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Icelandic Music I like

Icelandic Music I like: Up/Down by Mr.Silla

I discovered Mr.Silla at last year’s Innipúki, a music festival that takes place in Reykjavík the first week of August every year. I had heard of them but never heard anything by them and their set ...

Mar, 30

Icelandic Music I like: Baldursbrá by Ojba Rasta

The first time I heard this song I wasn’t convinced but the more I listen to it, the more it grows on me. Ojba Rasta is a play on words but Ojbarasta is an Icelandic ...

Mar, 21
Stöndum saman is currently crawling the charts in Iceland and the lyrics seem to capture quite well what many of us are feeling after the financial meltdown of 2008.

Icelandic Music I Like: Stöndum saman by Helgi Júlíus and Valdimar

Stöndum saman is currently crawling the charts in Iceland and the lyrics seem to capture quite well what many of us are feeling after the financial meltdown of 2008.

Feb, 28
Reykjavík doesn't just produce good musicians, it also attracts them from other countries.

Icelandic Music I like: Guðrið Hansdóttir and Low Roar

Reykjavík doesn’t just produce good musicians, it also attracts them from other countries.

Feb, 12
I really really heart Retro Stefson's new song Qween - what do you think?

Icelandic music I like: Qween by Retro Stefson

I really really heart Retro Stefson’s new song Qween – what do you think?

Jan, 16
Imagine having "Reykjavík þú vekur mig.... Reykjavík þú vekur mig" on a loop in your head for weeks. Now you will know what that feels too!

Icelandic Music I like: Reykjavík by Sykur

Imagine having “Reykjavík þú vekur mig…. Reykjavík þú vekur mig” on a loop in your head for weeks. Now you will know what that feels too!

Jan, 03
Samaris was the winner of the 2011 Músíktilraunir and on their Facebook page they describe themselves as a mixture of trip-hop, dubstep and downtempo beats. I don't know about all that but I do know that I like them.

Icelandic Music I like: Góða Tungl by Samaris

Samaris was the winner of the 2011 Músíktilraunir and on their Facebook page they describe themselves as a mixture of trip-hop, dubstep and downtempo beats. I don’t know about all that but I do know that I like them.

Nov, 09

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