Category Archives: GusGus

Follow the Light

The first 100 people to book this Icebreaker deal will get free concert tickets, but everyone gets return tickets for ₤154!
The Þráður (Thread) music festival next weekend features some of Iceland’s hottest bands (see below), and we want to give you a free ticket. The first 100 people to book one of these special city break deals will walk […]

11 April 2008 – 18:43 | By Erik | Also posted in iceland, DJs, concerts, nasa, iceland socks | Comments (1)

Airwaves is Up In It

Just lay back and enjoy the ride.
We can’t believe it, but another year has passed and it’s time for the biggest, longest, loudest music festival in the world. Or at least in Iceland, which is hipper than most of the world, so you get the idea.
“What’s all this ‘Airwaves‘ then?” you ask. Airwaves is what […]

17 October 2007 – 22:12 | By Erik | Also posted in iceland, Bars in Iceland, music, icelandic music, Festivals, Icelandic bands, iceland airwaves | Comments (2)

Something for August: The Closet Door is Half Open Edition

A roundup of things to do in Reykjavík and beyond this August, as prepared by your fab-u-lous editors.

This 3-6 August, the Westman Islands is the unlikely scene of the earth’s wildest annual party. It’s also where 93% of all Icelanders were conceived. Bring protection (from the weather).
The Reykjavík Gay Pride Festival sashays its way into town 9-12 August. […]

25 July 2007 – 15:48 | By Erik | Also posted in iceland, drinking, events, Festivals, concerts, icelandic sweaters, gay pride, Reykjavík Culture Night | Comments (0)

March: Now One of Iceland’s Top 12 Months

A round-up of things to do in Reykjavík for the rest of March, as prepared by your thankful-to-be-out-of-the-clutch-of-winter’s-evil-darkness editors.

Five years between albums is just too long. Be there as dance music visionaries and all-around hipsters GusGus celebrate the release of their fourth album on the 24th at Nasa. You won’t be the coolest person in the […]

14 March 2007 – 13:09 | By Erik | Also posted in iceland, 101, music, icelandic music, events, Festivals, DJs, cheap flights to iceland, Icelandic bands, concerts, nasa, president bongo, Icelandic Film | Comments (0)

Icelandic Music 101: GusGus

The grand old men and women of Icelandic dance music apparently still have last night in their bodies.
Established in 1995 as some kind of multidisciplinary art conglomerate, GusGus have gone through more personnel changes than Fleetwood Mac and Van Halen put together, only to end up better than ever.
While you wait for their next album, […]