Trúbatrixur on a Tour around the Island in June – Album "Taka 1" is out on 2. June

Trúbatrix Tour

Trúbatrixur Girls/Ladies released their first Album “Taka 1” & will be released on 2. June. The disc contains 17 songs by 17. Icelandic female artists of the Trúbatrix collective.
They go around Ísland (aka Iceland aka Niceland aka Sliceland) in collaboration/supported by Kraumur & Rás 2 .
All Tour Dates:
Start: Always @ 20:00
2. June @ Café Rósenberg @ Reykjavik: Release Party
3. June @ Kaffi 59 @ Grundafjörður
4. June @ Græni Hatturinn @ Akureyri
5. June @ Kaffi Sæli @Tálknafirði
6. June @ Edinborg @ Ísafjörður
11. June @ Draugasetrið @ Stokkseyri
12. June @ Pakkhúsið @ Höfn í Hornafirði
13. June @ Hótel Aldan @ Seyðisfjörður
Entrance: 500 IKR
www.myspace.com/trubatrix

Emiliana Torrini "Big Jumps" Acoustic & "Jungle Drum" Live @ RTE

Emiliana Torrini goes acoustic: “Big Jumps“
www.youtube.com/v/OP5MzaHYMyI&hl&fmt=18

“Jungle Drum” @ Spanish TV Channel RTE
www.youtube.com/v/6FBFBJQ_Fjw&hl&fmt=18

www.emilianatorrini.com

Sigur Rós & Steindór Andersen Concert for Dalai Lama 2. June 2009

Sigur Rós to Open for Dalai Lama
Steindór Andersen has confirmed that he and Sigur Rós without Jónsi will open for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who is giving a lecture in Iceland on Tuesday. They will be joined by other Odin’s Raven Magic collaborators Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, María Huld Markan & Páll from Húsafell.
“We thought of it as, we’re giving him a gift,” Andersen told Morgunblaðið, “We’re really pleased to have been asked to play for him.”
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be coming to Iceland from 1. -3. June of this year, sponsored by the Dalai Lama Society of Iceland. During part of his visit, he will give a lecture on 2 June, 15:00 @ Laugurdagshöll, where he will discuss ways to happiness in human life, and then take questions from the audience. Sold out already.
The set will be comprised of parts from odin’s raven magic as well as ‘Rímur’ chanting by Steindór. The band will be performing without Jónsi as he is currently in London working on his solo album.
Source: Grapevine
www.grapevine.is
www.sigur-ros.co.uk

"Láttu mig vera" @ Menningarnótt 2008 @ Reykjavik Art Museum

Rockband 200.000 naglbítar & Lúðrasveit verkalýðsins @ Reykjavik Art Museum during culture night in Reykjavik. The two bands performed the hit song “Láttu mig vera“.
www.youtube.com/v/psH0QpYKMx0&hl&fmt=18

New múm Album: "Sing along to songs you don’t know! – Release Dates

múm Statement
Our new LP will be called Sing Along To Songs You Don’t Know! and it’s coming out on Hostess in Japan on the 19. August, Morr Music in Europe on the 24. August, and on Euphono in the US on the 8. September and at other times in other places we haven’t quite worked out yet.
www.mum.is
Gatchan82 of
http://paisajesmusicales.blogspot.com/ did let me know they played 7 new songs on 22. May @ Burgos.
Pictures @ www.flickr.com/photos/mum_theband/3572548405/

New Sigur Rós nearly completed

New Sigur Rós album near completion
Sigur Rós have been at work in their Sundlaugin studio in álafoss the past few weeks recording a full length album, which is now nearing completion. Orri told Morgunblaðið Newspaper today that the recordings have been going very well and that the album is taking form as a slower and more ambient record than Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust & Takk…. He also describes the music as melodic but much less noisy and more “out there” than previous albums. The album does not have a release date set but is expected to be released sometime next year.
Sources:
www.mbl.is/mm/frettir/innlent/2009/05/28/sigur_ros_klarar_nyja_plotu/
www.sigur-ros.co.uk

