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Dikta

gefur sig - new song next Tuesday

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... our Airwaves performance earned us a shoutout in the Rolling Stone magazine ... thank you for listening ... more info at dikta.net ( Flash required) ...... an acoustic version of Breaking The Waves, performed by Haukur and Jón Ólafsson on the latter's tv show [ youtube ] ... a Someone, Somewhere music video [ google video ] directed by Angus Giorgi ...

... our latest album, Hunting For Happiness, is available on iTunes , eMusic and Smekkleysa's Webstore . buy buy buy here:

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Member Since: 6/19/2005
Band Website: dikta.net
Band Members: Haukur Heiðar Hauksson (vocals, guitar, piano)

Jón Bjarni Pétursson (guitar)

Jón Þór Sigurðsson (drums)

Skúli Z Gestsson (bass)
Sounds Like: Nóttin var sú ágæt ein , exclusively available at Smekkleysa webstore - 99 kr. Hunting For Happiness: 1. Losing Every Day 2. Breaking The Waves 3. Chloë 4. This Song Will Save The World 5. Remember Me 6. Someone, Somewhere 7. WM3 8. My Other Big Brother 9. Greater Good 10. Flies Don't Tell 11. My Favourite Friend 12. A Way OutCD available at Amazon.co.uk and in digital format in iTunes music store , emusic.com and Smekkleysa.net (Bad Taste) . Reviews "4.5/5" - DecoyMusic.com USA "This album's polished finish and timeless appeal has conjured up an album that is a potential classic [...] "Happiness" is here - stop hunting!" - Salvo Magazine, issue 10 (page 22) UK "Absolutely kicking old school Rawk and Roll with a brain" - Subba-Cultcha UK "5/5" - Morgunblaðið ISL "4.5/5" - Rjóminn.is ISL "4/6" - Gaffa.dk DK ---For Facebook users: purevolume.com/diktayoutube.com/diktamusic

Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

July 5 - New song up Tuesday + US tour in the pipelines

Our new song is ready! We are going to post it on our myspace next Tuesday evening. Until then, all of our songs will be available for download in the Myspace player.Join our mailing list here:http://...
Posted by Dikta on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:00:00 PST

Feb 14 - Barack quotes Dikta + Update from camp Dikta

Fellow Myspacers.Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for.- Barack Obama (Feb. 5 speech)We're the ones we've been...
Posted by Dikta on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:53:00 PST

Nóttin var sú ágæt ein - Traditional Icelandic Christmas song

--- English version below --- Diktan tók sig til fyrr í mánuðinum og skellti sér í hljóðver. Tóku þeir þar upp lagið Nóttin var sú ágæt ein og er lagið nú tilbúið.Hægt er að hlusta á lagið hér á MySpa...
Posted by Dikta on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:19:00 PST

Dec 14 - Show. Christmas show. Song. Christmas song.

An Icelandic traditional Christmas song, Nóttin var sú ágæt ein, is now in our myspace player. It's a live version from last Christmas. We're working on a proper version in the studio. We'll upload i...
Posted by Dikta on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:02:00 PST

Nov 18 - New photos + Akureyri + Gaukur

Hi thereThere are a couple of new photos in the Pics department. Taken by the uber-talented Auður Sigbergsdóttir (also visit her website here)Two upcoming gigs:Nov 22 - MA, AkureyriNov 23 - Gaukur á S...
Posted by Dikta on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 07:15:00 PST

NEW VENUE, IN THE CITY FESTIVAL MANCHESTER !!

WE'VE BEEN MOVED, PITCHER AND PIANO HAS CLOSED SO WE ARE NOW PLAYING AT CHICAGO ROCK CAFÉ AT 11:30 !CHEERS FROM MANCHESTER !!LOVE DIKTA
Posted by Dikta on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:23:00 PST

Aug 24 - Quick update - Nasa 21/9

A word from Dikta:Hi everybodyWe've spent the whole summer making new songs and in the last few weeks performing in Reykjavik. Thanks to everybody who showed support, voiced their critique and slapped...
Posted by Dikta on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:08:00 PST

April 23 - Show this Friday + Nældu þér í frítt lag!!! + Album out now in the UK!!!

ENGLISH VERSION BELOW---Jæja.Föstudaginn 27. apríl mun Dikta koma fram ásamt Hjaltalín á GrandRokk. Dikta  hefur ekki spilað síðan á þrettándanum en hefur verið að semja nýtt efni sem frumflutt v...
Posted by Dikta on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:04:00 PST

Jan 9 - UK tour + new song

Greetings!Thanks to all of you who made it to the GrandRokk show ... sorry if you got there too late, 250 people is a bit crowded in this tiny place!OK, here are the dates for our UK mini-mini-tour:Ja...
Posted by Dikta on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 02:29:00 PST

Dec 20 - Xmas concert - Join our mailing list - UK tour January!

ENGLISH VERSION BELOW---En það bar til um þessar mundir, að boð kom frá Diktunni að skrásetja skyldi alla heimsbyggðina, á póstlista hennar ... hérÍslensk símanúmer eru einnig velkomin í sms-listann o...
Posted by Dikta on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:04:00 PST