Festival No. 0001555 · Est. 2002
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- Iceland Airwaves 2012
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- Reykjavik, Iceland
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For the record
About the artists
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Agent Fresco formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 2008. Plays alternative rock, art rock, indie rock, math rock, progressive metal, progressive rock, rock. -
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Bloodgroup formed in 2007.
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Brain Police formed in 1998. Plays stoner rock.
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Daughter formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2010. Plays alternative rock, ambient, art pop, dream pop, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, pop.
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DIMMA formed in 2004.
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Dirty Projectors formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2002. Plays avant-garde, post-rock.
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Django Django formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2009. Plays alternative dance, art rock, electronic, electronic rock, electronica, indie pop, indie rock, indie surf.
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Doldrums plays electronic.
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Elektro Guzzi formed in 2004.
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Ewert and the Two Dragons formed in Tallinn, Estonia, in 2009, and split up on 18 July 2025, after 16 years. Plays indie folk, indie rock.
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Exitmusic formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2003.
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FM Belfast formed in October 2005.
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Half Moon Run formed in Montreal, Canada, in April 2010. Plays indie folk, indie pop, indie rock.
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Jamie N Commons was born in Bristol, United Kingdom, on 22 October 1988. Plays alternative rock, americana, blues, blues rock, country, pop, roots rock.
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Jesuslesfilles formed in 2008.
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Kool Thing formed in 2010, and split up in 2015, after 5 years.
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Kwes. was born in Lewisham, United Kingdom, in 1987.
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Leaves formed in 2000.
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Momentum formed in 2003.
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Moss formed in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in October 2003.
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Muck was born in Dresden, Germany, on 19 February 1948.
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Noise formed in 1977, and split up in 1981, after 4 years. Plays punk.
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Nova Heart formed in Beijing, China, in 2012.
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Of Monsters and Men formed in Keflavik, Iceland, in 2010. Plays folk, folk pop, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, pop, rock.
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OYAMA plays breakcore, witch house.
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Patrick Wolf was born on 30 June 1983. Plays folk, singer-songwriter.
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Phantogram formed in Greenwich, United States, in 2007. Plays ambient pop, electropop, glitch pop, indie pop, indietronica, pop rap.
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Philco Fiction formed in Oslo, Norway.
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Poliça formed in Minneapolis, United States, in 2011. Plays alternative rock.
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Purity Ring formed in Edmonton, Canada, in 2010. Plays dream pop, futurepop, witch house.
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Retro Stefson formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 2006.
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Rubik was born on 14 April 1979.
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Samaris formed in January 2011. Plays downtempo, electronic, electronica, trip hop.
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Sigur Rós formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 4 January 1994. Plays ambient, ambient pop, art pop, art rock, dance, dream pop, electronic, electronica.
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Skálmöld formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, in August 2009. Plays folk metal, viking metal.
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Soley plays biguine, reggae, salegy.
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Sykur formed in October 2009.
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Sólstafir formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, in January 1995. Plays atmospheric sludge metal, black metal, metal, post-metal, post-rock, progressive metal, psychedelic rock, rock.
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The Foreign Resort formed in 2006. Plays indie pop, new wave, post-punk, shoegaze.
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The Vaccines formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2010. Plays alternative rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, post-punk revival, power pop.
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The Vintage Caravan formed in 2006. Plays blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock, rock, stoner rock.
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Árstíðir formed in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 2008.
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Ásgeir was born on 1 July 1992. Plays art pop, folk, folk pop, folktronica, indie folk, rock, singer-songwriter.
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Ólafur Arnalds was born in Mosfellsbær, Iceland, on 3 November 1986. Plays ambient, avant-garde, classical, classical crossover, contemporary classical, dance, deep house, edm.
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Úlfur Úlfur formed in 2011.