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Heading Into Pleasure Valley With Kira Kira

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Kira Kira’s Unaðsdalur Embraces Light And Truth  Since the premiere of her debut film Grandma Lo-Fi at the Copenhagen International…

Making Waves: Meet The Four Most Exciting Airwaves Debuts

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It’s time once again for Iceland Airwaves – the country’s biggest and most ambitious music festival. Also known as “the…

Iceland’s Most Productive Indie Band

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Local indie band Supersport! recounts their latest release, writing about houses, and facing an identity crisis A charming underground art-pop…

The Indefensible Defence Of An Obsolete Industry

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Examining the past, present and still uncertain future of whaling in Iceland “It’s been a crazy day,” Valgerður Árnadóttir says,…

To Hollywood And Beyond

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With Truenorth Talent, Tania Zarak Quintana is expanding opportunities for Iceland’s creative powerhouse We meet Tania Zarak Quintana, VP of…

Holy Shit! It’s The 2023 Grapevine Music Awards!

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What will 2022 be remembered for? If 2020-2021 were “the lost years,” where artists went insular and mused on solitude…

Airwaves 2022 Saturday Super Review: All-Powerful Go_A, Comfortable Axel Flóvent, And Arlo Parks Brings Us Home

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Shed a tear, Airwaves 2022 is all over. Across the city, sleepy humans are slowly waking up and trying to…

Good Old Airwaves Is Back

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Iceland Airwaves returns to Reykjavík after a 2-year hiatus  It’s been almost three years since the last Iceland Airwaves festival…

RVK Newscast 199: Culture In Iceland

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For this episode of RVK Newscast, Culture Editor Josie Anne is joined by Reykjavík Grapevine’s Listings and Events Coordinator Kim…

A Hub Of Activity: Reykjavík Arts Festival Hub Is Back With A Bold New Programme

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“The most beautiful thing is when the events unfold. They’ve been in your phone and your excel sheet for so…

The Grapevine Music Awards 2021: The Winners Are Here!

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Oh, you thought a pandemic would stop us? No way! It’s January, and that means the Grapevine Music Awards 2021…

The Evolution of Gyða: On Music, Multiple Dimensions Of Love, And Our Collective Future

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Gyða Valtýsdóttir could be at once described as a cellist, composer, artist and mystic but categories are something she feels…

Logi Pedro Album Release – “My Iceland Is Colourful”

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Logi Pedro’s second album ‘Undir bláu tungli,’ meaning ‘Under the blue moon,’ is being released today, RÚV reports. It has…

Portrait of a City: Reykjavik Between Legend, History, and Tourism

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This article originally written in Italian for Il Giornale dell’Architettura (The Architectural Post) by Sofia Nannini was translated by Nico…

GusGus, The Impossible Band: 25 Years Of Intrigue, Drama And Music

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None of this was supposed to happen. GusGus was just supposed to be a short film, not a band. And…

Travel Like A Tourist: Journeying Through Iceland Like An Icelander

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Presenting: The Ultimate Grapevine Travel Iceland Guide. Scroll down for our favourite places in the north, east, south, west and…

Airwaves Tipsters 2019: María Rut Reynisdóttir

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María Rut Reynisdóttir is the project manager of Reykjavík Music City, which seeks to promote the city’s music scene and…

New Wave DIY: Meet The Post-dreifing Music & Arts Collective

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In a bright sunlit living room lined with antique furniture and tchotchkes, a group of friends are gathered around a…

The Icelandic Writers On The Reykjavík International Literature Festival

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Iceland has long had a love affair with the literary arts. The tradition is born from the warrior poet Vikings,…

Ísafjörður Never Goes South: The award-winning Westfjords festival Aldrei Fór Ég Suður Is back

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Since 2004, April means one thing for the people of the Westfjords: the Aldrei Fór Ég Suður music festival. Named…

Happening In Reykjavík This Week: Our Event Picks!

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Spring may not quite have sprung as much as we had originally hoped, as the second coming of winter that…