreigners.
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This will be my third year at Airwaves and i couldn't possibly recommend it more. It is nothing like Coachella.....more of a very small version of CMJ. There are usually 8 venues, all within walking distance in downtown Reykjavik. Some are smaller (national theater basement) some are bigger (art museum) but all are unique and good places to see music. Among Icelandic artists, I'd heavily recommend checking out Mugison, Mr. Silla and Mongoose, Reykjavik! and Hjaltalin. If Johann Johannson does his usual afternoon "off venue" thing at the church, you shouldn't miss it.
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I went last year (and hung out with Mr. Ghost Media). It was incredible. The venues were almost uniformly great; the Icelanders were unbelievably friendly; the country itself was beautiful. CMJ offers no glaciers or waterfalls.
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Should we expect any kind of disclosure over airfare/hotel expenses? Or are you guys professionally footing your own bill, this time?
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I've been to Airwaves twice and I might even join you up there this year, great lineup! Don't forget to look up for the Northern Lights and try one of their amazing hot dogs... seriously they are to die for! Oh and the Blue Lagoon is an obvious must, hey when you are literally drinking till dawn and wake up in some strange girls home with kids stepping on your face, there is nothing better than retreating to the Blue Lagoon for the warm geothermal waters. I agree with the previous poster that Mugison is amazing, but don't forget about Lay Low and Mum.
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Hey J --
Thanks for your concern! You can expect disclosure. We learned our lesson from the Zune fiasco. Though I wonder if P4K discloses?
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Hooray!
And I should hope our friends in Chicago try to act like a legitimate journo outlet, funding their own trips and treating them as business expenses; if they don't, and they're accepting free goods and services and allowing advertising to masquerade as news, I hope folks will be screaming "PitchWhork!" at the tops of their lungs.
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I'm heading back to Iceland for a second time (was there last year) and its pretty much as amazing as you'd imagine. Liken it to Pop Montreal. Music is amazing, festival is well organized, not too overwhelming, Reykjavik is one of the coolest towns you'll ever see, and all the sights beyond the city are ridiculously awe-inspiring. May do CMJ for a day, but Airwaves is quickly turning into an annual must-go pour moi.
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