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Iceland Airwaves 2011: Nights of Reykjavik

2nd December 2011NewsAirwaves, Iceland, Iceland Airwaves, music, videonickminers

Here’s what you get if you take the essence of Iceland Airwaves 2011 and distil it into a 3 and a half minute video. Thanks to Icelandic Glacial Water for bringing this to my attention.

Yet another Iceland gallery

1st November 2011GalleriesIcelandnickminers

A few shots from Iceland, away from the Airwaves festival.

$Harpa, ReykjavÃk\'s new concert hall$

Iceland Airwaves ’11

18th October 2011GalleriesAirwaves, Beach House, concert, Dad Rocks!, Einar Stray, festival, gig, Iceage, Iceland, K-X-P, Lockerbie, MammÃºt, music, Orphic Oxtra, Retro Stefson, Reykjavik, Sykur, Totally Enourmous Extinct Dinosaurs, Treefight for Sunlight, tUnE-yArDs, Utidur, Veronica Falls, Yoko Ononickminers

Well I just had the most insane time in Iceland at the 2011 Iceland Airwaves festival in ReykjavÃk. The photographs are all for the 405 so please go there for day-by-day reviews of the festival itself; however here are some photos of the many acts we saw during the craziest 5 days in Iceland I have ever witnessed.

$Sykur at NASA (featuring FM Belfast\'s Ãrni VilhjÃ¡lmsson)$

Northern Line to Northern Lights

11th October 2011Newsfestival, Iceland, Iceland Airwaves, James Canham, music, The 405, Tim Boddynickminers

Tomorrow I shall be stepping on a plane with Tim Boddy and James Canham from The 405Â with the aim of covering as much as possible of the 2011 Iceland Airwaves festival in ReykjavÃk. This festival began as a one-night event in an aeroplane hanger in 1999 and has expanded to become one of the most popular festivals on the calendar.

This year the festival runs from 12th-16th October, with around 250 artists playing at 10 venues and numerous off-venue events, often until around 4:00 in the morning. Needless to say we are all exploding with excitement at the prospect, and will do our best to bring you reviews and photographs of some of the best new bands from Iceland and beyond, as well as special coverage of one of BjÃ¶rk’s Biophilia performances in the city’s brand new opera house, Harpa.

Stay tuned for sneaky peeks at some of the photographs, and keep an eye on the 405 for previews, artist interviews and live reviews throughout the festival.

GusGus at 93 Feet East; Iceland Airwaves pre-party

16th September 2011Galleries93 Feet East, Airwaves, Brick Lane, concert, gig, GusGus, Iceland, Iceland Airwaves, London, music, Reptile and Retard, UKnickminers

The organisers of Iceland Airwaves held a special event in London last night as a prelude to the main event in October. Daniel Ãgust’s electronic practitioners GusGus were joined by HjaltalÃn’s HÃ¶gni Egilsson on the stage, supported by Denmark’s Reptile and Retard and their amazing hair. I squeezed in next to the stage on a hot, sweaty evening at Brick Lane’s 93 Feet East to get these pics for The 405.