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The Kids Are Alright: Rapper Daniil talks TikTok, leaks and good vibes.
Culture is a strange and amorphous thing, hard to pin down, and driven, often, by the most disenfranchised in society. In particular, young people have always been the harbingers and custodians of popular music—and yes, even just writing the words, ‘popular music’…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: neonme, Siggi & Una Schram
We’re entering the best part of summer here in Iceland, and that seems to be inspiring some truly great releases. Give ’em a listen! All these tracks—and so many more brought to you by The Grapevine over the past twelve months—are available…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Ólafur Arnalds, Krassasig, and Ari Árelíus
What is National Day without music from nationals, am I right? Hit that play button and celebrate everything this country has to offer! All these tracks—and so many more brought to you by The Grapevine over the past twelve months—are available in…
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Track By Track: Lemon Street With Pale Moon
Pale Moon is an intriguing psychedelic rock band comprised of husband-wife duo Árni Guðjónsson and Natalia Sushchenko and signed to Spanish label AU! Records. The handful of singles they’ve released to date have piqued our interest, so we at the Reykjavík Grapevine…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: LadieLex, Svala and Love Guru & N3dek
Another sunny Friday?! What have we done to deserve such riches? Get out there and enjoy it and take these great tracks with you. All these tracks—and so many more brought to you by The Grapevine over the past twelve months—are available…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Pale Moon, JóiPé, and Draumfarir
According to the weather forecast, we should have a super sunny day tomorrow (yes we’re still obsessed). According to experience, we know not to trust the weather forecast. But do you know what you can trust? Grapevine’s New Music Picks. Yes. That’s…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Ultraflex, Tara Mobee, and Myrkvi
Guys can you see that? Is that the sun? Grab your portable speaker, head out to the park, blast these fresh new tunes we gathered for you, and take the credit for having a great taste in music. We won’t mind. All…
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Track By Track: Melodramatic With Heidrunna
Heiðrún Anna Björnsdóttir became quite famous with the Icelandic band Cigarette in the mid-90s, which took the music scene by storm. Their one-hit wonder, I Don’t Believe You, became the biggest hit that year in the Icelandic music scene and they were…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: GREYSKIES, Guðmundur Pétursson, and gugusar
Eurovision is over, there’s construction everywhere, and we’re still waiting for hotter temperatures to come our way. So many things to complain about! Why not make yourself feel better with some newly released music? We promise it’ll cheer you right up! All…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Prins Póló and Moses Hightower, Foreign Monkeys, and Gustaf Ljunggren with Skúli Sverrisson
The sun is shining, the birds are singing, there are finally little leaves on the trees. Hark, is that the sound of summer come at last? Oh, it’s only 4 degrees. Well, it was a nice thought while it lasted, and in…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Kvikindi, BSÍ and Sk-Ar
Friends, we have made it. It’s officially the last Friday of the month — a third of the year of our lord 2022 is done. Whether you’re hitting the town in your glad rags to celebrate, or quickly disappearing under the duvet…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: LÓN, Ári Arelíus, Between Mountains & Jónas Sig
It’s officially summer now, and while the weather might still be decidedly cool, The Reykjavík Grapevine have got the hottest new tracks for your listening pleasure. See what we did there? Wordplay, we’re all about it. All these tracks—and so many more…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: UMBRA, Ultraflex and Inga Björk
It’s Easter! But before you go off and gorge yourself on chocolate eggs laid by rabbits or whatever, we definitely recommend checking out these new tracks from Icelandic artists. That’s right, we’re swapping New Music Friday for…Cool Music Wednesday? Sure, that’ll work.…
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Suð’s Indie Noise: Track By Track
Suð is an established Icelandic indie band seemingly on a mission to bring the guitar party back. They released their first album in 1999 and have been active since then. The Grapevine caught up with Suð to discuss their latest album, ‘Save…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Inspector Spacetime, Atli Arnarsson & Eydís Evensen
Happy New Music Friday! This week we’ve got a delightful selection of freshly-released Icelandic tracks for you, including a brilliant video accompanying Atli Arnarsson’s first solo release, and new music from Grapevine darlings Inspector Spacetime. All these tracks—and so many more brought…
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Grapevine Music News: Airwaves Is Back, Our Boy Víkingur, And Tangled And Lost And Lonely
Anticipation is growing for the upcoming release of Una Torfadóttir’s EP ‘Flækt Og Týnd Og Einmana’, (‘Tangled And Lost And Lonely’), especially following the release of her single, ‘Ekkert að’. Everyone can remember the horrors of being a teenager; a whirlwind of…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: BSÍ Video Premiere, Ólafur Arnalds and MIMRA
This week we get a sneak peek at the striking new video from BSÍ which comes out tomorrow, some pure neo-classical class from Ólafur Arnalds, and a gorgeous album foretaster from MIMRA. All these tracks—and so many more brought to you by…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Una Torfa, Bríet and Filous with Daði Freyr
Three new pieces of music from the frozen north for your international earholes. This week, a brand new singer-songwriter, a Eurovision icon post-Eurovision, and one of Iceland’s most diverse alt-pop stars. All these little beauties—and so many more brought to you by…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Vök, Supersport! and Eydís Evensen
New sounds for your ears, spanning electro-alternative, pleasantly shambling indie and delicate neo-classical. All these little beauties—and so many more brought to you by The Grapevine over the past twelve months—are available in our New Music Picks 2021-22 playlist. Vök – “Lose…
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New Facets To The Melting Diamond: Benni Hemm Hemm’s Composed Improvisations
When asked to tell us about his new album, Benni Hemm Hemm, (Benedikt Hermann Hermannsson, to his mum), couldn’t have been more obliging. His job was to paint some word-images of the four tracks on “Benni Hemm Hemm & the Melting Diamond…
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Music Raised To The Power Of Three: Salóme Katrín, ZAAR and RAKEL
“It’s a grapefruit, actually,” Rakel Sigurðardóttir gently points out as we discuss a papier-mâché sculpture of a citrus fruit. To be fair it does look rather like a blood orange but, despite the name of the paper, becoming a Grapevine journalist doesn’t…
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Grapevine Music News: GusGus at Eurovision, Ye Nod To Icelandic Teen & Vikings Score Netflix
You know The Grapevine. We bring you the Icelandic news. We love our Icelandic music. So why wouldn’t we love bringing you the Icelandic music news? You know it makes sense. GusGus Ask Eurovision: “Is It True?” Well it’s true that our…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Seabear, Benni Hemm Hemm and Árný Margrét
New sounds from some elusive folksters, a quirky indie stalwart and a rising legend. These little beauties—and so many more brought to you by The Grapevine over the past twelve months—are available in our New Music Picks 2021-22 playlist. Seabear – “Parade”…