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Comprehensive News Feed for The Sugarcubes.

Results 1 - 19 of 19 in The Sugarcubes

  1. Tributes for much-loved Prestatyn guitarist

    Tuesday Nov 24 | IcNorthWales

    ... Betsan and Phil had three children Dylan, George and Rhianwen. Betsan, who played keyboards for Bjork and The Sugarcubes, was the lead singer in a band Corky's Cats with guitarist Phil for seven years. They set up Leaping Cat records and opened ...

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    Related Topix: Denbighshire County, Wales, Prestatyn, United Kingdom, World News, United Kingdom, Alternative

  2. Party Like It's Baugur DayRead the original story w/Photo

    Sunday Nov 22 | Iceland Review

    The largest gingerbread house in Iceland is currently underway in Eyrarbakki in south Iceland.

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    Related Topix: Iceland, World News, Arctic Region

  3. Refinery29: On Location in Reykjavik

    Monday Nov 16 | Cool Hunting

    ... Reykjavik's largest supermarket. It's also home to Bad Taste Ltd. , a record label founded by members of The Sugarcubes who have signed Iceland's biggest exports - Bjork, Gusgus, and Sigur Ros, and its up-and-coming ones Hairdoctor, Mammut, and Mum. ...

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    Related Topix: Reykjavik, Iceland, World News, Iceland, Arctic Region, Alternative, Tensift, Morocco, Marrakesh, Morocco, Morocco

  4. IntroductionRead the original story

    Oct 16, 2009 | UR Chicago

    ... Lights over beers on the porch of a small cottage with Fatboy Slim. 2007: Interviewing Siggi Baldursson (of The Sugarcubes) while riding shotgun in his car. See, he was tight on time as he needed to run an errand or two and then pick up his kids, so ...

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    Related Topix: Alternative, Indie, The Album Leaf

  5. Iceland's m m Are at the Cutting Edge of CoolRead the original story

    Nov 5, 2009 | OC Weekly

    ... Icelanders Elly Vilhjlmsdttir and Magnus Blondal Jhannsson seem especially influential in mm's songs, as do the Sugarcubes (of course) and the generation of similar artists popular in the late '80s. Using a lot of piano, guitar, bass and drums, mm ...

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    Related Topix: Music, Entertainment

  6. Who Are The Best Female Lyricists?Read the original story w/Photo

    Oct 27, 2009 | OhNoTheyDidnt

    ... out some great female lyricists. Bjork From the skew-viewed, idiosyncratic exuberance of early days with The Sugarcubes and Debut to the more subtle turns of later years, Bjork has always had a knack for dreaming up strange dramatic conceits, ...

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  7. First The Sugarcubes Break Up, Now This

    Oct 27, 2009 | Hit and Run

    ... ic version of the burger the most expensive in the world. Reykjavik bonus: The original, Icelandic version of the Sugarcubes classic "Birthday":

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    Related Topix: Alternative, World News, Arctic Region, Iceland, Restaurant Management, Mcdonalds, Reykjavik, Iceland

  8. Who Are The Best Female Lyricists?

    Oct 21, 2009 | NME.com

    ... out some great female lyricists. Bjork From the skew-viewed, idiosyncratic exuberance of early days with The Sugarcubes and Debut to the more subtle turns of later years, Bjork has always had a knack for dreaming up strange dramatic conceits, ...

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    Related Topix: Alternative

  9. 10.16.09 | Arctic Rock || Introduction

    Oct 16, 2009 | UR Chicago

    ... Lights over beers on the porch of a small cottage with Fatboy Slim. 2007: Interviewing Siggi Baldursson (of The Sugarcubes) while riding shotgun in his car. See, he was tight on time as he needed to run an errand or two and then pick up his kids, so ...

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    Related Topix: Alternative, Indie, The Album Leaf

  10. Iceland's PM: We Cannot Wait for IMF Any LongerRead the original story

    Sep 29, 2009 | Iceland Review

    ... lowered by ten percent. more Icelandic singer-songwriter Einar A-rn Benediktsson of Ghostigital, formerly of the Sugarcubes, was in London last week to record a song with the Gorillaz, the virtual band created by Damon Albarn, for their next album. ...

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    Related Topix: Home, Mortgage

  11. John Key's DiaryRead the original story

    Sep 27, 2009 | Kiwiblog

    The Dim-Post in fine form : Monday Evening. My suite at the Breekman. Cocktails with some of the old Wall St gang at Club 55 earlier.

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  12. Icelandic band m m

    Sep 23, 2009 | Jerusalem Post

    ... and faux-kitschy appearance do suggest a certain unconventional kinship with the legends of the north, The Sugarcubes and Bjork, the first pop act from Iceland to break out of the country's friendly confines. Formed in Reykjavik in 1997 by then ...

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    Related Topix: Alternative, World News, Arctic Region, Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, The Aphex Twin, Electronic, Israel, Hamerkaz, Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel, Classical

  13. I've Been Listening to Bjork's Voltaic

    Sep 18, 2009 | Reverb

    ... with music. It's been twenty years since I first heard that strong and dynamic voice on the Icelandic band The Sugarcubes Life's Too Good . I've been listening to Voltaic - Bjorks new live record. It's not "live" -- as in front of an audience -- the ...

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    Related Topix: Bjork, Pop/Rock, Alternative

  14. If Bj rk Is Nearby, No One Will Notice You Are Peeing in Public

    Sep 2, 2009 | New York Magazine

    That's what Craig Wedren, of the seminal D.C. hard-core band Shudder to Think, learned one night backintheday, when his band was playing with the Sugarcubes at New York's late CBGB.

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    Related Topix: Alternative, Shudder to Think

  15. Lincoln rapist jailed for five yearsRead the original story w/Photo

    Jul 29, 2009 | This is Lincolnshire

    A man convicted of raping a drunken stranger as she staggered home from a Lincoln nightclub has been jailed for five years.

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  16. Dirty Projectors - Bite OrcaRead the original story w/Photo

    Jul 17, 2009 | NZ Herald

    Rating: * * * * Verdict: Big Apple avant-garde band deliver album of art and heart.

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    Related Topix: The Dirty Projectors, Pop/Rock

  17. Mile High Music Festival Q&A: The Duke Spirit

    Jul 17, 2009 | Westword

    ... a commanding figure on stage with an image reminiscent of punk-era Debbie Harry and Bjork from her days in the Sugarcubes. With numerous international tours and multiple television appearances under its belt, the outfit's live performances are ...

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    Related Topix: Alternative

  18. Birthday - SugarcubesRead the original story

    Jul 13, 2009 | WRNX-FM Holyoke

    The Sugarcubes were the biggest group ever to emerge from Iceland, which helps explain their off-kilter sense of melody.

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    Related Topix: Alternative

  19. Ida Maria and a Brief History of Scandinavian Pop

    Jun 18, 2009 | New Times

    Norwegian pop-punk damsel Ida Maria is making a serious run at American stardom, and that's awesome.

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    Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Ida, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Abba, The 80'S, Ace of Base, Alternative, Music