Björk
Gist: If the rest are the country’s stars, she is the Icelandic sun.
Download: “Joga,” “Pagan Poetry,” “Hyper-Ballad,” “Crying,” “Pluto,” “Desired Constellation,” “Wanderlust” and “Enjoy.”
Emilíana Torrini
Gist: Contemporary folk wonder with volcanic emotion.
Download: “Sunny Road,” “Jungle Drum,” “Unemployment In Summertime,” “Dead Duck,” “Me & Armini” and “Tuna Fish.”
Hafdís Huld
Gist: Icelandic quirk delivered at its best and most loopy
Download: “Who Loves The Sun,” “Pop Song,” “Plastic Halo,” “Könguló,” “Tomoko,” “Synchornised Swimmers” and “Litlar Stjörnur.”
Múm
Gist: Dream pop before it was invented.
Download: “Green Grass Of Tunnel,” “Nightly Cares,” “They Made Frogs Smoke ‘Til They Exploded,” “Marmalade Fires” and “Prophecies And Reversed Memories.”
Lay Low
Gist: Winter darkness is long in Iceland, this is the remedy.
Download: “Jolene,” “Please Don’t Hate Me,” “By And By” and “Farewell Good Night’s Sleep.”
Amiina
Gist: Reykjavik melancholy captured by folk-inspired sextet.
Download: “Seoul,” “Hilli (At The Top Of The World),” “Over & Again” and “What Are We Waiting For?”
Ólöf Arnalds
Gist: Another folk chanteuse supported by Bjork.
Download: “Surrender,” “Jonathan,” “Close My Eyes” and “Solitary Man.”
Sigur Rós
Gist: Overtly emotive band with rock mentality and alternative swagger.
Download: “Gobbledigook,” “Hoppípolla,” “Sæglópur” and “Ára bátur”
Sóley
Gist: New artist born out of an arranged marriage between the feisty Lykke Li and the melancholic Agnes Obel.
Download: “I’ll Drown” and “Pretty Face.”
The Charlies
Gist: Their unabashed knack for Eurovision pop proves that Iceland is definitely a part of Scandinavia.
Download: “Let That Body Breathe,” “Ticking Like A Bomb” and “Monster (Eat Me)”
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