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Q&A with Mammút (#airwaves18)

Flights and hotel rooms are booked, more than 200 Icelandic and international acts are announced, and so our anticipation for Iceland Airwaves 2018 is getting in full gear. We start our pre-coverage with one of our favorite Icelandic bands, the fabulous Mammút, who we didn’t see on their home

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SONG PICK: Blak Emoji - Another Club Night

Avid Blak Emoji fans ever since singer/songwriter and frontman Kelsey Warren released “Sapiosexual” two years ago, we got treated to one beautiful pop rock gem after the other. With “Another Club Night”, New York-based collective Blak Emoji might have reached new heights, because this is one exceptionally hot and

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SONG PICK: Æmma - House Of Hym

Tribal drums and a piano carry a story full of mystery and dark emotion in “House Of Hym”, the debut track by London-based singer/songwriter æmma. She is classical trained, plays multiple instruments and produced the song herself – where else will she go with her music? We will learn more

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SONG PICK: Little Man - As One

Unperturbed by current trends, Minneapolis-based trio Little Man make music as if it was 1973 and not 45 years later. Then again, 2018 might just be the year for psychedelic glam rock to make its biggest comeback to date, if it was ever out of style completely. But why pondering

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SONG PICK: She Drew The Gun - Resister

“Resister” is a call to arms and fight for change, a theme that will run through the upcoming album “Revolution Of Mind” by U.K. band She Drew The Gun. Frontwoman Louisa Roach explains: Empowerment; resisting; arming yourself with knowledge; questioning the status quo, questioning your own state of mind

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SONG PICK: Joe Wood - Parking Lots

“Parking Lots” brims with feelings of youth and falling in love, when everything was still possible but nothing was ever easy. The irresistibly catchy track is the new single by electro-pop artist Joe Wood and would make a compelling soundtrack addition to any romantic movie, with its anthemic chorus and

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SONG PICK: elegant slims - Hemisphere

For now there we have only music and cover art by Norwegian painter Linda Syvestsen from New York artist elegant slims. Everything else around her is a mystery and we learn hopefully more in the months to come. But then, her latest track “Hemisphere” is such an excellent piece of

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SONG PICK: Margot Polo - Dance With Me

No room for misinterpretation because “Dance With Me” goes directly after your partner’s hand, so you can head onto the dance floor together. While the lyrics are to the point, the music doubles down on the theme with its four-on-the-floor dance beat and its overall blissful vibe. Los Angeles-based

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SONG PICK: Moderate Rebels - I Love Today

“I Love Today” is a good motto live by, but if you hear the London-based collective Moderate Rebels sing it, some doubts may arise. There is a good deal of chaos in their latest single and some anger seems to shine through. The band’s statement also leaves things rather

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SONG PICK: Danelle Sandoval - Hands (feat. French Braids)

Hesitant at first, only a few rain drops sprinkling the city streets, before settling for a pattern of a steady drizzle, a light Summer rain is welcomed for its refreshing feel and is fascinating in its rhythm. The same goes for “Hands”, the new gorgeous single by Danelle Sandoval. The

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SONG PICK: Jeffe - Undecided

Jeffe – simply pronounced “Jeff” – has it all down with her second release “Undecided”: layered, intimate vocals deliver a stream of consciousness over an electronic backdrop that doesn’t seem to know where it wants to go. All in all, the state of being “100% undecided” can hardly be better put

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SONG PICK: Charles Fauna - The Boatman

Undoubtedly the darkest, yet with that potentially also the most moving track on Charles Fauna‘s just released debut EP Eulogy, “The Boatman” is a true masterpiece of alternative pop. There is a distinct feeling of uneasiness, a wall of thick fog, there is some sort of an electronic version

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SONG PICK: Sumi - Bullshit Detector

Brooklyn via Japan artist Sumi is calling liars out with her latest track “Bullshit Detector”. What she calls a “comedic theatrical silly dance track” has actually a lot of power: turn up the hammering beat, relentless synths and Sumi’s angry vocals when you’re venting next time about somebody

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SONG PICK: The Eiffels - Heartbeat

We have “Body Like That” still in our ears and rotating in our playlist, and then The Eiffels dish up a new dance pop gem with “Heartbeat”. This time around, the L.A.-based trio approach their song creation on a slightly different note, more punctuated with more room to

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SONG PICK: Akine - No Gold

“She has gold running through her fingers, it turns to mold, yes she was a thinker, but now she’s sold, to the highest bidder”. At 17 years old and at the beginning of a career in the music industry – which saw many of such stories – one wishes that Akine

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SONG PICK: Teen Ravine - Bad Dream

Toronto-based duo Teen Ravine, comprised of Nick Rose and Dan Griffin, continue where Lionel Ritchie left off 35 years ago. Their new single “Bad Dream” with its soulful piano and mellow vocals is reminiscent of “Penny Lover” in its beautiful melancholy and overall solid early 80s vibe. The lyrical context

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SONG PICK: Ash - Naked

There is music that floats around you, immediately brings you into a relaxed mood and makes you want to move to the beats. The new track “Naked” by Canada via Hawaii artist Ash does exactly that and you would not think that she lives on a farm, given the night-out-in-the-city,

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SONG PICK: Archie Faulks - It Rains

Hard to believe that “It Rains” would be any musician’s debut single, as it is hauntingly beautiful and exquisitely executed. Well, it is the debut single by London-based singer/songwriter Archie Faulk, whose music became -unsurprisingly- rather popular in 2014 and there after, under the moniker Tenterhook. So there

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SONG PICK: Be The Bear - I Don't Want To

Here is your anthem for the rest of the summer! After her darker debut single “Erupt”, Be The Bear from Sweden is back with a feel-good, elevating sing-along pop song. “Bring me the sun / Or my life will be over / They say I should wait for it / But I don’

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SONG PICK: Henry Nowhere - Not Going Back

“Not Going Back”, marks the second single and title track from Henry Nowhere‘s upcoming EP and it is captivating in its mellow flow. Like a mantra, Henry Moser aka Henry Nowhere repeats the three words again and again, to assure the listener and to promise himself to “Not Going

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SONG PICK: Julietta - Smooth Sailing

“Smooth Sailing” is the perfect name for the single and new album by New York singer/songwriter Julietta, not only because it puts the right images in your mind for the season, but also for the music that hits the perfect mix between chill and party vibes. Think pre-sunset at

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SONG PREMIERE: Barrie Rose - All is Well

At the height of Summer 2018 comes “All is Well”, a song as irresistibly gorgeous as a swim in the turquoise waters of the Caribbean sea or as stimulating as a joyful potluck BBQ with friends. The latter also picks up on one of the themes that Barrie Rose, the

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SONG PREMIERE: Ocean Pleasant - Up 'Til Six (feat. Knight)

Listening to the blissfully bright and surprisingly tender “Up ‘Til Six”, images like holding hands while watching a sunrise or having an early breakfast together at a beach cafe come to mind yet none of these ideas would meet what Ocean Pleasant was aiming for when she worked on the

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SONG PICK: River Hooks - Worth It

“Worth It” is the debut track of new NYC-based singer/songwriter River Hooks. She produced the track herself and proves that she can well resist the temptations of the endless possibilities of modern music production software that makes pop songs often sound so generic. “Worth It” is rather stripped down

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SONG PICK: Steady Holiday - Who's Gonna Stop Us (Video)

Not often music and video fit so well together, enhance and support each other like with the cinematic and mysterious “Who’s Gonna Stop Us” by Steady Holiday, a project of L.A.-based singer/songwriter Dre Babinski. It deals with two manipulative characters who run into and struggle with