30 best Icelandic albums ever

http://www.tonlist.is/Music/ChartList.aspx?ID=289

http://icelandicmusic.blogspot.com/2009/06/best-icelandic-albums-ever-nrs-1-30.html

1 Sigur Rós Ágætis byrjun
1
Ágætis byrjun
Sigur Rós

2 Trúbrot – Lifun
Lifun

Trúbrot
3 Megas & Spilverk þjóðanna – Á bleikum náttkjólum
Á bleikum náttkjól…

Megas & Spilverk þjóð…
4 Þursaflokkurinn – Hinn íslenzki Þursaflokkur
Hinn íslenzki Þurs…

Þursaflokkurinn
5 Stuðmenn – Sumar á Sýrlandi
Sumar á Sýrlandi

Stuðmenn
6 Björk – Debut
Debut

Björk
7 Björk Guðmundsdóttir & Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar – Gling-Gló
Gling-Gló

Björk Guðmundsdóttir …
8 Bubbi Morthens – Ísbjarnarblús
HlustaÍsbjarnarblús

Bubbi Morthens
9 Sigur Rós – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
Með suð í eyrum vi…

Sigur Rós
10 Spilverk þjóðanna – Sturla
Sturla

Spilverk þjóðanna
11 Emilíana Torrini – Me And Armini
Me And Armini

Emilíana Torrini
12 Vilhjálmur Vilhjálmsson – Hana nú
Hana nú

Vilhjálmur Vilhjálmss…
13 Emilíana Torrini – Fisherman’s Woman
Fisherman’s Woman

Emilíana Torrini
14 Sykurmolarnir – Life’s Too Good
Life’s Too Good

Sykurmolarnir
15 Stuðmenn – Með allt á hreinu
Með allt á hreinu

Stuðmenn
16 Björgvin Halldórsson og Gunnar Þórðarson – Einu sinni var – Vísur úr vísnabókinni
Einu sinni var – V…

Björgvin Halldórsson …
17 Hrekkjusvín – Lög unga fólksins
Lög unga fólksins

Hrekkjusvín
18 Bubbi Morthens – Kona
Kona

Bubbi Morthens
19 Mugison – Mugimama is this monkeymusic
Mugimama is this m…

Mugison
20 Sigur Rós – Takk…
Takk…

Sigur Rós
21 Utangarðsmenn – Geislavirkir
Geislavirkir

Utangarðsmenn
22 Mannakorn – Í gegnum tíðina
Í gegnum tíðina

Mannakorn
23 Jet Black Joe – Jet Black Joe
Jet Black Joe

Jet Black Joe
24 Hljómar – Hljómar
Hljómar

Hljómar
25 Megas – Loftmynd
Loftmynd

Megas
26 Mugison – Mugiboogie
Mugiboogie

Mugison
27 KK Band – Bein leið
Bein leið

KK Band
28 Þursaflokkurinn – Þursabit
Þursabit

Þursaflokkurinn
29 Megas – Megas
Megas

Megas
30 Egó – Breyttir tímar
Breyttir tímar

Egó

End of Virgin Records

NY Times Article

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/arts/music/15virgin.html

My final cd purchases from there (80% off)

Aaron Parks – Invisible Cinema (recommended somewhere online and random guy in store was pushing it too)
AC Newman – Get Guilty
Benni Hemm Hemm – Kajak [Icelandic band but on a New Zealand comp too? not sure where they are from]
Fuck Buttons – Street Horrrsing [RB said its good]
thenewno2 – you are here  [Dhani Harrison son of George]
The Unbending Trees – Chemically Happy (is the new sad) [Ben Watts newest label Strange Feelings]
VA – War Child Presents Heroes [gifted]

And a Sub Pop Music Video DVD – Acquired Taste

all for under $30.

RIP Virgin.

Dear Friends: The Music of Final Fantasy Hartford 2005

Dear Friends: The Music of Final Fantasy Hartford 2005 audience recording available at this link.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/80iqim 75.7 megs .zip file 192 kbps MP3.

Moby – Issue Project DJ Set (Review)

Moby (Ambient Electronic DJ Set) on Friday April 24^th 2009 @ Issue Project Room (Brooklyn)

On Friday and Saturday evenings at the Hayden Planetarium, within the American Museum of Natural History in New York, one can experience music from artists like David Bowie, Radiohead, U2, Goldfrapp and the Flaming Lips in a very unique way. Moby has curated the soundtrack to a musical journey called Sonicvision where trippy visual effects playing out above your head. As futuristic and psychedelic lights pulse and thumping beats throb across the floor, you sit in your seat feeling the sensation of movement while encompassed by the gigantic dome overhead like an IMAX film. Through the swirls of lights flashing and twisting around above your head, the motion occasionally halts as you reach a destination, perhaps some other worldly planet, and the images change. Never before have I watched giant projections of robots dance.

