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Island Airwaves Day 3 Roundup: Dream Wife // Audur // Soffia Björg // Rkvdtr // Warpaint // Fews

On day 3 we could finally take advantage of the “off venue” shows, which are free for all and take place in various shops, restaurants and hostels around town. Since those locations are smaller and feature often only makeshift stages, the shows are more intimate and you have a good

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Iceland Airwaves Day 2 Roundup: CeaseTone // Dream Wife // Singapore Sling // Fufanu // Go Dark

Airwaves is not your typical music festival, so why not starting the day off at one of the 25 wonders of the world? The Blue Lagoon is a natural pool fed by hot springs with healing powers. A couple of hours of relaxation time, because we were up for a

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Iceland Airwaves Day 1 Roundup: Josin // Cryptochrome // EinarIndra // Gunnar Jónsson Collider

There was not much of a first impression of Iceland because it is pitch dark when the planes from the U.S. arrive at the Reykjavik Keflavik airport in the early morning. After checkout, it took another 50 minutes by bus to make it to the charming capital of Iceland.

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SONG PICK: Capital X - Teeth

Our Song Pick of the Day comes from London duo Capital X. Their new track “Teeth” features heavy beats, a distorted bass line and singer Julz B demanding to “put your money where your mouth is”. That’s always a good idea.

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SONG PICK: Saint Sister - Tin Man

The most irresistible sound of 2016 comes from blending the intimacy of acoustic folk with the endless possibilities of electronic music. Over here in New York we have The Overcoats, who master this art, but of course they are not the only ones: Saint Sister, the duo of Morgan MacIntyre

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VIDEO: Jean Miche - La La La La La

We saw Brooklyn band Jean Miche live once at an intimate Sunday afternoon show at Union Pool. The duo hauled vintage synths and drum machines to the stage and played this wonderful retro-futuristic music. I have not heard from them since then, so I am happy to hear that they

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Q&A with Lisa Mitchell

Lisa Mitchell has just released an excellent album “Warriors”, a skillful blend of folk, pop and electronic music. While “Warriors” is only her second full-length, Lisa has been around in Australia making music since her teenage years and has gathered a large following there. Listen to her latest single “Warhol”

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VIDEO: Vaness Alegacy - Change of Heart

Watch Canadian singer/songwriter Vaness Alegacy go though a “Change of Heart”, expressed in a big dramatic and powerful pop song:

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SONG PICK: Von Sell - Miss Me

Enjoy your Sunday with our Song Pick of the Day by Brooklyn singer/songwriter Von Sell. His latest single “Miss Me” feels like a sunny morning full of promise, but there is some melancholy beneath it. After all, “Did you miss me?” is a laden question. Listen to “Miss Me”

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EXCITED ABOUT: Young Summer / Krusoe / Alpines / Slothrust / Jasmine Rodgers

Plenty of new full-length albums and EPs came out today and we are especially excited about the following new releases: Krusoe – Give Up The Coast Remember Krusoe‘s awesome “Rivers Run Riot”? We made it Song Pick of the Day a little while ago. And there’s more where this

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SONG PICK: Lir Shilton - Home

Back in summer London-based singer songwriter Lir Shilton enchanted me with her beautiful cover of Air’s “Cherry Blossom Girl”. Now she is about to release a new album “Nothing but a Ghost” on December 9 and a single “Home”, a slow burning rock ballad where Lir backs her mellow,

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NEW MUSIC: Dream Wife - EP01

Dream Wife is a three-piece from London with one Icelandic member, which makes them eligible for our Airwaves Top Pick list of local artists. Alice, Bella, and Rakel do straight-forward guitar-driven pop/rock with party-starter qualities, but this used to be part of a greater art concept until their career

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SONG PICK: Au/Ra - Concrete Jungle

Au/Ra has spent much of her life on two very different islands, Ibiza and Antigua, which are both party and dream vacation destinations. However, her debut single “Concrete Jungle” is about life in the city, where is “Amazon Prime, the new world power”. The song does not veer to

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VIDEO: L.A. Girlfriend - Subliminal Fantastic

I’ve been a big fan of “Neon Grey”, the wonderfully restrained album that L.A. Girlfriend aka Sydney Banta put out earlier this year. Now she released a video for closing track “Subliminal Fantastic”, which shows not much more than Sydney dancing in the desert – but that already is

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NEW MUSIC: Spaces of Disappearance - There Is No Loss (EP)

Chicago singer/producer Elaine HD aka Spaces of Disappearance balances icy electronics with full, warm vocals. I could witness her great live performance at last year’s CMJ, so I’m happy to hear some new material: her second EP “There Is No Loss” contains three new tracks, including the

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SONG PICK: Anna Straker - Serious

Over a year ago I fell in love with Anna Straker’s debut video, but since then it became quiet around her. Now she is back and obviously “Serious”: her latest song is a dance track so full of energy that it is hard to sit still and not sing

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SONG PICK: Sølv - I’m Your Gun

I don’t know much about Sølv, but she has two excellent songs out, with two more coming on her debut EP “Black Ink” on November 11. “I’m Your Gun” is a chilled, trip-hop track, spiced up with an ominous guitar line. Enjoy our Song Pick of the Day:

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SONG PICK: NVDES - 8am

Our Song Pick of the Day will get you going this Friday (if the Internet is not down for you, that is). Los Angeles collective NVDES new track “8 am” is loud, frantic and rough, like a train steaming through your room. The track is the first single from the

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Q&A with Shukura Chapman

Meet Shukura Chapman: born in the U.K., she has lived in New Zealand and is now based in Brisbane, Australia, where she self-recorded her debut three-track EP “Rearview”. Aside from singing, she plays guitar and drums and even the ukulele to stunning effect as witnessed on her single “One

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SONG PICK: East Of My Youth - Mother

This one is a little older, but Iceland Airwaves is approaching quickly and the electronic duo East Of My Youth is surly on our must see list. “Mother”, their second song, is a glittering bright synth pop piece, after the darker, more intense “Only Lover”. An EP with hopefully more

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VIDEO: Anna Coddington - Without a Fight

Watch New Zealand musician Anna Coddington on the beach. It is just her and the ocean, but there is still a lot happening here, much of it outside the frame. The song is about not giving up “Without a fight” and there may be some fighting going on. The song

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PHOTOS: Pixx live at Irving Plaza

Young English artist Pixx came to New York for just one show: her label 4AD put her on stage at Irving Plaza together with Australians Methyl Ethyl and locals Lemon Twigs. Pixx plays together with a keyboarder and guitarist so she can focus mostly on singing and that works well

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NEW TRACK: Her's - Marcel

This wonderfully relaxed song evokes hanging out at a sunny beach. But Liverpool duo Her’s named the song after an unknown, deceased person whose wallet was sold at a thrift store. How this all fits together? Listen for yourself: (Photo: Ryan Jafarzadeh Khamneh)

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SONG PICK: Pale Honey - Real Thing

Swedish duo Pale Honey is back with a new song, “Real Thing”. Their self-titled debut album was one of my favorites last year and their new material remains on track with sparse instrumentation and Tuva Lodmark’s irresistible vocals. In their own words, “Real Thing” is “courage and confidence packed

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PLAYLIST: Song Picks of the Day 16.42

1. Escapists 2. Shukura Chapman 3. Wildhart 4. Lisa Mitchell 5. Little White Things 6. Slow Riot 7. Michael Jablonka