FM Belfast play the Whitney Biennial 2008
FM Belfast play The End at Park Avenue Armory as part of the Whitney Biennial 2008.
Shot and edited by Stuart Rogers.
FM belfast perform Underwear at Cakeshop in NYC
FM belfast perform Underwear at Cakeshop in NYC. Shot and edited by Stuart Rogers.
Reykjavik! perform Æji, plís and Rex at Cakeshop in NYC
Reykjavik! perform the first single Æji, plís off their forthcoming release at Cakeshop
in NYC. They follow it with REX from Dirty Weekend.
Recorded and edited by Stuart Rogers.
Live on Triple J - This Is Iceland: Music from the far north…
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This morning, Aussie ex-pat Stu Rogers joined you on Triple J’s Mornings with Zan to walk us through some of the new sounds coming from one very prolific musical nation. Iceland only has a population of around 300,000, but produces a huge amount of big and small name bands making wonderful music. We hear from Sigur rós, Björk and Múm, but what about the others that are making waves in the northern hemisphere? If you missed Stu’s 101 on Icelandic Music this morning, stream it above on demand. Here’s what we sampled musically too…
FM Belfast - Synthia - unreleased demo from how to make friends
Seabear - Arms - The Ghost That Carried Us Away
Hjaltalin - Traffic Music - Sleepdrunk Seasons
Jakobinarina - This Is An Advertisement - The First Crusade
Ólöf Arnalds - Klara - Við og Við
Icelandic Session on FBi Radio 94.5FM in Australia
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While in Australia in late January 2008 I popped by Stuart Buchanan’s nationally syndicated
Fat Planet radio show on FBi Radio 94.5FM. The audio link above features the 36-minute
session in which Stuart and I discussed new Icelandic music and played new tracks by six
up- and-coming Icelandic artists. They are (in order):
Olof Arnalds - Klara - Vid og Vid
Benni Hemm Hemm (feat. Jens Lekman) - Friðþjófur Og Ingibjörg - Ein Í Leyni
Mr. Silla & Mongoose - Organ Deviltry - Foxbite
Borko - Ding Dong Kingdom - Celebrating Life
Hellvar - Kjaftaedi - Bat Out Of Hellvar
FM Belfast - Synthia (Demo) - how to make friends
Stuart’s radio show is a companion to his international music blog, Fat Planet, which was
recently featured in The Guardian as “Best Blog For World Music.”
