London-based artist DrawnSword creates music rooted in classic songwriting with a hip-hop edge and electronic textures. With “Ghost” DrawnSword releases his second EP and it is nothing short but stunningly beautiful! “Ghost” left me somewhat breathless and in awe after the initial listening and I am stoked that glamglare is exclusively premiering “Ghost” today. DrawnSword builds[…]
Dream Wife is a three-piece from London with one Icelandic member, which makes them eligible for our Airwaves Top Pick list of local artists. Alice, Bella, and Rakel do straight-forward guitar-driven pop/rock with party-starter qualities, but this used to be part of a greater art concept until their career as[…]
Au/Ra has spent much of her life on two very different islands, Ibiza and Antigua, which are both party and dream vacation destinations. However, her debut single “Concrete Jungle” is about life in the city, where is “Amazon Prime, the new world power”. The song does not veer to much[…]
I’ve been a big fan of “Neon Grey”, the wonderfully restrained album that L.A. Girlfriend aka Sydney Banta put out earlier this year. Now she released a video for closing track “Subliminal Fantastic”, which shows not much more than Sydney dancing in the desert – but that already is absolutely[…]
There are a good 220 musicians announced in the line-up for Iceland Airwaves ’16 and I listened to the music of every single act scheduled to play. As it usually is the case with music festivals, they spread out the news over the months and then weeks leading to the festival. So[…]
Chicago singer/producer Elaine HD aka Spaces of Disappearance balances icy electronics with full, warm vocals. I could witness her great live performance at last year’s CMJ, so I’m happy to hear some new material: her second EP “There Is No Loss” contains three new tracks, including the single “No None”,[…]
Only a month ago, Fufanu delighted with their fascinating video “Sports”. More reason to rejoice since the Icelandic trio just dropped another track, the brooding and totally mesmerizing “Bad Rockets”. Once again Fufanu proof that dark new-wavy sound with guitars and a clear electronic edge can sound as fresh and alluring as can[…]
The Beaches playing CMJ 2015 at Fontana’s
Over a year ago I fell in love with Anna Straker’s debut video, but since then it became quiet around her. Now she is back and obviously “Serious”: her latest song is a dance track so full of energy that it is hard to sit still and not sing along.[…]
Iceland Airwaves, Iceland’s famous music festival, is about to start next week. From Wednesday, November 2nd to Sunday, November 6th, more than 220 musicians are scheduled to play at official Iceland Airwaves venues (schedule here) and so-called off-venues (schedule here) and more than 9,000 visitors are being expected. Amazingly, even Iceland’s[…]
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