Author: Bob Cluness - The Reykjavik Grapevine

Author: Bob Cluness

Top House Tunes Make You Go On And On (And On And On)

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Sónar Reykjavík 2014, SaturdaySaturday night at SONAR started off pretty much the same way as the night before. Everyone seemed…

Electric Iceland

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Sónar Reykjavík Brings The Best In Electronic Music To The Winter MassesToday we live in a truly globalised Bass Culture….

A Moss Interesting Tipple…

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We at Grapevine towers believe ourselves to be experts at many things, be they food, culture or mixed martial arts….

kimono: Aquarium EP

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Normally I wouldn’t take part in what they call in the trade an InstaReview, where you write a review based…

Tr00 Kvlt Icelandic Metal!

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Or – “Jónsi dreams of Penthouses and kidney-shaped swimming pools in Monaco” OR! – “How Sigur Rós stopping trying to…

Grúska Babúska: Grúska Babúska

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One day someone is going to write an in-depth piece about how Iceland’s twee/krútt/naivete scene moved from a musical alternative…

Oyama I Wanna

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Big things are expected of neo-shogazers Oyama in 2013 and their debut EP, ‘I Wanna,’ is their first proper mission…

Bloodgroup: Tracing Echoes

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Hot on the heels of Legend and Hjaltalín’s dark musical displays, Bloodgroup’s third album ‘Tracing Echoes’ shows the group in…

On A Date With Ophidian I: Murder Most Waterfowl!

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On the Lord’s day of rest (known to most of us as Sunday), some like to unwind after a couple…

Tanya And Marlon: Quillock

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‘Quillock,’ the debut EP from Tanya And Marlon (of PLX and Anonymous), sees these stalwarts of Iceland’s electronica scene expand…

D.I.Y Or Die!

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It’s been a rather busy 12 months for DJ/musician Frímann Ísleifur Frímannsson and designer Nicolas Kunysz. Frímann launched Skeleton Horse,…

RELEASE THE WACKEN!!

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One of the great things about Iceland is the way different social/cultural circles sometimes end up sharing the same oxygen…

Retro Stefson: Retro Stefson

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If there’s a band that best embodies the “party” spirit of Iceland’s music scene over the last several years, then…

The Winner Takes It All

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It’s that time of the year again! Since 1982, the annual Músiktilraunir (Iceland Music Experiments) competition has been waged to…

Techno Epiphanies And Evolving Soundscapes

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After last night‘s shenanigans, where I spent most of the evening running around various venues like a headless chicken, I…

No You Silly Person, Don’t Confuse Harpa For A Public Toilet!

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I was beginning to think that after spending billions of other people’s krónur on the cultural death star known as…

Ylja: Ylja

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In our quick fire digital music world, the concept of using album art as a primer to a band’s music…

Go See These People At Sónar

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With a heady line-up that’s heavy on local talent and features some surprisingly eclectic international names, we couldn’t be more…

Hjaltalín: Enter 4

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Over the years, Hjaltalín have enjoyed a large amount of respect and success on the back of their two albums,…

Cenum : Cenum

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Given that many involved in Iceland’s electronic music scene are old enough to remember the early days of rave, never…

Lone Riders On Electronic Horses

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Harpa Kaldalón is not a venue I would normally associate with hot-and-heavy rock and roll action. True, the acoustics are…

Premier Division Men

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“I don’t really do photo shoots. I let Jón Gnarr do them all,” jokes Einar Örn Benediktsson, Icelandic music legend,…

Dirty Beaches Is Prowling The Badlands Of Harpa Tonight!

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If you like your music rocking, rolling and blood red in tooth and claw, then we at The Grapevine heartily…

Ghostigital: Division Of Culture And Tourism

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Six years after their sophomore LP, ‘In Cod We Trust,’ the boys from Ghostigital are back with a new offering:…

Contalgen Funeral: Pretty Red Dress

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‘Pretty Red Dress,’ the debut album from Contalgen Funeral, is definitely one of the most laughable pieces of wannabe bluescore…