"[W]e had actually already delivered the album when we decided to work on one more song," he writes. "Many of the songs on my new album took a long time in the making, so when we decided to give ...

Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music playlist at the bottom of the page. Despite its title, Afterglow is ...

Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson is set to be the next internationally known band from Iceland, following in the footsteps of Björk, Sigur Rós, and Of Monsters and Men. He rewrote and recorded his 2012 debut ...

It’s been a tough couple of weeks, and new art arrives this week as a welcome relief from the chaos. As we focus on making the world a better place to resist the climate of hate that seems to pervade ...

Ásgeir Trausti finds himself in a rather curious situation. There's a buzz around him as a 'new artist', but he released in his home country of Iceland in September 2012. He's destined for huge things ...

Icelandic singer-songwriter Ásgeir has released the new single, "Smoke", as the latest teaser of his forthcoming fifth studio album, Julia. Ásgeir's new single "Smoke" was recorded live with a ...

Ásgeir has shared a video for his new single “Borderland.” It is the latest single to be released from his forthcoming album, Time On My Hand, which will be out on October 28 via One Little ...

“I grew up in a small town on the northwest side of Iceland called Laugarbakki—about 40 people live there,” Ásgeir told American Songwriter. By the time he turned 10, the Icelandic singer/songwriter’s ...

On Feb. 7, Icelandic artist Àsgeir will release Bury The Moon, his third full-length studio album, via One Little Indian. This particular video is the first of three in a series titled Is Anyone ...

“I was 12 or 13 when I discovered Johnny Cash and that was very important,” says Asgeir, who arrives in Australia next week for a short tour and an appearance at this year’s Splendour in the Grass ...

Though Americans may not have heard of him yet, one in ten people in Iceland own "In the Silence" by Ásgeir, a melodic folk singer and instrumentalist whose debut album has rapidly outsold ...

After raving about Temples to NY Times music critic Jon Pareles the night before, he suggested I immediately seek out a Boston-based band called Quilt, who also have a retro flair. They played an ...