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Doesn't The World Move Fast

I hadn't heard of Twitter or Spotify 6 months ago, now I'm thoroughly addicted to both. Spotify does cause concerns for how (or at least how much) artists will benfit, I really hope that maybe the Iceland based gogyoko may hold the ultimate solution for this - I wish them loads of luck, and good wishes. It looks fantastic. Spotify doesn't yet have that much coverage of Icelandic music, beyond the most obvious, but they are adding music at an incredible rate. Amusingly (to me anyhow) they have fallen into that trap, as I once did, of thinking Olof and Olafur Arnalds are one and the same. Both great, but definitely not the same.

Twitter has much more of an Icelandic music presence. I could list them all here, but it's much more easy to point you here, where all the bands are listed with their twitter links. But wait a minute, there are a few others - try these too...

http://twitter.com/SmekkleysaSM
http://twitter.com/rvkgrapevine
http://twitter.com/MSAASS
http://twitter.com/einar_orn
http://twitter.com/gogoyokoartists
http://twitter.com/mordingjarnir
http://twitter.com/Skatar
http://twitter.com/ForaMinor
http://twitter.com/gusgus_official
http://twitter.com/kimirecords
http://twitter.com/steedlord
http://twitter.com/grapewire
http://twitter.com/ghostigital
http://twitter.com/amiina
http://twitter.com/gogoyoko

Quite a few others in fact, enjoy them. I'm off to twitter this link. This is madness isn' it x

Iceland Airwaves 2009 is on

Well at least I think so. The festival must be in some doubt, given the horrible financial problems in Iceland (and everywhere else), and the rumours that some international artists haven't been paid yet for the 2008 version. Article here,

OK - so this sounds like promising news from the organisers and I will begin to get excited. So if we think that it will go ahead, when will it be - again there's some confusion.

From Mr Destiny's official site - 21st October (a Tuesday)
Mr Destiny

or a week earlier? Tues 14th to Sat 18th?
Virtual Festivals

and IMX on myspace guess at the Thursday 18th
IMX myspace

Or maybe they don't guess. The sponsors should know, and they seem pretty certain

Icelandair

Does anyone know? For sure? Some of us need to book holiday from the day job, and flights, and a hotel!  For now, I suggest (a) believe the Icelandair site and (b) having a browse through the photos of previous, glorious Airwaves festivals at IMX. More (certain) news here soon I hope.