Ólöf Arnalds 3 more shows @ NYC in June / Second Album finished

Ólöf Arnalds finished her 2nd Album
Icelandic folk chanteuse Ólöf Arnalds returns to NYC in June for three more shows.
Ólöf’s debut was “Við og Við“, produced by Kjartan Sveinsson from Sigur Rós. It won Best Alternative Album @ the Iceland Music Awards as well as Record of the Year at Iceland’s largest daily newspaper, Morgunblaðið. 2008 saw Ólöf play festivals throughout Europe. Highlights include sharing a three-way bill with Björk and Sigur Rós at Iceland’s Náttúra concert, and opening for Björk in Athens, Greece.
Ólöf has just finished recording her second solo album which was once again produced by Kjartan Sveinsson along with Skuli Sverrisson (Laurie Anderson), Shahzad Ismaily (Tom Waits, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy), and Davíð Þór Jónsson (Mugison).
www.myspace.com/olofarnalds
Concert dates:
1.
Sycamore Brooklyn
10. June @ 9pm
www.sycamorebrooklyn.com
2.
Uncensored Interview Presents
Ólöf Arnalds on 11. June @ Union Pool
With François Virot, Lisa Li-Lund, Sharon Van Etten, Ivana XL
3.
Brooklyn Vegan Presents
Music Hall of Williamsburg on Friday, 12. June
Ólöf Arnalds w/ John Vanderslice & The Tallest Man On Earth & one more artist TBA
Source: IMX
www.icelandmusic.is

Bang Gang @ French Beach of Cannes 21. May 2009

Bang Gang, the band of Barði Jóhannsson Live on stage @ Cannes, France (May 2009)
“Black Parade“, song of “Ghosts from the past” Album
www.youtube.com/v/eq3waKcyZxQ&hl&fmt=18

“Find what you get“, song of “Something Wrong” Album
www.youtube.com/v/E2ha-e-Ezao&hl&fmt=18

www.bardijohannsson.com
www.banggang.net

Emiliana Torrini "Birds" Live @ Copenhagen

Emiliana Torrini Live @ Copenhagen
“Birds“
www.youtube.com/v/nGV7-wTCFcA&hl&fmt=18

www.emilianatorrini.com

The Foreign Monkeys "π" (Pi) Release Concert @ Sódóma Reykjavík 27. May 2009

Release Concert of Foreign Monkeys @ Sódóma Reykjavík
Wednesday 27. May 2009
Support Act: Mammút
Entrance: 500 IKR
Get the CD there for 1.500 IKR
Concert 2 Times:
@ 18:00 for all ages
@ 22:00 for 20 years and older
Album was released on 29. April. Recorded and produced by Magnus Øder, best known for his amazing work with Lay Low and Benny Crespo’s Gang.
The first single from this album, “Love Song“, received great airplay on Icelandic radio stations and got to the top 20 on the X-dominos chart.

Band members
Gísli: guitar & vocals
Víðir Heiðdal: drums
Leifur: guitar
Bogi: bass & vocals

Record Label: Record Records www.recordrecords.is

The Foreign Monkeys Biography
The Foreign Monkeys was originally founded in December 2005. The line-up back then was very different from what it has become today. Soon, the band was reincarnated and a new line-up competed the Icelandic battle of the bands in the month of March the following year, and won. This gave The Foreign Monkeys a nation wide recognition. By this time TFM had taken on the closest to their current form. The bands powerful live performance created an immediate buzz, and their reputation spread fast, landing them larger crowds of rock thirsty audience. At the beginning of May 2006, only 2 months after winning BOTB competition, TFM performed in one of the largest venues in Iceland in front of 5.000 people. This performance was the opening act for highly acclaimed English artists, Badly Drawn Boy, Elbow and Echo and The Bunnymen. In August 2006, TFM would play their largest gig to this date, in front of 15.000 people in their hometown, at a festival with local artists. In 2006 TFM also started working on their first recording which is yet to see the light of day. In 2007, after a times of brewing frustration within the band, the singer left, leaving the project hanging by a thread. With the first album well in the making and a huge buzz created, the band was not sure if they would carry on. A few months later, the band decided that the album would be finished, and hired a rhythm guitarist, while the bass player and lead guitarist would fill the void the singer left within the band. Soon the vocal parts were recorded and the album finished, and finally it looks like the album will be released in 2009. The new line-up is finally ready to perform again and is bound to make an impact on the Icelandic scene.
www.myspace.com/foreignmonkeys