Author: - The Reykjavik Grapevine

Grísalappalísa’s debut LP is a romper stomper of an album, a high-pitched scream of youthful existential male angst meditated through…

The group Bárujárn is a strange beast indeed, a dark surf rock group with a twist; their tunes feature the…

The year is, like, only half over at this point. Still, in the spirit of our BEST OF REYKJAVÍK issue,…

Amiina The former string team for Sigur Rós, Amiina have evolved tremendously over the past few years. With the kalimba,…

Keflavík is the birthplace of the Icelandic rock-scene with bands like Hljómar sprouting up there in the late ‘60s. Unfortunately,…

It’s been ten years since the first copy of Grapevine saw the Icelandic midnight sun and that certainly calls for…

The Boom Years are finally back… when it comes to the import of popular foreign music! Local music lovers still…

Reggae/dub big band Ojba Rasta released their debut album last Tuesday and it’s quite phenomenal. Sporting eight songs, hair-metal guitar…

Jimi Tenor is the sort of guy I’ve heard about for a long time and been like “yeah, that guy…

The most popular public institutions in Iceland are probably the swimming pools. We have a lot of them in the…

Running a bar in Reykjavík has never been the most stable of businesses. Indeed, for the past twenty years, 101…

As Nasa is closing its doors on June 1, it was with great grief that I walked through the lobby…

Chick Corea was only remotely familiar to me the moment I stepped into the dim red glow of Harpa’s Eldborg…