Oyama is a recently established shoegaze band based in Reykjavík and they have been quite active during the hot summer of 2012. This five-piece is made up with members of some of the most noticeable indie acts coming from Iceland the last few years, including Sudden Weather Change, Just Another Snake Cult, We Painted The [...]
Cheek Mountain Thief from Iceland is a new project fronted by Mike Lindsay of the English psych-pop outfit Tunng. Mike is backed up by a full band of young and talented musicians from Iceland, and has just announced the release of their self-titled debut album, due on August 13th via Full Time Hobby. The album’s [...]
The yielding and talented Sindri Már Sigfússon is the main innovator behind the acclaimed psyche pop outfit Sin Fang and many of you must know him as the singer and guitarist in the indie folk pop band Seabear. Last year Sin Fang released the mighty fine album Summer Echoes and since then Sindri and his [...]
The Reykjavik club and dance music scene has been blossoming quite staggeringly over the last two years. May 17 sees the first release by a brand new Iceland dance label called Imola Nights which is an independent record label based in Reykjavík. The release is the single Flower Time by Vidarsson & David DeL’Etoile and [...]
There’s a growing buzz around Tilbury in Iceland right now. This Reykjavík-based quintet lead by singer multi-instrumentalist Þormóður Dagsson, also drummer of Skakkamanage and Hudson Wayne. Þormóður is backed up by some of the most seasoned players in the Icelandic indie scene, including members of Sin Fang, Amiina, Hjaltalín, Valdimar and Brother Grass. They just [...]
