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Icelandic Drummer of the Month: Danni

The first entry in an occasional series spotlighting the rockers no self-respecting groupie will go out with, unless all the others are taken.
Our first little drummer boy is Danni Þorsteinsson, and we assure you this choice has absolutely nothing to do with nepotism (stop blinking Danni). He’s been hitting the skins in the Icelandic music […]

11 December 2006 – 15:25 | By kitty | Also posted in icelandic music, Icelandic bands, Ghostigital, Maus | Comments (1)

Something for the Weekend: The Local vs. Global Edition

A roundup of things to do in Reykjavík this weekend, prepared by your cosmopolitan editors.

Tonight, synchronize your watches as the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, complete with two male-choirs and one heroic bass, plays enough Wagner to make you want to invade Poland.
Balance the hormones Friday night at Café Cultura, where voluptious Icelandic women engage in Arabic […]

23 November 2006 – 15:16 | By Margrét | Also posted in iceland, 101, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Icelandic bands, concerts, Iceland Dance Company, Reykjavík City Theatre, nasa, Christmas in Iceland, hafnarfjörður | Comments (0)

Iceland Airwaves:
Saturday’s Top 5

At Gaukurinn, the all-star band Sometime starts at 22.15. You know, provided the drummer holds his drink.
At midnight in Iðnó, the old theatre by the lake, Stórsveit Nix Noltes (Nick Nolte’s Big Band) will make you sweat like a gypsy.
Two options at 01.00. Either go back to Gaukurinn to see the Hairdoctor, a band of […]

21 October 2006 – 14:15 | By Margrét | Also posted in iceland, nightlife, drinking, reykjavik, Bars in Iceland, 101, icelandic music, DJs, Icelandic bands, concerts, clubs, iceland airwaves | Comments (0)

Iceland Airwaves: Wednesday’s Top 5

Cynic Guru play poppy, alternative rock at Gaukurinn at 20.15 (that’s a quarter past eight for civilians and Brits). You may be interested to hear that frontman Roland Hartwell plays the violin with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. He also plays guitar with the band. And sings. Like the old lady said to the other old […]

18 October 2006 – 18:01 | By Margrét | Also posted in iceland, nightlife, drinking, reykjavik, Bars in Iceland, 101, icelandic music, events, Festivals, Icelandic bands, concerts, clubs, iceland airwaves | Comments (0)

Icelandic Music 101: Jeff Who?

We think it’s Jeff Goldblum, but what do we know.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Jeff Who?, a band whose singer and bass player are currently inspiring more Icelandic teen-age crushes than all of Hanson put together. (They never go for the drummer do they?)

Jeff Who?: Their label | MySpace | Last.fm

9 October 2006 – 14:48 | By Margrét | Also posted in music, icelandic music, Icelandic bands, jeff who? | Comments (3)

How do you like Iceland?

In which we welcome you, dear reader, to our new blog about Iceland and explain how we have Ringo Starr to thank for its name.
Way back in 1983 or 1984, our favourite Beatle (a former drummer, like our CEO) had barely stepped out of his private jet at Reykjavík airport when the burning question “How […]

16 September 2006 – 20:03 | By valgeir | Also posted in meta | Comments (2)