Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen is Director of the Undergraduate Media and Communication Studies programme at the University of Iceland. A renowned music journalist, he is the author of three books on Icelandic music.

This is a wonderfully affectionate history of music-making in Iceland. Nothing here on hot springs or glaciers, but a rich and thoughtful account of what it means to be a popular musician in a very small, intense and playful country. - Simon Frith, Emeritus Professor of Music, University of EdinburghIcelandic Pop charts the musical changes of a small nation, from rock ’n roll to Laufey and everywhere in between. Thoroddsen is simply a stupendous storyteller, and shows without a doubt that Icelandic pop is so much more than just “meanderings about elves, quirkiness, lava and volcanos”. - Sarah Hill, Associate Professor of Popular Music and Tutorial Fellow of St Peter’s College, University of Oxford

Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen is Director of the Undergraduate Media and Communication Studies programme at the University of Iceland. A renowned music journalist, he is the author of three books on Icelandic music.

This is a wonderfully affectionate history of music-making in Iceland. Nothing here on hot springs or glaciers, but a rich and thoughtful account of what it means to be a popular musician in a very small, intense and playful country. - Simon Frith, Emeritus Professor of Music, University of EdinburghIcelandic Pop charts the musical changes of a small nation, from rock ’n roll to Laufey and everywhere in between. Thoroddsen is simply a stupendous storyteller, and shows without a doubt that Icelandic pop is so much more than just “meanderings about elves, quirkiness, lava and volcanos”. - Sarah Hill, Associate Professor of Popular Music and Tutorial Fellow of St Peter’s College, University of Oxford

Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen is Director of the Undergraduate Media and Communication Studies programme at the University of Iceland. A renowned music journalist, he is the author of three books on Icelandic music.

This is a wonderfully affectionate history of music-making in Iceland. Nothing here on hot springs or glaciers, but a rich and thoughtful account of what it means to be a popular musician in a very small, intense and playful country. - Simon Frith, Emeritus Professor of Music, University of EdinburghIcelandic Pop charts the musical changes of a small nation, from rock ’n roll to Laufey and everywhere in between. Thoroddsen is simply a stupendous storyteller, and shows without a doubt that Icelandic pop is so much more than just “meanderings about elves, quirkiness, lava and volcanos”. - Sarah Hill, Associate Professor of Popular Music and Tutorial Fellow of St Peter’s College, University of Oxford