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Artist of the Week: Ásgeir Trausti
The head-to-head race between TECLA and the new Artist of the Week winner, Ásgeir Trausti, has finally come to a head!
Congratulations to Icelander Trausti on his...
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Artist of the Week: VOTE for Your Favorite!
Don't act like you don't know it's Friday! Yes, it's the start of your weekend! And here at MTV Iggy we're giving you another reason to look forward to it. You get the...
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Take a (Melodious) Hike With Iceland’s Ásgeir Trausti
Name: Ásgeir Trausti
Where He’s From: Iceland
When He Started: 2012
For Fans of: Bon Iver, James Blake, Fleet Foxes
Sounds Like: A walk in the woods
A few...
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Sing Along with Ólöf Arnalds
Words and Interview by Laura Studarus.
Ólöf Arnalds peppers her statements with the word “beautiful.” It’s more than verbal filler, the optimist’s equivalent of...
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Of Monsters and Men — “King and Lionheart”
Icelandic indie rock sextet Of Monsters and Men takes us to story time in “King and Lionheart” from My Head is an Animal. The flawlessly directed clip, which picks up...
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The New Of Monsters and Men Video is Better Than Star Wars
Okay, it's at least better than Attack of the Clones. Freshly unveiled, the video for Of Monsters and Men's "King and Lionheart" sweeps you away to a world of danger,...
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Sin Fang is All Grown Up
Words and Interview By Laura Studarus.
Ethereal. The word haunts nearly every description of Sindri Már Sigfússon’s work as Sing Fang. And with good reason. Over his...
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Top 10 Reasons Why We Are So, So Ready for 2013
2012, let's not even get into it. You are over and we are really fine with that. Barack Obama got re-elected and, hopefully, we'll never have to think about Mitt...
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Sin Fang’s “Young Boys” is the Best Thing Ever this Week
Iceland's Sin Fang has announced the release date of his third album Flowers with a ridiculous avalanche of rainbows and unicorns called "Young Boys." It's a legend of...
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Short Film Set to Sigur Ros’s “Varou”
Iceland's ever-present ambient rock band Sigur Ros is again resurfacing, this time in the form of a short film. Budding Parisian filmmaker Bertrand Cazor took the band's...
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Björk Erupts With New Vid
Björk goes totally tactile with "Mutual Core," her latest music video directed by Los Angeles based visual artist and filmmaker Andrew Huang. Try studying this work of...
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Sigur Rós Is Headed For A Big North American Tour This Spring
The US and Canada will get more Sigur Rós than ever before in March when the Icelandic post-rockers will do a whopping fifteen dates in North America, including a stop...
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Steed Lord Reveals A Little Of Their “Secret Love”
Iceland's fashion-forward collective Steed Lord is at work on their two part album The Prophecy. According to them it's "an electric love story full of obsession, lust,...
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Feels Like The First Time: Iceland’s Steed Lord Stays Innocent
With their flamboyant stage wardrobes, arty videos and theatrically minded dance pop, Iceland's Steed Lord personifies high-concept glamour. But it isn't just an image,...
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Sóley — “I’ll Drown”
Iceland's Sóley confesses her weakness for a man in the melancholic, bluesy song "I'll Drown."
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Icelandic Songbird Sóley Leaves the Nest
Our crowned Artist of the Week, Iceland's dark dream-pop singer Sóley, is nobody's puppet (...but she makes a pretty rad puppet show.) After playing for years with...
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Of Monsters and Men — “Mountain Sound”
Iceland’s Of Monsters and Men, a six-piece indie folk group, sets the stage for "Mountain Sound." The music video grants fans backstage access to their live set in their...
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Artist of the Week: Iceland’s Ghostly Songstress, Sóley
It's been a looooong work week, and boy are we thrilled to kick off the weekend with a thrilling announcement: Iceland's Sóley killed it this week in the polls and is...
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Iceland’s Sóley Makes Dream Pop That Keeps You Awake
Name: Sóley
Where She’s From: Reykjavik, Iceland
When She Started: 2010
Genre: Indie-pop
Most Similar: Dillon, Seabear
Sounds Like: A ghost story from 6th...
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The Music Experiment: Of Monsters And Men Rock
Old Fashioned romance and vaudevillian flair was the order of the evening as Of Monsters and Men took the stage for the first concert of the Music Experiment, presented...