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SEE: The beautiful visuals for Ólafur Arnalds’ ‘Woven Song’

ÓLAFUR ARNALDS is preparing for his new album, some kind of peace, to hit turntables across the world on November 6th; and he’s followed the beautiful noir of previous single-track…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Hugar – ‘Music For The Motion Picture The Vasulka Effect’: graceful ambience for art documentary

HUGAR is the exploratory Icelandic music project of Bergur Þórisson and Pétur Jónsson, a pair of talented musicians hailing from Seltjarnarnes, which rejoices in the fact it’s the smallest town…

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SEE: Ólafur Arnalds returns with the beautiful noir of ‘Back To The Sky’

IF YOU like your music to come with an architecture of gorgeously constructed post-classicism, an experimental and conceptual edge, yet still have enough presence in the world of contemporary pop…

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Track: Jónsi – Exhale

There is a heartbreakingly beautiful element to anything Iceland’s Jónsi (Jón Þór Birgisson) creates, whether it be through Sigur Rós or collaborations with partner Alex Somers. Jónsi has just released…

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See: Gunnar the Fifth reveal new video for ‘Hide from the world’

‘Hide from the world’ by Oslo based Icelandic alt-pop act Gunnar the Fifth, aka world famous tattooist Gunnar Valdimarsson. Taken from the debut EP, out later in the spring, Gunnar says…

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Say Psych: Album Premiere: Singapore Sling – Killer Classics

Cult Icelandic band Singapore Sling are back with their tenth LP, Killer Classics, and Backseat Mafia is honoured to bring you the premiere streaming of the album in full. Discordant,…

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News: Fufanu Share New Album ‘SPORTS’

With a name evocative of a Shooting Stars Mystery Prize, Icelandic trio ‘Fufanu’ have shared their new album ‘Sports’ (One Little Indian) in its entirety on fellow culture site The…

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Black and white image of the band Pascal Pinon

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Album Review: Pascal Pinon – Sundur

Pascal Pinon prove that absence makes their songwriting grow stronger with the chilling beauty of new album’ Sundur’. If Pascal Pinon’s 2013 album ‘Twosomeness’ was about sisters Ásthildur and Jófríður…

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Album Review: Bang Gang- The Wolves are Whispering

Iceland act Gang Bang are essentially the project of artist Bardi Johansson, who’s been coming and going from the music scene since 1996. Counting three album releases already in his…

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See: Young Karin release video for ‘Sirens’

One of the debut EP’s of the year last year came from Icelandic duo Logi Pedro Stefansson and Karin Sveinsdottir, aka Young Karin. After meeting at a song contest, the…

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