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DJ Introbeats Offers A Warm-Up Mix For Airwaves
Introbeats is a constant presence on the Reykjavík music scene. Whether DJing in Prikið and Kaffibarinn, producing his own tracks a mixes, or scratching with Icelandic rap acts, he’s a very familiar face to anyone who spends time in 101 — especially…
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Join Iceland’s Bedroom Community This Airwaves
Bedroom Community is often referred to as Iceland’s best record label. Based in label founder Valgeir Sigurðsson’s Greenhouse Studios in Brieðhólt, and built from the work a small group of experimental, often groundbreaking artists, the label puts out a varied range of…
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IMX To Host Music “Nonference” At Airwaves 2015
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 behind-the-scenes crew. From a general manager who handles the band’s business affairs, to a tour-manager who handles the practicalities of being on…
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“Do you think we are all one?”: QT Interviewed
QT is an interesting recent appearance on the refreshments scene. Fronted by an American artist who asked for the purposes of this interview to be referred to only as “Quinnton”, the QT project first announced itself as a drink, using a mixture…
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AirIceland To Add Kangerlussuaq To Greenland Routes
AirIceland is set to add a new route to its collection of international flights to Iceland’s neighbouring countries. The airline currently operates flights to the Faroe Islands and five destinations in Greenland, including the capital, Nuuk. In 2016, the tongue-twisting eastern town…
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An Autumn Walk: Heiðmörk At Sunset
Autumn in Iceland is officially over, and the first flurries of snowflakes are already swirling down into the streets of Reykjavík. But even so, there are some wonderful walks to do at this time of year to make the most of the…
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Happening Tonight: ‘Back To The Future’ Trilogy Screening
Anyone who spends their time scrolling through social media when they should be working might get deja-vu right about now. The “today is the day that Marty McFly arrives when he travels to the future!” meme first appeared in 2010, when a…
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ROAD TRIP: Reading The Grapevine All Over Iceland
Whilst the Reykjavík Grapevine is mostly written — and printed — in Reykjavík, you know, it’s actually kind of about the whole of Iceland. People pick it up in gas stations, cafés, swimming pools, hotels, restaurants in some of the most far-flung…
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New London-Egilsstaðir Flight Route Announced for Summer 2016
An English company called Discover The World has announced they’ll be running international flights from London Gatwick to Egilsstaðir Airport during summer 2016. Flights will operate on Saturdays and Wednesdays throughout the summer, from the May 28th until the September 24th 2016.…
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Airwaves Homework: 5 New Tracks By Battles, Beach House, SOPHIE And More
As Airwaves ’15 closes in, we’ve been keeping a watchful eye on some of the incoming bands you might be interested in seeing. They keep releasing new music like there’s no tomorrow! But there is probably a tomorrow. So don’t worry too…
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Iceland’s Best Tree Of 2015 Award Announced
Of all the things Iceland is famous for, its trees are not among them. Most Icelandic trees are shivering, skinny little things, with branches close to the trunk, and not too tall. Basically, they’re trying as hard as possible not to be…
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Two Big Names Announced for Sónar Reykjavík ’16
Sónar Reykjavík made their first lineup announcement about the 2016 festival today. The Icelandic acts announced include a rare show from Iceland’s much-admired Apparat Organ Quartet, and performances from homegrown stars Úlfur Úlfur, Sturla Atlas, GANGLY, Skeng and Vaginaboys. They also dropped…
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Ongoing Now: ‘Looking in – Sculptures and Models’ by Katrín Sigurðardóttir
Katrín Sigurðardóttir is one of Iceland’s most successful and well-known contemporary artists. Her works often play on scale, shrinking down buildings, rooms or landscapes to trick the eye and befuddle the mind, and transplanting or splicing locations in unexpected ways. Katrín represented…
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The Future (Brown) Of Rap Washes Over Iceland Airwaves
Something that might come as as surpsrise to many Björk-loving, Sigur Rós-adoring, Ásgeir-fancying Airwaves newcomers is that Iceland loves hip-hop. From the rapid rise of local stars like Gísli Pálmi, Úlfur Úlfur, Reykjavíkurdætur and Emmsjé Gauti to the emergence of hip-hop and…
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Úlfur Eldjárn Is Composing Futuristic, Emotional Utopias For All Of Us
Smartly dressed, long-bearded, bespectacled Icelandic composer Úlfur Eldjárn bustled into Harpa’s cafe, dodging cstomers and pushing a trolley piled high with flight cases and topped with a glittering silver snare drum. He’s in a rush, and stops to catch his breath, grinning…
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How Do Beach House Like Iceland? Plus Surprise New Album Next Week!
Baltimore dreampop merchants Beach House were in the news yesterday after they surprised the world with the announcement of a new album, ‘Thank Your Lucky Stars’, coming just two months after their lauded 2015 LP ‘Depression Cherry’. We are releasing our 6th…
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Airwaves Brings Lyrical Wall Art Series To Reykjavík
Airwaves has announced a new public art element as part of the 2015 festival. In collaboration with Urban Nation Berlin, the Wall Poetry project paired a selection of Icelandic musicians together with street artists, who then created large-scale outdoor artworks using lyrics…
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The Golden Puffin Goes To Iran
If you haven’t been following the Reykjavík International Film Festival (aka RIFF), the title of this news article might have lured you here under false pretences. Because rather than an Icelandic kids story designed to foster cross-cultural understanding, it’s actually about the…
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Airwaves To-Do List: Join A Snake Cult
Icelandic acid-pop duo Just Another Snake Cult dropped a new video today, in which band leader Þórir Bogason runs through a Tron-like analogue 3D world, also multiplying into a big-band of long-haired clones. Says Thor, of the video’s retro sci-fi aesthetic: “The…
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Breathing Space: Yoga In The Icelandic Wilderness
For all of Reykjavík’s obvious charms, ask anyone who’s lived in the city for a while, and they’ll tell you that they need to escape sometimes. In sharp contrast to larger national capitals, Reykjavík’s central island is a tiny area—walking the same…
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It’s Planny-Plan Time! Airwaves Release Schedule!
Iceland Airwaves today released the schedule for the 2015 festival, prompting a ripple of anticipation amongst ticket-holders. To the uninitiated, a music festival releasing its schedule might not seem like such a big deal. But for Airwaves veterans: it just is. People…
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PHOTOS: Looking Into Landmannalaugar
This August, photographer Anna Domnick went to Landmannalaugar — the starting point of Iceland’s most famous hiking trail, rated amongst the most beautiful in the world. Instead of sweeping landscape shots, Anna took a different view on this much-photographed subject. See below…
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A Walk In The Clouds: A Rare Summer’s Day In Seyðisfjörður
Summer was a mercurial season in east Iceland this year. The region often has a natural low cloud ceiling—an oppressive grey nothing that drifts over the Eastfjords, hanging just above the rooftops of the tiny towns—but this year, it felt impenetrable. The…
