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The Iceland Airwaves Music Festival—just in case you haven’t noticed—is about to take over the city of Reykjavík. We’re celebrating…

Milkywhale Drop New Video

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Airwaves 2015 favourites Milkywhale are back in force for the 2016 festival. They dropped a new video today, so we…

We Painted The Walls: Airwaves Leaves A Mark

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Airwaves completely takes over Reykjavík 101 each year, but since 2015, the festival is leaving a more lasting mark on…

VIDEO: A Road Trip In North Iceland

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Filmmaker Timothée Lambrecq is back in Iceland, and wasted no time in getting out into the countryside. This time, his…

Meet The Venues Of Iceland Airwaves 2016

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Iceland Airwaves is, by and large, located in downtown Reykjavík. For first-timers, part of the fun whirlwind of the festival…

Airwaves Tipsters: Teitur Magnússon

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Our next Airwaves Tipster is Teitur Magnússon, a firm favourite in Iceland for his band Ojba Rasta, his solo work,…

Bedroom Community: 5 Essential LPs From The Whale Watching Crew

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Bedroom Community is one of Iceland’s best record labels. 2016 marks the tenth anniversary of BedCom’s foundation. During this time,…

Feel The Spray Of Skógafoss In New Jodie Landau Video

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In accompaniment to our recent interview with Bedroom Community-signed musician and composer Jodie Landau, we’re happy to premiere his new…

Bedroom Community Turns Ten: Meet Jodie Landau

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Jodie Landau is a young composer and performer who’s been getting around in 2016. We caught up with him on…

Airwaves Tipsters: Emmsjé Gauti

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Our third Airwaves Tipster is Emmsjé Gauti—one of Iceland’s top rappers. He’s great live, bringing energy, showmanship and a sharp…

Airwaves Tipsters: Tonik Ensemble

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Anton Kaldal is the man behind Tonik Ensemble: an acclaimed Reykjavík-based producer who’s last LP, ‘Snapshots’, won Reykjavík Grapevine’s album…

Airwaves Tipsters: Milkywhale

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Emerging Icelandic dance-pop duo Milkywhale, aka Melkorka Sigríður Magnúsdóttir and Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson, were the revelation of Iceland Airwaves 2015….

Last Words: Curiosity Killed The Quiet

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Reykjavík was once a quiet city. In 2008—the year I first visited, during the economic collapse—the tourism boom was just…

Volcanoes! Storms! Lightning! It’s The Travel News Roundup

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The volcano Katla, located close to the southern Ring Road, has continued to rumble intermittently over the last weeks. Over…

Monster Of The Month: Sending – Ghost of Substance

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The fourth type of sending, and the most peculiar, consists of ghosts raised from natural substances by master sorcerers with…

To The Lighthouse: A Magical Getaway At Dyrhólaey

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At the southernmost point of mainland Iceland sits a particularly dramatic and tide-lashed stretch of coastline. Around the town of…

Stormzy Cancels Airwaves, Dizzee Rascal Steps Up

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UK grime star Stormzy has cancelled his performance at Airwaves 2016. On his Facebook, he said: He is replaced by…

Intense Northern Lights Over Reykjavík Captured On Film

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Some stunning northern lights put on quite a show over Reykjavík last night. Our Facebook feed was full of brave…

Grapevine Playlist: September 2016

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GANGLY – Holy Grounds So this is a bouncy bass thing for you luxuriously soundsystemed car, but at the same…

A Different Kind Of Map: The Travels Of Gyða Valtysdóttir

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Gyða Valtýsdóttir sits at the table of her large, wood-lined loft apartment, cradling a cup of coffee. She stares into…

Twenty Years Of Reykholtshátið: A Weekend Of Chamber Music In Borgarfjörður

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Reykholt, population sixty, is a tiny village tucked away deep in a valley in Borgarfjörður. It has a long history,…

Everything Is Nice That Is Green: The Urta Islandica Herb Company

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On the corner of a residential street in Hafnarfjörður sits a little shop called Urta Islandica. Inside the clean, white-tiled…

Monster Of The Month: Sögusteinn – Tale Stone

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Several accounts of tale stones exist. Ólafur of Purkey says that it can be found in the nest of the…

Video Roundup: GKR, Samaris, Reykjavíkurdætur, Prins Póló, GANGLY

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With Airwaves coming, pretty much everyone in the Icelandic music scene is gearing up to drop a new track or…

Monster Of The Month: Finngálkn – The Sphinx

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Finngálkn is a creature mentioned in numerous ancient tales and legends, including the Saga of Örvar-Oddr, the Saga of Hjalmther,…