Music Stats

MediaMonkey Music Library Statistics

Totals
Type	Library	Played
Artists	5964	352
Albums	6182	465
Genres	338	75
Years	65	26
Playlists	117	1
Tracks	57280	2450
Length (h:mm:ss)	4250:47:34	100:25:27
File size	350.57 GB	8.53 GB

Averages
Type	Library	Played
Tracks per Artist	9.4	53.5
Tracks per Album	8.9	11.1
Tracks per Genre	152.2	608.6
Tracks per Year	198.3	21.2
Bitrate (kbps)	197	202
Year	1878	1991
Tracks played per day	-	15.6
Rating	***	**”
Length (h:mm:ss)	0:04:27	0:04:16
File size	6.27 MB	6.22 MB

Top 10 Artists
Tracks	Artist	Length	File size
1041	Pearl Jam	77:24:44	6.59 GB
891	Moby	78:44:39	6.24 GB
746	Nobuo Uematsu	34:52:59	2.81 GB
601	The Beatles	27:26:04	2.75 GB
528	Radiohead	37:09:19	3.03 GB
433	BT	38:17:26	3.12 GB
375	The Kinks	20:55:27	1.71 GB
364	R.E.M.	24:03:17	2.01 GB
350	Bob Dylan	24:59:25	2.01 GB
338	The Smiths	20:07:15	1.65 GB

Top 10 Artists played
Tracks	Artist	Length	File size
132	Nitin Sawhney	1:33:22	141.78 MB
131	Anika Moa	1:22:00	116.02 MB
68	Mates Of State	1:03:46	108.18 MB
68	Kaskade	0:47:52	66.88 MB
64	Thievery Corporation	1:52:25	169.03 MB
55	Kings Of Leon	1:22:41	123.59 MB
55	Radiohead	1:29:15	138.55 MB
54	David Bowie	2:31:07	231.35 MB
50	Moby	1:04:38	87.62 MB
50	Fleet Foxes	1:06:18	90.62 MB

Thievery Corporation @ Terminal 5 Feb 26 ‘09

Thievery Corporation review at Relix

Some photos:

Known collaborators/ vocalists of the night:

Natalia Clavier
Lou Lou
Karina Zeviani
Roots – ? (one has hat other has long hair)
Zeebo – ? (one has hat other has long hair)
Sleepy Wonder
Sista Pat
Frank Orrall – percussion / vocals
Rob Myers – Sitarist/Guitarist
Ashish Vyas – Bass
Yanna – ?
? – Saxophone
? – Trumpet

2/26 Video Clip of Dancing on Stage (HQ)

–ADDITIONAL LINKS–

Photos, notes and review from Summerstage 2008 show

18th Street Lounge (official Thievery Site)

Wikipedia

Karina Zeviani Myspace

New York Times 2/25/09 review

50showsat50 2.25.09 photos/notes

The Sparrow Quartet Review

The Sparrow Quartet 9:30 (Late) Show at Joes Pub on February 11th 2009

review at relix

Curumin Review

curumin review at popmatters 30th January 2009

just to catch up with past reviews/photos for shows…

Andrew Bird @ Carnegie Hall 1/28/9

So I ended up seeing Andrew Bird, my post about him earlier got me pumped so I had to go. Very awesome show and loved the sound at Carnegie.

ANDREW BIRD REVIEW AT RELIX.

Andrew Bird setlist:

1) Instrumental Intro (Carrion Suite?)

2) Water Jet Cicile/Self-Torture

3) Natural Disaster

4) Masterswarm

5) Effigy

6) Tenuousness

7) Oh No

8) Not a Robot, But a Ghost

9) Nomenclature

10) Imitosis

11) Fitz and Dizzyspells

12) Anonanimal

13) Souverian

14) Tables and Chairs

encore:

15) Why?

16) Some of These Days

encore 2:

17) Fake Palindromes

Dosh (opener) setlist:

- Simple Exercises (instrumental)

- Don’t Wait for the Needle to Drop

- Steve the Cat,

- If You Want To,You Have To,

- The Magic Stick (?)

- Um, Circles and Squares.

The BPA – “Seattle” – Song of the Week Vol 1

The BPA – “Seattle (Radio Edit)” Listen Here

Having heard this song a couple of times on KEXP.org’s broadcasting collaboration with 91.7 FM in NYC, I am very intrigued. The Brighton Port Authority (BPA) is a project of UK DJ Norman Cook’s, aka Fatboy Slim. Featuring the vocals of Emmy the Great, “Seattle” is incredibly catchy. The chorus “See sky falling…new day dawning every single day in America.” is sing-a-long  good. The track has been remixed as well but of the two versions I have heard, neither seem as great.

Apparently the album, I Think We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat, is already available on Amazon.com but will officially be released on February 3rd on Cook’s on Southern Fried Records label.

7:49

<!– –> The BPA

Seattle (feat. Emmy The Great)

I Think We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat

Southern Fried Records

DJ Comments: New project from Norman Cook aka Fat Boy Slim. http://www.myspace.com/thebpa

Official Site (with remix parts available for contest that is now over)

Myspace