Viðihlið is a cover of a track by Icelandic musician Megas. It was recorded for the b-side of Olof Arnalds’ new single ‘Hypnose’ (out March 24). Olof said ““Víðihlíð is such a sneaky composition. It´s brilliantly simple and complex song…
Palme is short, compact, stunning. It’s a record a little like a music box, with ballerina popping up and spinning intoxicatingly, especially to those who let themselves become one with it. It’s like a fragile and wonderful little universe. Artists…
Who is Ólöf Arnalds? Why isn’t she regarded in awe by all with ears? Is the world so deaf to greatness that an artist of this calibre, this breathtaking brilliance, is confined to ‘specialist’ radio stations and name-checks in the…
With Bjork’s latest album bristling with the kind of sonic innovation that makes Radiohead look as challenging a prospect as a tug-of-war against the local Women’s Institute and Sigur Ros putting out a new live record that captures them at…
I first heard Ólöf Arnalds when her song ‘Surrender’ came on the radio and made my ears prick up. Eerily understated, it quickly gets under the skin. The music video, in which a haunted-looking Ólöf wanders in damp, gloomy forest, exploring…