1st place: Of Monsters and Men
2nd place: Vulgate
3rd place: The Assassin of a Beautiful Brunette
The People’s Band: The Assassin of a Beautiful Brunette
Individual Award:
Singer: Svanur Herbertsson from Feeling Blue
Drummer: Skúli Gíslason from The Assassin of a Beautiful Brunette
Guitarist: Arnar Pétur Stefánsson from Hydrophobic Starfish
Bassist: Kári Jóhannsson from Lucky Bob
Keyboardist/Programmer:: Magnús Benedikt Sigurðsson from Hydrophobic Starfish & Heimska en samt sexí gospelbandið
Recognition for Icelandic songwriting: Bakkabræður
The following 42 bands competed: Heimska en samt sexí gospelbandið, Husband, Cancer City, Antares, Alefli, Lost Boys, Vulgate, Lækjarbræður, No Matches, Narfur, Fold em Up, Hydrophobic Starfish, Snjólugt, GÁVA, Dólgarnir, Lucky Bob, Suddenly Alive, MBT, Gösli, My Final Warning, Vangaveltur, Broken Sound, Feeling Blue, Enter, Arty Kristofers, Höfuðlausn, 3000 miles & above, The Assassin of a Beautiful Brunette, The Fallen Prophecy, Divine, Silent Shoelace, Of monsters and men, Bakkabræður, Fimbulþul, Bring us Temptation, Irony, Dorian Grey, Ingvar, Íslenska Hljómsveitin, Mr.Alexis, Siðrof
Did You Know?
- The final night of the IME this year took place in the Reykjavík Art Museum/Hafnarhús.
- This was the inaugural year of Stage Europe Network and Of Monster and Men went to the Netherlands with Hitt Húsið and participated in one of their projects and The Assassin of a Beautiful Brunette went to Norway. Of Monster and Men later gained worldwide fame with their winning song Little Talks.
- A concert at Iceland Airwaves was part of a the prizes from Music Experiments and it was there that the radio station from Seattle, USA, KEXP recorded the song Little Talks from the band’s chamber concert. The band first toured North America in 2012 and sold out all 20 of their concerts there.
