The first Icelandic band to ever win the Eiserner Eversteiner European Folk Music Award, Árstíðir became a YouTube phenomenon after a friend recorded an impromptu performance of “Heyr himna smiður” in the Bürger Bahnhof train station in Wuppertal. After a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund their new album, the band took up residence and composed the album’s songs in Toppstödin, an abandoned coal-fired power plant repurposed as a creative space. They then recorded Hvel at the studio Orgelsmiðjan, home to many of Iceland’s renowned recording artists. The result is a collection of songs which weave both traditional and electronically-inspired instrumental threads together with soaring vocal harmonies, and that critics have described as “beautiful and atmospheric” and “utterly mesmerizing.”
Tanya & Marlon, a dynamic duo from Reykjavík, will be playing off-venue shows during Airwaves.
Dark and edgy atmospheres is Subminimal´s trademark, layered with experimental drum patterns and earth shaking basslines. His roots are in jungle and early drum and bass music and those influences cut through his music.
Haunting ethereal vocals layered over sonic landscapes and heavy rhythm sections that make an explosive live performance.
AVóKA is a dreamy doom pop band from Reykjavík. Their music is best described as melancholic yet hopeful with a thick-layered sound created with harmonium, trumpet and unique vocals. AVóKA appeared for the first time at “Músíktilraunir 2015” (Icelandic battle of the bands) winning the 3rd place and getting awarded with the best bass- and drum player of the year. Their debut EP album “kok” will be released on 12th of January 2016.
We are a lively bunch that play rock. Modnine rock which is influenced by the loud/quiet/loud groups of the nineties such as The Pixies and Smashing Pumpkins. We are a guitar driven rock group with emotional lyrics thrown in for good measure.
kimono formed in 2001 as a minimalist instrumental post-rock band in Reykjavík, Iceland, and have gone on to develop their sound into diverse styles such as textured bummer rock, disjointed electronic mix-up, droning improvisation and atmospheric soundscapes.
The Anatomy of Frank is a five-piece band from the mountains of Virginia. Their melodies and subject matter tend toward nostalgia, intricacy, and nuance, touching on every facet of the human heart. Focusing on fingerstyle guitar work, rich harmonies, and melodies that sound like they were forgotten from childhood, the mood journeys from quiet delicacy to roaring climaxes over the course of their songs.
Energetic, melodious rock band, For a Minor Reflection comprises of four 23-year-olds from Reykjavík, Iceland. Kjartan Holm (guitar), Guðfinnur Sveinsson (guitar & piano), Elvar Jón Guðmundsson (bass) and Andri Freyr Þorgeirsson (drums). Far from simple to define, their music expands and subverts itself with every song.
Female fronted art-punk band influenced by 20th century literature and creating noise in the likes of Deerhoof, Perfect Pussy and Fucked Up.
Endless Dark is a Post-Hardcore band from Iceland know for their energetic live performance. Endless Dark’s music is a mixture of really heavy in your face breakdowns and catchy choruses. They’re currently working on their debut full length which should be out soon.
World Narcosis palys a powerful blend of grindcore, black metal and pretty much everything else. They are fast, evil, and to the point. Their latest album ‘World Coda’ is bleak, intense and inherently unnerving, pushing their boundaries to the breaking point, raging from furious blastbeats topped with dissonant tremolo picking – to a spastic heaviness and explosiveness that sounds like the end of the world.
Alternative/experimental/rock band Dorian Gray performs at Hitt Húsið on November 7th at 14:20.
Börn is a dark feminist punk band, drawing influences mostly from 80’s goth- and anarcho punk.
Rock band Nola perform live at Bar 11.
Atómsbræður (“The Atomic Brothers”) perform a live acoustic set at Bar 11.
Shady is a five peace band that has been playing music for a long time but only together since January 2014. Since then we have been writing our own music and performing in Reykjavik and on festivals. We are best classified for alternative melancholy pop/rock. Our signature sound is the female vocal and the hammond keyboard. The keyboard player graduated from FíH this summer.
Guitarist and tune smith from 1990 thereabouts. Started with the new-wave band The Evil Pizza Delivery Boys, on to soloing for a couple of years as stationary-wandering troubadour, then a stint in four-track experimental guitar music. First “officially” released album in 1997, self titled and only available as a cassette. Adventures in midi-land and various sorts of electro and techno onwards to 2000. Worked on several spoken word projects and founded the 5ta herdeildin which was operational til 2006. Various by-projects along the way. Then a politico-country-western album, a solo album in 2010 which led to the newest band: gímaldin og félagar, operational roughly for 2 years and released one album. A couple of solo-internet-releases along the way. Since then, another country-western album, two children´s albums and a blues album in 2014.
PINK STREET BOYS AND GODCHILLA JUST RELEASED A SPLIT 5″ RECORD! THEY’RE PLAYING AT BAR 11. THIS IS REALLY REALLY COOL.
The punkers from Akranes, Skerðing, are going to be playing at Bar 11! Kaldi is 500 ISK until midnight and admission is free, so you have no excuse not to go!
Vertigo, Skerðing, and At Breakpoint bring The Rock (the genre, not the actor) to Bar 11 on Friday, January 8th. Beer’s cheap, music’s goooooooood.
Metalheads Aterna will no doubt bring their A-game to Bar 11 and attempt to slay the audience. Prepare yourself. Admission is free!
What else than good psychedelic ambient rock to make this Saturday a special one? See these guys perform at Bar 11 February 27.
The Sex Pistols Experience is a cover band that’s been going fourteen years strong. Expect all of the classics, and then some. They are joined by punks Kuml and Leiksvið Fáránleikans. Admission: 500 ISK.
At Break Point will rocking out the evening at Bar 11 this Friday!
Wondering how to spend this Saturday night? Come rock out with Cansi at Bar 11!
The Rock & Rollers of Premium will be raising the roof at Bar 11 this Friday!
Bergmál is playing real hardcore rock & roll this Saturday!
