Author: Gabríel Benjamin
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Post-Set Breakdown With Kælan Mikla
We sat down with the poet-punk trio of Kælan mikla after their gig at Dillon and talked about punk, poetry…
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Uni Stefson Takes Centre Stage
Retro Stefson frontman Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson recently unveiled his solo project, Uni Stefson. He caught the public’s attention with his…
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LOOK: It’s Thus Owls
The Canadian-Swedish band Thus Owls is here, and they are playing tonight at Iðnó at 23:20! The band is centred…
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Airwaves: New Rúnar Þórisson Video
Musician Rúnar Þórisson just released a new video from his third solo album, ‘Sérhver vá.’ Best known for his unique…
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Grísalappalísa: Get Behind Me, Stuðmenn!
Winners of the ‘BEST LIVE BAND’ category of our second annual music awards, Grísalappalísa, just unleashed a cover of a…
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Back Into The Spotlight With Lily The Kid
This isn’t the first time that siblings Hallur Jónsson and Lilja K. Jónsdóttir play Iceland Airwaves, they are in fact…
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LOOK: It’s Momentum!
Local progressive metal champions Momentum have been going strong for eleven years. Tonight at 23:20, they’re playing their sole Airwaves gig at…
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Kælan Mikla Grew Up, Are Going To Airwaves
Kælan mikla is a three-piece band that’s gotten a lot of attention since winning the City Library’s poetry slam competition…
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Breaking News, Extreme Music and Airwaves With Muck
We at Grapevine have the pleasure of breaking the news that Prosthetic Records has just signed Icelandic hardcore punk band…
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Airwaves, BÖRN Are Coming Atcha
BÖRN (“Children”) took the Icelandic punk scene by storm this year, playing all over the place, releasing a self-titled debut…
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Look At The Light
Moments from Iceland AirwavesSix veteran Iceland Airwaves photographers have banded together to put on a special photo exhibit with 30 pictures from…
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4,500 Protest Government At Austurvöllur
Around 4,500 people attended a general protest against the government this afternoon, almost completely filling the parliamentary square. This marks…
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The New Political Squat In Town
A political squat started this Friday night in the old office of ReykjavíkurAkademían (“The Reykjavík Academy”) on Hringbraut 121. The…
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At Austurvöllur, Icelanders Once More Protest Their Government
A group describing itself as “concerned citizens” will engage in peaceful protest outside of parliament today at five PM. Gaining…
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Seven New Projects To Catch This Airwaves
Each Iceland Airwaves festival features a gobsmackingly large number of bands, and this year is no exception with 220 in…
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Agent Fresco Release Parody Video
Math-rockers Agent Fresco may be in the middle of mixing their upcoming 2015 album, but they still found the time…
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Lay Low: New Video, Tourdates
Humble folk singer-songwriter Lovísa Elísabet Sigrúnardóttir, aka. Lay Low, has just released a self-directed video to her song “One Of Those…
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Check Out Our Fancy Airwaves 2014 Compilation!
Hey folks! It’s Iceland Airwaves time yet again. With 219 artists performing, we didn’t feel right just picking one for…
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Bloody Young People Don’t Vote!
No, seriously folks, we have the data to prove itIt is an age-honoured tradition to blame young people for things…
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Once More Unto The Breach
Iceland’s Gunnar Nelson is back in the OctagonThe past few years have been eventful for 26-year-old Gunnar Nelson. He signed…
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Track Of The Issue: Boogie Trouble’s “Augnablik”
Disco-infused Boogie Trouble are back in action after a year-long hiatus and are getting ready to release their debut album….
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Track Of The Issue: Sindri Eldon – “Honeydew”
From ‘Bitter & Resentful’If garage rock from the mid-90s is your kind of thing, then you, my friend, are going…
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NEW: Holuhraun Eruption Photo Gallery
Photographer Axel Sigurðarson went on a road trip to the Holuhraun eruption site to snap these beautiful photographs from the ground….
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Dominique Believes
The constant outsider reflects, by requestDominique Lameule is a self-confessed, bona-fide Icelandophile. The 38-year-old Frenchman-slash-German has travelled to Iceland at…
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Growing Pains
by Gabríel Benjamin and Haukur S. Magnússon
As Iceland’s budding tourism industry grows mature, we ponder some of the challenges it faces, and wonder how it can…