Author: Irina Shtreis
Spacestation Live Review: Nothing But Stomps And Chants
Tuning Into A Local Station Over the last couple of years, Spacestation transformed from a jingle-jangle unit with stylishly scruffy…
HAMPARAT Live Review: “A Yellow Weather Alert Experience”
On March 21, perennial rock band HAM teamed up with the synthesiser-based group Apparat Organ Quartet for a once-in-a-lifetime performance…
Machine Gun Etiquette
Trailblazers HAM and Apparat Organ Quartet Melt Into HAMPARAT On March 21, members of HAM and Apparat Organ Quartet join…
A Journey Through The Steam
Icelandic composers Benni Hemm Hemm and Bára Gísladóttir explore death on their collaborative album Gufa. Sometimes the most idiosyncratic and…
The Spice Of Life: Magnús Jóhann And Óskar Guðjónsson On Fermenting Friendship
Musicians Magnús Jóhann and Óskar Guðjónsson create beautiful connections on Fermented Friendship Being idiosyncratic artists with a distinct body of…
Irina’s Thursday Iceland Airwaves Diary: Guitars of all Shapes and Sizes
Occasional predictions signposting the disappearance of guitar bands have been pervading the music landscape since the late 60s. One who…
Oyama Makes A Comeback With “Everyone Left”
Go With The Flow In April 2020, Icelandic independent mavericks Oyama released their EP Opaque Days — a title that…
Wide Awake: Punk Pioneers Purrkur Pillnikk Star In A New Documentary
In August 1982, punk rock four-piece Purrkur Pillnikk played their final show at the Melarokk festival in Reykjavík. Their short,…
Happy Songs For Happy People: Dr. Gunni Keeps The Fun Going
Gunnar Lárus Hjálmarsson, aka Dr. Gunni, is a true local legend. Initially the driving force behind Icelandic cult indie collectives…
Kaktus Einarsson Talks Love, Healing, And His Second Album ‘Lobster Coda’
Three years after his debut solo album, Kick The Ladder, Kaktus Einarsson returns with a record that gives his prolific…
A Slow Motion Firework: The Story Of Emilíana Torrini’s ‘Miss Flower’
Emilíana Torrini is on a family holiday in Wales when she speaks with The Reykjavík Grapevine. She radiates joy and…
Merging Worlds With Sandrayati
Sandrayati contemplates identity and homecoming on her debut album Safe Ground In 2023, songwriter Sandrayati Fay, known simply as Sandrayati,…
Ísafjörður Calling
New York composer Ellis Ludwig-Leone returns to the Við Djúpið Music Festival This year’s edition of the Ísafjörður-based Við Djúpið…
No Man Is An Island
Faroese artist Elinborg Pálsdóttir on the creative bond between Iceland and the Faroe Islands Each year the connection between the…
Common Ground: Pavement In Iceland
The Reykjavik Grapevine attend the show by the trailblazing American indie collective. It begins with the drums. As Pavement’s percussionist…