Not Pop » Iceland http://notpop.co.uk Un Pop Music - Mostly, But Not Exclusively Female Artists - (A to Z) in terms of taste. Abba to Zappa. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:56:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Sóley – I’ll Drown (2011) http://notpop.co.uk/soley-i%e2%80%99ll-drown/2011/12/08/ http://notpop.co.uk/soley-i%e2%80%99ll-drown/2011/12/08/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:48:58 +0000 Sean http://notpop.co.uk/?p=2636 Sóley - I’ll Drown

Sóley Stefánsdóttir’s solo debut is just devine.
Puts me in mind of Stina Nordenstam’s delicious debut ‘Memories of a Color’ with a sprinkling of CoCoRosie’s debut ‘Noah’s Ark’.

Sóley – ‘Smashed Birds’ from the album ‘I’ll Drown’

For distributors go to Moor Music.
If you are in the UK, Boomkat have MP3, FLAC and CD versions.

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]]> http://notpop.co.uk/soley-i%e2%80%99ll-drown/2011/12/08/feed/ 0 Lay Low – Farewell Good Night’s Sleep http://notpop.co.uk/lay-low-farewell-good-nights-sleep/2010/02/24/ http://notpop.co.uk/lay-low-farewell-good-nights-sleep/2010/02/24/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:49:19 +0000 Sean http://notpop.co.uk/?p=1721 Lay Low - Farewell Good Night's Sleep

A quite little album with a soft country/folk/blues edge to it.
Nice and relaxing.

Lay Low – ‘By and By’ from the album ‘Farewell Good Night’s Sleep’

www.laylow.is

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]]> http://notpop.co.uk/lay-low-farewell-good-nights-sleep/2010/02/24/feed/ 0 Amiina do OMD http://notpop.co.uk/amiina-do-omd/2009/01/07/ http://notpop.co.uk/amiina-do-omd/2009/01/07/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:15:37 +0000 Sean http://notpop.co.uk/?p=581 Amiina Kurr album cover

Loving them from last year with their sweet debut release Kurr, they have done a version of OMD’s ‘Souvenir in December’ which you can hear over at their website.

Knitted hats-off-to-you girls… Hildur Ársælsdóttir, Edda Rún Ólafsdóttir, Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir and Sólrún Sumarliðadóttir.

Amiina – ‘Seoul’ from the album ‘Kurr’

www.amiina.com

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]]> http://notpop.co.uk/amiina-do-omd/2009/01/07/feed/ 0 Emiliana Torrini says hi http://notpop.co.uk/emiliana-torrini-says-hi/2008/12/23/ http://notpop.co.uk/emiliana-torrini-says-hi/2008/12/23/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:48:34 +0000 Sean http://notpop.co.uk/?p=549 A cute email hit my inbox a few weeks ago, thanks infotaupe.

Ms Torrini’s lastest album Me And Armini is definitely in my top five of 2008.

It gets better, Emiliana is hitting the UK in March 2009.
Deep Joy.

A great live video from a gig at Paradiso over on FabChannel

www.emilianatorrini.com

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]]> http://notpop.co.uk/emiliana-torrini-says-hi/2008/12/23/feed/ 0 Emiliana Torrini – Me And Armini http://notpop.co.uk/emiliana-torrini-me-and-armini/2008/09/10/ http://notpop.co.uk/emiliana-torrini-me-and-armini/2008/09/10/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:38:30 +0000 Sean http://notpop.co.uk/?p=452 Emiliana Torrini - Me and Armini

Emiliana is back with a great new album. I adored her 1999 Love in the Time of Science and the 2005 Fisherman’s Woman. This release builds and improves on both. Excellent.
Be sure to check out her revamped website to get digital and physical versions.

Emiliana Torrini – ‘To Be Free’ from the album ‘Love in the Time of Science’
(No vids available from her new album)

A great live video from a gig at Paradiso over on FabChannel

www.emilianatorrini.com

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It is someones birthday today, and this wonderful track came to mind.
Not the same cover from the 7 inch I had, but heh.

Thank god they re-released this stuff.

]]> http://notpop.co.uk/the-sugercubes-birthday/2008/06/05/feed/ 0 Amiina – Kurr http://notpop.co.uk/amiina-kurr/2008/02/09/ http://notpop.co.uk/amiina-kurr/2008/02/09/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:41:35 +0000 Sean http://seannye.com/wordpressblog/amiina-kurr/2008/02/09/ Amiina - Kurr cover

Time for a delicate chill-out album from the Icelandic quartet consisting of Hildur Ársælsdóttir, Edda Rún Ólafsdóttir, Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir and Sólrún Sumarliðadóttir.

They have worked with Sigur Ros in the studio and live, so that will give you an idea of the sort of chilledness of their work.

Wiki states that “The song “Hilli” was released on December 10, 2007 as the second single from the album Kurr. It is a collaboration between Amiina and Lee Hazelwood whose vocals (the last recording before his death) are mixed with a reworked version of the original song.”
How about that…

Amiina – ‘Seoul’ from the album ‘Kurr’

http://www.amiina.com/

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]]> http://notpop.co.uk/amiina-kurr/2008/02/09/feed/ 0 Emiliana Torrini – Love in the Time of Science http://notpop.co.uk/testing-the-player/2007/10/28/ http://notpop.co.uk/testing-the-player/2007/10/28/#comments Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:25:28 +0000 Sean http://seannye.com/wordpressblog/?p=4 emilianaloveinthetimeofscience1

I forget how I was introduced to this diamond. Which is a shame. Full respect to whomever switched me on to her. Wednesday’s Child is a track from her fabulous CD Love in the Time of Science which goes from soft and duvet like, to Shirley Bassey Big on the track Telepathy. Her georgous Fisherman’s Woman CD is a total must have also, but more about that later.

Emiliana Torrini – Unemployed In Summertime

http://www.emilianatorrini.com/

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