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Wachs Love Got To Do With It

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Vorhees to play debut Iceland shows at Airwaves ’14Vorhees is Dana Wachs, a New York City based sound designer and…

Pippa’s Wish

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Crowdfunding and Sigur Rós combine to bring a disabled young fan to IcelandA particularly heart-warming story made the rounds recently…

Best Laid Plans

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Negotiating the Airwaves schedule, and a clash of the titansIt’s somewhat common around this time of year for Reykjavík music…

Iceland Airwaves: Most Wanted

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Downtown Reykjavík during Airwaves is something to see. Every shop seems to sprout a sound system, and live music is…

Get Serenaded By GusGus Singer Daníel Agust

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Techno troupe unveil “Airwaves” videoRecent Grapevine cover stars GusGus today unveil a video for their new single “Airwaves”, in a…

The Mengi Set

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In the heart of Reykjavík, an exciting new venue is carving itself a nicheAmongst the fast-changing merry-go-round of music venues…

Breathing Life Into Arts Education

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LungA School seeks to empower students with a creative, bilateral learning processWith university becoming more expensive in many parts of…

Making Airwaves Flow

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Egill Tómasson, on the evolution of the festivalAs the carnival of new music that is Iceland Airwaves approaches, the anticipation…

Pop Vomit

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Mojoko and Shang Liang bring their Reactive Wall to ReykjavíkOn the wall of a dark room in Reykjavík’s Hafnarhusið art…

Owning it

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Icelandic Rappers Stamp Their Personality Onto Hip HopIn a crumbling old building on the outskirts of central Reykjavík, a dust-covered,…

Time To Get Planny! The Airwaves Schedule Is Up

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In case anyone missed it, Iceland Airwaves have released the official festival schedule in the shape of this handy PDF….

Capturing Biophilia

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As Björk’s Biophilia film prepared for its Reykjavík premiere, we spoke to co-director Nick FentonWay back in June 2011, English…

Didaskophilia

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We talked to Björk about her education programme breaking into the Nordic curriculumThe Biophilia project has extended its tendrils into…

Tying A Ribbon On Biophilia

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Sitting upstairs at Iðnó, pouring out a cup of coffee in a fetching fluorescent yellow ensemble, an animated Björk is…

This Is Not The First Time We’ve Seen Change

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Gusgus on reaching the brink, and coming back strongerReykjavík Art Museum’s Hafnarhús is making more noise than usual. Normally a…

Mexico

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Gusgus didn’t seem like a band that was in it for the long haul. Starting as a loosely strung collective…

Over The Glacier: Ice Hiking On Vatnajökull

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Vatnajökull is the second largest glacier in all of Europe, covering 8% of Iceland’s land mass and dominating the southeast…

Biophilia Keeps Growing

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Grapevine talks to Björk about her new film and education projectBjörk’s Biophilia continues to run and run, still growing new…

“Well, It Was Probably A Tourist That Did It…”

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Is 101 sleepwalking towards xenophobia?Laugavegur, running as it does directly through the heart of 101 Reykjavík, becomes a very cosmopolitan…

Two Women Attacked In Downtown Reykjavík, Appeal For Witnesses

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Drunken man sexually harassed and then attacked them on HverfisgataTwo women were first harassed and then assaulted in downtown Reykjavík…

Björk’s Biophilia Film To Premiere In Reykjavík This Week

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Co-director Nick Fenton speaks as tickets go sale at Bíó ParadísBjörk’s Biophilia tour went on for almost two years, scoring…

40 More Acts Announced For Iceland Airwaves

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Anna Calvi, How To Dress Well, Sin Fang, Mugison and M-Band will play the 2014 festivalAfter the big reveal of…

Glacial Wonderland: Ice Hiking In Vatnajökull

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Vatnajökull is the second largest glacier in all of Europe, covering 8% of Iceland’s land mass and dominating the southeast…

Keflavík: Home Of Icelandic Rock ‘N’ Roll

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Screamer, hell-raiser & acrobatic guitarist Halli Valli speaks on ATP’s influence on his renegade punk band ÆlaAll Tomorrows Parties acquired…

Secret Solstice: Futuregrapher And Lord Pusswhip SPEAK

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A Few Words With Futuregrapher Árni Gretar is Futuregrapher, and one half of Árni2, both of whom will play at…