Author: Bob Cluness - The Reykjavik Grapevine

Author: Bob Cluness

Fishy Business!

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It was a Thursday night and my options were to have a nice, quiet night in watching ‘The Good Wife’…

Emmsjé Gauti: Bara ég

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Emmsjé Gauti’s long overdue and highly anticipated debut album, ‘Bara ég (“Just Me”) does not disappoint, and with production from…

It’s Möller Time!

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2011 looks to be a good year for electronic music in Iceland. Most of this good cheer is thanks in…

Track Of The Issue – Reykjavík!: ‘Hellbound Heart’

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You thought that they’d wandered off for good, but no! Iceland’s favourite scuzz rock mentalists REYKJAVÍK! are back and busy…

Like Father, Like Son!

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‘The Birdcage’ concert series has Snorri Helgason and his father Helgi playing together. Now you know Snorri Helgason, don’t you?…

Synthadelia: Let The Party Start EP

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Iceland’s synth pop revival continues apace with the debut release from the latest project of Reykjavík duo Vilmar Pedersen and…

Hellvar: Stop That Noise

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Since their 2007 debut ‘Bat Out Of Hellvar,’ Hellvar have grown from a duo and laptop to a fully fledged…

Ikea Satan

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Ikea Satan are three guys who have decided on an ironic band name that that conveys a somewhat powerful image…

Lights, Streaming, Action!

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A new website allows one to watch Icelandic films online… Cool!Our current digital environment has permanently altered the way most…

TOO… MUCH… CULTURE!

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Recently one of the biggest dates in Iceland’s cultural calendar loomed large on our collective conscience as Menningarnótt (Culture Night)…

Úlfur Kolka: Human Error

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The latest offering from the former Kritikal Mazz frontman and Ciphah alias sees him rapping in English, which is always…

Ofvitarnir: Stephen Hawking/Steven Tyler

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I recently wrote a live review of Ofvitarnir, where I used words such as ‘plebeian,’ ‘rough’ and ‘filthy.’ This gave…

Plastic Gods: Plastic Gods

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Can somebody please FOR THE LOVE OF GOD enable it so that the next Plastic Gods release has a good…

The Vintage Caravan: The Vintage Caravan

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People will often give a bunch of kids that play wholly derivative genre music a free ride if they play…

Manslaughter: Fuck life choose death

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Things are actually starting to look rather healthy in the Icelandic hardcore scene right now. With the Grange Hill grindcore…

Back To Root Of It All

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The 30th edition of the Grapevine Grassroots concerts shows off some of the series’ favourite acts – Enkídú, Arnljótur, Ahma,…

Full Metal Racket!

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The annual sweaty moshfest that is the Eistnaflug metal festival descended upon the tiny Eastfjords village of Neskaupstaður like a…

Spacevestite: Spacevestite

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What do you do when you want to get stoned and lost on a beach in California in the sixties…

Dathi: Dark Days

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Today the sun is shining, people are smiling and the birds are singing. But sod that, because the doom-meister from…

Saktmóðigur: Guð hann myndi gráta

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The first thing you notice about Saktmóðigur’s first album in thirteen years is not the music. It’s the rather fetching…

FIGHT THE POWER

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Where have all the protest songs gone? Music, politics, ideas. You don’t really hear much about that nowadays do you?…

Evil Madness : Super Great Love

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Iceland’s electronic Travelling Wilburys are back as BJ Nilsen, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Pétur Eyvindsson, Stilluppsteypa and DJ Musician take a break…

Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson: Horpma

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The latest composition from S.L.Á.T.U.R member Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson is a strange, almost impenetrable beast with avant-garde plasma running through…

“IT’S MY FESTIVAL AND I’LL BOOK WHO I WANT!”

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It’s a story that has passed into Icelandic music legend. Of how a young drummer named Stefán ‘Stebbi’ Magnússon, having…

It Takes Five To Tango. Ehrm

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Most people’s idea of tango music evokes a night-time display of poise and passion in a small cafe in the…