WRBC 91.5 FM » Iceland http://wrbcradio.com/home Radio Bates College in Lewiston, Maine Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:17:04 +0000 en hourly 1 WRBC in Icelandic Newspaper Fréttablaðið http://wrbcradio.com/home/2009/03/12/frettabla%c3%b0i%c3%b0/ http://wrbcradio.com/home/2009/03/12/frettabla%c3%b0i%c3%b0/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:48:09 +0000 admin http://wrbcradio.wordpress.com/?p=69

WRBC in Icelandic News

Bates College is now a known entity in the country of Iceland. The local paper, Fréttablaðið, covered FM Belfast’s journey to Bates in a March 10th article. The article has been translated by Bates professor, Aslaug Asgeirsdottir.

“Discussed the Icelandic Recession”

The danceband FM Belfast recently returned from a two-week trip to the United States where they participated in a variety of things.

FM Blefast played a concert at Bates College in Maine where they also participated in a seminar on the collapse of the Icelandic economy. Áslaug Ásgeirsdóttir, a professor of politics at the college lead the seminar.

“They asked how the collapse really felt. We just described it and discussed how the protests helped uncover some phenomenal corruption that we had no idea existed,” said singer Lóa Hjálmtýsdóttir.

Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson, FM Belfast´s singer, did make the news during the protests when a police car drove into him in front the the parliament building. Afterward he was hit with a baton in the back of his head.

“They showed a great deal of interest as people in the United States are filled with fear. Their system is slowly going bankrupt, so people there are particularly interested [in the Icelandic collapse], said Lóa while adding lightheartedly: “People there have completely stopped asking us about Björk. Now everyone wants to discuss the collapse [of the Icelandic economy].”

Students running the Bates College radio station, WRBC, saw FM Belfast play during Iceland Airwaves in 2008, and then arranged for them to play at Bates.

FM Belfast also did other things while in the United States. The band also recorded new songs at a studio in Brooklyn, New York and met with an entertainment lawyer who has helped the band get noticed in the States.

Fréttablaðið, Reykjavík, Iceland, March 10, 2009. Page 20

]]> http://wrbcradio.com/home/2009/03/12/frettabla%c3%b0i%c3%b0/feed/ 1 WRBC and BMU to Present FM BELFAST (IS) with TaNZERMENSCH (DJ SET), Reggaenomics, and Battleship http://wrbcradio.com/home/2009/02/21/fm-belfast/ http://wrbcradio.com/home/2009/02/21/fm-belfast/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:08:04 +0000 admin http://wrbcradio.wordpress.com/?p=24 As part of the WRBC FM “Never-Ending Concert Series,” Icelandic band, FM Belfast (http://www.myspace.com/fmbelfast), will be playing a show at Bates College in Lewiston at the Benjamin Mays Center on February 28th, 2009. Doors will open at 9:30, and the Bates’ own Battleship and Reggaenomics will head off the concert, which is free. The evening will end with a performance by DJ TäNZERMENSCH. 

FM Belfast is a four-piece electronic band. They were one of the surprise breakout artists at last October’s Iceland Airwaves Music Festival, which is held annually in Reykjavik, Iceland. Their first LP, How to make friends, was also released in October 2008 in Iceland. It is available for sale in the United States through the iTunes music store.

FM Belfast is considered one of the premier new artists in the rapidly expanding Icelandic music scene. Their music utilizes elements of dance pop and expands on it with profound lyrics and a light-hearted attitude. This show promises to be one of the best electronic shows in the state of Maine this year.

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