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Iceland Airwaves 2010 schedule

Let the planning commence. The full (but probably not final!) schedule for the 2010 version of Iceland Airwaves was announced this week. As ever, I've turned this into a spreadsheet. If you want to make use of this you can download it below. Happy planning, let me know how it goes... I know I'll be starting with Petur Ben at Sodoma on Wednesday night, and we'll see what happens from there!

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Dear Iceland Airwaves...

Dear Iceland Airwaves,

Thank you for all the lovely bands you have booked for the festival this year. You seem to have hit the bullseye again with bands clearly about to be huge (Everything Everything, Hurts, Mount Kimbie, Neon Indian), the amazing Robyn and loads of great international stuff just waiting to be discovered (start with Yunioshi, Le Corps Mince De Francoise, The Amplifetes...). Thank you also for all the amazing and cherished Icelandic acts already booked, loads of my favourites and I'm excited to see them again. But, you also seem to have missed some great Icelandic bands. I'm sure this is a terrible oversight, so I'm sure you'll find the following list useful (and a reminder to everyone that Airwaves is not an exhaustive list of all great Icelandic music). So how about adding this bunch to that great line-up?

FM Belfast. Obviously. Or the party is incomplete. Unmissable. Tropical - FM Belfast by VNN

Jan Mayen. (pictured above) I'm pretty sure I've seen them every year. I don't want to break that!

My Summer As A Salvation Soldier. Gorgeous, bittersweet songwriting, delivered brilliantly. Or his other band...

Gavin Portland. Louder, faster than MSAASS. Electric live.

Fjallabraedur. I can't resist this choir of fishermen, backed by drums & electric guitar, the noise they make is incredible.

Ghostigital. Again, I've seen them every year. Surely Einar Orn will make an appearance? Spellbinding. Not Clean by ghostigital

Jeff Who? Grown up pop songs, irresistible.

Sin Fang Bous. Seabear are playing, so let's hope for a show from their lead singer's other project.

Nora. One of the best Icelandic discoveries of the year, would be great to see them play for the first time. Nora - Bolaheidfall by einarmarel

Petur Ben. Not been seen live for a few years... would be magical.

Please?

Here's a fine, fine thing

Everyone (quite rightly) is making a big deal of The Arcade Fire's "We Used To Wait" video thingy made with something called HTML 5. It was, I must say, stunning and jaw-dropping, I couldn't quite believe what I was watching.

But here below is another fine thing. It's an excellent brand new song by long-time iceblah faves, White Collar Weapons, and it comes with a video which is creative, different and that you will need to watch at least twice. Enjoy.

 

 

And if you like that, here's another of their finest moments...

 

Glad I Am That's Not Me by whitecollarweapons