Icelandic songs

Icelandic songwriter Axel Flóvent has a new single out, "Quiet Eyes," the title track from his second EP out on May 9. After his 2015 debut EP Forest...

There's a certain combination of excitement, anxiousness, and leeriness that accompanies a lengthy return from an artist you love. On one hand you're ...

Sticking with the feel of rock drums, Soffia Bjorg's newest tune "I Lie" is another killer.  This badass song is full of a whole lotta attitude, and ...

Snorri Helgason has been quietly producing some of the most captivating music coming out of Reykjavik for the past decade. Having cut his teeth in the...

Mr. Silla is the wonderful moniker for the solo project of Sigurlaug Gísladóttir, a stalwart member of the Icelandic music scene, known for her previo...

It's easy to hear why talented up-and-comer Júníus Meyvant won "Best Newcomer" at the Icelandic Music Awards earlier this year. His latest single "Neo...

This brand of smooth, slow-tempo alt pop is really gaining strength of late. We're growing a bit tired of more traditional formats and the likes of MØ...

Did I mention I went to Iceland? It seems it’s the only thing I’ve been able to talk about for the last few weeks. In between hopping around glaciers,...

Let it be known that some incredible musical talent hails from Iceland (think Seabear, Ólafur Arnalds, Pascal Pinon, I could go on and on). For a cou...

Icelandic composer Bardi Johannsson has been trickling through the blogosphere earning quotes like "pure shoe-gaze pop bliss” and "endlessly infectiou...

For some reason or another, Iceland's greatest export in the last decade or so has been a host of talented folk artists. It doesn't surprise me given ...

For years, I've had this question in my mind: what is it about Icelandic music? Is it something in their water? Are they all just born with an otherwo...

Riding high on the back of Iceland's 2013 Airwaves Festival that they played just weeks ago, native duo Vök are emerging as a veritable force to be r...

While they might look like your standard neo-folk project, born on the image of popular collectives First Aid Kit and The Staves, Icelandic trio Samar...

I've been to a lot of live shows, but no band has ever exuded as much pure joy as Of Monsters and Men. I don't think anyone can listen to or watch the...

Sydney radio station FBi's Northern Lights competition helped launch the careers of 2011 winners Oliver Tank and Rainbow Chan (and to a lesser extent,...