We know you’re a really busy person — much too busy to fly with Iceland Express to Reykjavík every weekend to listen to cool local bands.

So we’re just sending them to you instead.

With our friends at Iceland Music Export we’re making it easier for great Icelandic bands and musicians to fly away and introduce themselves in person to nice foreign people like you.

So far, Prins Póló has played Denmark, Úlfur Hansson was in Belgium, Lay Low was in the Netherlands, Snorri Helgason was in Poland and London and Retro Stefson (pictured here, looking tired of waiting for you) has been just all over the place.

Coming up soon, the Caterpillarmen playing all over Europe, Myrra Rós plugging her new album in Poland, and Pascal Pinon doing their thing in Japan in March.

So keep your eyes open and your ears peeled. (And if you can’t wait for them to come to you, you know what to do.)

Just thought you’d be interested in knowing that we just added two brand new Airbus 320 to our fleet, which now consists of, um, two brand-new* Airbus 320.

What does it all mean? Oh, just that everything’s new and improved — with more seats, more space, and that irresistible new-plane smell. But don’t worry, we still have the same lovely cabin crew.

So, hop on the Iceland Express Airbus, Gus. Don’t need to discuss much.

Make a new plan, Stan? Click here to book.

What?
Special limited time only offer on super-cheap flights to Iceland from London, Berlin and Copenhagen.

Prices from?
£69 from London
€79 from Berlin
DKK559 from Copenhagen

Including taxes and fees?
Yes, including taxes and fees.

Anything else included?
Yes! Get a free entrance to any Reykjavík swimming pool by showing your boarding card. It’s the perfect spot to lie on your back and search for the Northern Lights.

When to fly?
Fly until 31 December.

When to buy?
Book now, until noon (CET) on Thursday 24 November.

That’s it?
Well, you know. There are limited seats available, so book early. Free swimming pool entrance only valid until 21 December. And some rather reasonable restrictions apply. Oh, and Northern Lights not included.

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You might think our bosses have a thing for cities that have rock bands named after them. After all, they just decided to add Boston and Chicago to our network from next summer. And, we already fly to Friedrichshafen, which is where the, um, Zeppelin was created.

Notice a pattern?

No?

Anyway, this summer we’ll be perfectly happy to fly you to Chicago once a week from London, Copenhagen and Reykjavík.

And to Boston four times a week from Aalborg, Berlin, Billund, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Frankfurt Hahn, Gothenburg, London, Oslo, Paris, Stockholm, Warsaw — all via Reykjavík.

You can book it all now, on our lovely website, for quite a price that, well, rocks.

Oh, and if you know any other cities bearing the names of 70s rock bands, please email our CEO.

As we don’t tire of telling you on our hipster blog, a lot of things go on in Reykjavík. And on Reykjavík Museum Night in February it all comes together.

That’s why we’ve teamed up with our friends at Visit Reykjavík for a little competition.

On their site you can win a flight for two to Reykjavík from any of our destinations plus 2-3 nights in a hotel, a day tour of your choice, a trip to the spa, and lots of other little goodies.

Click here to answer 3 easy questions

What?
Fly to Reykjavík from Copenhagen, Berlin, London, New York and Warsaw.

How much?
A whole bunch of seats from only £69/€79/$99, including taxes and fees.

When to fly?
15 January to 31 March.

When to buy?
Right now, dears.

The small print?
Oh, just the usual. We have a limited number of seats at these prices, so hurry up.

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Oops, we almost forgot. We’ll fly you to New York from London and Copenhagen as well, from £149/$239/DKK1290.

What?
Fly from London to New York, or the other way around, via Iceland.

How much?
A thousand seats for only £299 or $469 return, including taxes and fees.

Really?
Yes, really.

When to fly?
7 January to 28 March.

When to buy?
Well now, actually.

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P.S. Although we’ll gladly fly you across the Atlantic, you can also just fly with us to Reykjavík. (It’s a pretty nice place.)

In case you don’t have something better to do on our flights, we’re now offering a shiny new gadget for your fondling pleasure.

It’s called an “iPad.” (You may have heard of it.) And apparently we’re the first European airline to offer it as in-flight entertainment. Fancy that.

On it, you’ll be able to watch movies and television shows, listen to music, read magazines and play games. Also, waving it around is a really good way to get the immediate attention of our cabin crew.

We’ll start by offering it on all our transatlantic flights, but we’ll be rolling it out to the rest of our fleet over the next few months.

To everyone’s great surprise, our Ecommerce Manager (who has been meticulously testing every facet of our iPads in the last few months) is terribly excited about all of this. “We have been offering a mobile entertainment unit to our passenger for the past two years onboard our European flights, but now that Iceland Express is going transatlantic, it makes sense for us to invest in a device that is more geared towards long-haul.”

“But mostly it’s just really, really cool,” he added.

Oh, and in case you were wondering, we now fly twice a week (daily in summer) between London and New York, via Reykjavik. Prices start from £298 return including taxes.

Want to use our iPads? Renting them costs 1500 ISK / $13 / £9. Also, you’ll actually have to book a flight. But don’t worry, we fly to some pretty good places.

* Yes, we know that pun doesn’t really work.

We’ve got some good news for Icelanders who like it hot, and for Floridians who wouldn’t mind a bit of fresh air: This October, Iceland Express starts flying to Florida from Reykjavík. (And back.)

This first run is going to be a short one, with the maiden flight on 2 October and the last scheduled flight 23 October. One flight a week, on Saturdays, with possibilities of connecting with Copenhagen and London via Iceland.

Oh, and in other America-related news — our New York flights have been pretty successful so far, and we’ve decided to extend that route an extra two months, until the end of October.

So, Tony and Mickey — you know where to book your flight to Iceland.

The boys from For A Minor Reflection have recently toured the UK, and supported a well-known band of folk musicians across Europe and America. Not bad if you’re barely out of high-school.

But their talent belies their age, and the general opinion of the Very Important Music Press is that they’re very good indeed, and should be high on your list of bands to tell other pale and interesting people about in dingy indie clubs this weekend.

According to our resident specialist, their sound falls into the category of “post-rock” which apparently means they don’t use vocals and their tracks are very long and progressive. (But, he adds, “thankfully not in that annoying Emerson, Lake & Palmer kind of way!”)

For A Minor Reflection release that difficult second album soon, and will probably play in a town near you this year. (Note that the accuracy of this prediction may wary depending on your physical location.) If not, you’ll probably be able to catch them at Iceland Airwaves 2010. (They were a resounding hit in 2009.)

Previously on Icelandic Music 101: Sprengjuhöllin, FM Belfast, Ghostigital, Gus Gus, Jeff Who?, Amiina and Múm.

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