In The Spotlight
January 23, 2013 at 11:12am
Sólstafir is one of Iceland's favourite metal bands, and, since forming in 1995, they have been steadily making the rest of the Nordic territories and beyond fall in love with them too. They have a European tour coming up in support of their hit album 'Svartir Sandar', so check out the dates at the foot of the interview. Their name means 'Crepuscular Rays', so just for them, we shoved aside our IMX Spotlight in favour of our own crepuscular rays, and quizzed them on what makes this rock band tick.
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January 07, 2013 at 12:37pm
Happy New Year! And what better way to start than to shine the IMX Spotlight on up and coming shoegaze-noise popsters Oyama? This shimmering band, who are preparing to take on the annual By:Larm festival in Oslo next month alongside fellow Icelanders Sin Fang and Valgeir Sigurðsson, recently signed to management company Projekta and have grabbed the attention of XFM's John Kennedy and BBC Radio 1 DJ Bethan Elfyn to name but two luminaries under their spell. We pounced on them and asked them to tell us their secrets, their New Year resolutions and their predictions for Icelandic music for the year ahead.
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December 17, 2012 at 7:05pm
Stepping into the last Spotlight of the year on the Iceland Music Export website are the highly acclaimed Hjaltalín, who wowed us at Iceland Airwaves with their beautiful live score to the silent film 'Days of Gray', and have a brand new album out, titled Enter 4. Hjaltalín collectively see us into the festive season by telling us about the inspirations behind their glorious new release and, drum-roll... reveal a secret. Read on.
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December 04, 2012 at 9:24am
To mark their tenth anniversary, we spoke to Einar Örn and Curver from the extraordinary Ghostigital just after their launch concert for their album 'Division Of Culture And Tourism' at Faktory in Reykjavik, and days before they set off to play at Festival Revolver in Mexico City on December 7th. And what an interview we have for you... Expect everything from melting PAs, David Byrne, Iceland Airwaves, and plans for a special limited vinyl release - not to mention some sterling advice for touring artists. Ghostigital, it's over to you.
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November 16, 2012 at 2:24pm
Rejoice! The splendid Epic Rain are stepping into the Spotlight, we are pleased to announce, and after a storming set at Iceland Airwaves supporting Ghostigital, and the release of their hypnotic album 'Elegy', we were keen to find out a little more about that Epic Rain magic that has hooked so many new fans. We spoke to dynamic vocalist and wordsmith Johannes Palmason who let us in on a few secrets...
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October 28, 2012 at 6:16pm
Just days after appearing at Iceland Airwaves, the divine singer-songwriter Myrra Rós joins us for the IMX Spotlight interview. She took time out to talk to us about touring, her debut album Kveldúlfur and... singing to parrots. Read on - and grab a free download of a live version of her track 'Hail Thy Mary!'
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October 22, 2012 at 5:28pm
We are proud to present our latest Spotlight interview - and this time we have the almighty punk rockers Muck in our clutches! These fine chaps have been strangling guitars since 2007, to powerful effect. We wanted to know what makes Muck Muck, so to speak, and pinned them down just before they went on tour to give them the third degree. Read on!
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October 09, 2012 at 9:40am
We love Dikta here at IMX so we were thrilled when they took some time out to answer some questions for us for the Spotlight Interview. With a glorious brand new album, 'Trust Me', a new video for their single 'What Are You Waiting For' and a run of dates including appearances at the CMJ Music Marathon in the US, they've certainly got their hands full of all of the exciting stuff that makes a musician's life great. And, here they are, opening up to IMX. They even tell us a secret... Read on, readers!
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September 24, 2012 at 9:47am
As Iceland Airwaves fever grips us all, we thought it would be a fine idea to turn the dazzling IMX Spotlight onto a super indie band who will be appearing at the festival. Yes, it's none other than Nóra, who are also readying a brand new album to boot. Read on!
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September 10, 2012 at 7:44pm
We are thrilled to say that our latest IMX Spotlight interview is with the brilliant and multi-talented Valgeir Sigurðsson, composer, producer, collaborator and co-founder of the Bedroom Community label alongside Nico Muhly and Ben Frost. We spoke to him about his new release 'Architecture of Loss' (out 24.9.12), which is the the soundtrack to his collaboration with choreographer Stephen Petronio; we discussed his recent work with Damon Albarn on his intriguing Dr Dee project, Iceland Airwaves and of course, much more besides. Read on...
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