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Airwaves Day One: Terror In The Chest, Taking It In The Ass & Unexpected Horse Dick

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So I’m just back from a four day trip around the south of Iceland, when I wake up from a…

DJ Introbeats Offers A Warm-Up Mix For Airwaves

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Introbeats is a constant presence on the Reykjavík music scene. Whether DJing in Prikið and Kaffibarinn, producing his own tracks…

Join Iceland’s Bedroom Community This Airwaves

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Bedroom Community is often referred to as Iceland’s best record label. Based in label founder Valgeir Sigurðsson’s Greenhouse Studios in…

IMX To Host Music “Nonference” At Airwaves 2015

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For each of the well-known and soon-to-be-discovered artists that flood into Iceland to play Airwaves each year, there’s also a…

“Do you think we are all one?”: QT Interviewed

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QT is an interesting recent appearance on the refreshments scene. Fronted by an American artist who asked for the purposes…

AirIceland To Add Kangerlussuaq To Greenland Routes

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AirIceland is set to add a new route to its collection of international flights to Iceland’s neighbouring countries. The airline…

An Autumn Walk: Heiðmörk At Sunset

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Autumn in Iceland is officially over, and the first flurries of snowflakes are already swirling down into the streets of…

Happening Tonight: ‘Back To The Future’ Trilogy Screening

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Anyone who spends their time scrolling through social media when they should be working might get deja-vu right about now….

ROAD TRIP: Reading The Grapevine All Over Iceland

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Whilst the Reykjavík Grapevine is mostly written — and printed — in Reykjavík, you know, it’s actually kind of about…

New London-Egilsstaðir Flight Route Announced for Summer 2016

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An English company called Discover The World has announced they’ll be running international flights from London Gatwick to Egilsstaðir Airport…

Airwaves Homework: 5 New Tracks By Battles, Beach House, SOPHIE And More

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As Airwaves ’15 closes in, we’ve been keeping a watchful eye on some of the incoming bands you might be…

Iceland’s Best Tree Of 2015 Award Announced

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Of all the things Iceland is famous for, its trees are not among them. Most Icelandic trees are shivering, skinny…

Two Big Names Announced for Sónar Reykjavík ’16

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Sónar Reykjavík made their first lineup announcement about the 2016 festival today. The Icelandic acts announced include a rare show…

Ongoing Now: ‘Looking in – Sculptures and Models’ by Katrín Sigurðardóttir

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Katrín Sigurðardóttir is one of Iceland’s most successful and well-known contemporary artists. Her works often play on scale, shrinking down…

The Future (Brown) Of Rap Washes Over Iceland Airwaves

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Something that might come as as surpsrise to many Björk-loving, Sigur Rós-adoring, Ásgeir-fancying Airwaves newcomers is that Iceland loves hip-hop….

Úlfur Eldjárn Is Composing Futuristic, Emotional Utopias For All Of Us

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Smartly dressed, long-bearded, bespectacled Icelandic composer Úlfur Eldjárn bustled into Harpa’s cafe, dodging cstomers and pushing a trolley piled high…

How Do Beach House Like Iceland? Plus Surprise New Album Next Week!

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Baltimore dreampop merchants Beach House were in the news yesterday after they surprised the world with the announcement of a…

Airwaves Brings Lyrical Wall Art Series To Reykjavík

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Airwaves has announced a new public art element as part of the 2015 festival. In collaboration with Urban Nation Berlin,…

The Golden Puffin Goes To Iran

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If you haven’t been following the Reykjavík International Film Festival (aka RIFF), the title of this news article might have…

Airwaves To-Do List: Join A Snake Cult

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Icelandic acid-pop duo Just Another Snake Cult dropped a new video today, in which band leader Þórir Bogason runs through…

Breathing Space: Yoga In The Icelandic Wilderness

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For all of Reykjavík’s obvious charms, ask anyone who’s lived in the city for a while, and they’ll tell you…

It’s Planny-Plan Time! Airwaves Release Schedule!

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Iceland Airwaves today released the schedule for the 2015 festival, prompting a ripple of anticipation amongst ticket-holders. To the uninitiated,…

PHOTOS: Looking Into Landmannalaugar

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This August, photographer Anna Domnick went to Landmannalaugar — the starting point of Iceland’s most famous hiking trail, rated amongst…

A Walk In The Clouds: A Rare Summer’s Day In Seyðisfjörður

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Summer was a mercurial season in east Iceland this year. The region often has a natural low cloud ceiling—an oppressive…

Treading New Ground: Swimming At Iceland’s New Lava Field

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There are few things more exciting than waking up in Iceland with a full day of travel ahead. As I…