Week 2 : Cédric Chamoulaud

Iceland Airwaves : the cool early winter

Iceland Airwaves is an annual music festival held in Reykjavík, Iceland on the third weekend of October.

Summer may well be finished, some festivals such as the Iceland Airwaves Festival are resisting. In the warm and exotic Iceland, and more specifically the city of Reykjavik, the event should be a good remedy against the blues fall from 31 October to 4 November 2012.

In 2012, the Icelandic band Sigur Ros is headlining the festival, with an air rock influences minimalist and classical music. This group will be joined by rising stars like alternative rock Django Django, Friends, Thee Attacks ... But groups in Iceland will be made ​​as of the party, including Soley, Hermigervil, GusGus, Of Monster and Men or Retro Stefson.

But the Iceland Airwaves Festival is also a springboard for young groups. The event also helped to launch Bloc Party, Klaxons and Fatboy Slim at its first edition in 1999.

So if you like alternative music and want to discover both youth groups and Iceland, your destination is found! (171)