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Catching Up With... Amiina

Instead of hovering in an ever-twisting ambient mist, these new tracks are relatively concise, beat heavy, and highly melodic.  read more

Cure for the Eyjafjallajökull Blues: Songs For Volcano-Stranded Travelers

Whether you're camping out on a hard, cold terminal floor, waiting for friends to get back Stateside or just watching it all unfold from afar...  read more

Amiina talks to Paste about Kurr

Amiina is a string orchestra, but that designation does not begin to describe the group’s inventiveness and unstoppable creativity. Sólrún Sumarlidadóttir, María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, Edda Ólafsdóttir, and Hildur Ársælsdóttir have an ambition that far exceeds that of most string orchestras. They also have a famous collaborator, with whom they have toured and recorded albums - Sigur Rós. Most of Sigur Rós’ fans have seen Amiina open for and accompany the famous Icelandic rock band, but following a series of sold-out US shows and the release of their first LP, Kurr, the four young women of Amiina are now the...  read more