Before listening to a single note of Suris’ new album, “Pertinax”, I spent a few minutes just looking at the word. Pertinax. It has the distinct ring of a Stoic philosopher’s last defiant utterance or maybe a type of beetle known for its unusually stubborn shell. What a curious flag to fly for a collection of songs in an age of fleeting distraction. But...

About Tragically Unknown Tragically Unknown, one of Iceland's most promising rock bands, has just released a new song called "In Between." Tragically Unknown is a Reykjavik-based Icelandic rock band composed of the individually gifted vocalist Helena Hafsteinsdóttir, guitarist Oddur Mar, and bassist Thorgnyr Albertsson. The Cranberries and Paramore are among the bands that influenced Tragically Unknown. They began making music together in the fall of 2021....