Author: Óli Dóri
Óli Dóri’s Perfect Day In Reykjavík
by Óli Dóri
Óli Dóri is a Grapevine music columnist a downtown DJ. He’s operations manager at Bíó Paradís and a host of…
Straumur: Auto-Tuned Teenage Angst
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach
On the first of April we attended a concert at Húrra by kef LAVÍK: the band has a sense of…
Straumur: Autotuned Crooning & Organic Machines
by Davíð Roach and Óli Dóri
Everybody’s favorite autotune teenage crooner, Aron Can, just released the first single from his debut LP, ‘ÍNÓTT’ (“TONIGHT,” in English),…
Straumur: Joyful Dark Love
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach
Another month, another collaboration from Sin Fang, múm’s Örvar Smárason, and their Morr labelmate Sóley. After January’s “Random Haiku Generator,”…
Random Sónar Generator: Final Acts Announced For Sónar Reykjavík 2017
by Davíð Roach and Óli Dóri
Once the darkest and dullest month on the Icelandic calendar for music and culture, February was forever transformed in 2013…
Straumur: Icelandic Hip-Hop, A Cinematic Journey and Sónar Reykjavík
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach
GKR, the rapper named “artist to watch” at last year’s Grapevine Music Awards, made good on his early promise last…
Straumur: Tipzy Kings
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach
Mugison, at first an indie darling, then the whole nation’s, just released his first album in five years. On ‘Enjoy!’…
STRAUMUR: Four Songs That Washed Upon Our Shore
by Davíð Roach and Óli Dóri
With the indie band Nóra on hiatus for the foreseeable future, singer/guitarist Egill Viðarsson has started a new band with…
The Straumur Guide to Sónaruary
by Davíð Roach and Óli Dóri
Once the darkest and dullest month on the Icelandic calendar for music and culture (and other things that make life…
Straumur’s Definitive List Of 2015’s Best Albums And Songs
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach
Us Straumur guys would like to wish all of our readers a happy new musical year! With that out of…
Straumur’s Guide To An Alternative Christmas
by Davíð Roach Gunnarsson and Óli Dóri
With that hectic Iceland Airwaves week still simmering in our hearts, we feel obligated to bring you a list of…
The Recent Iceland Airwaves Festival: The Definitive Straumur Statement
by Davíð Roach and Óli Dóri
With that hectic Iceland Airwaves week still simmering in our hearts, we feel obligated to bring you a list of…
Straumur: Sci-Fi Hits And Electronic Deserts
by Davíð Roach Gunnarsson and Óli Dóri
One of our favourite Icelandic bands, Just Another Snake Cult, just released the best Icelandic music video of 2015 so…
Straumur: Hassle, Techno & Balkan Metal!
by Davíð Roach Gunnarsson and Óli Dóri
There’s a brand, brand new musical project out there, and it sounds mighty good. Wesen (“Hassle”) consists of Loji Höskuldsson,…
The Kings Of Mediocre, Workmanlike Arena Rock
by Óli Dóri
I used to love them. Kings of Leon and I go way back. I first saw the band play in…
Psychedelic Ghost Pop, Straumur & Airwaves
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach
We just got our hands on the debut LP from A&E Sounds. It’s an impeccably produced collection of dreamy psychedelic…
Straumur: Snapshots Of Excellence
by Davíð Roach Gunnarsson and Óli Dóri
Straumur’s favourite electronic album of 2015 (so far), ‘Snapshots’ by Tonik Ensemble, was celebrated with a long-overdue release concert on…
Straumur: Festival Fun & Electro Pop
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
While Straumur of course live in the great city of Reykjavík, we sometimes make it out into the country. Recently,…
STRAUMUR: The Best Of 2015, So Far!
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach Gunnarsson
For our contribution to the Grapevine’s annual Best of Reykjavík issue, we reflect on the best of the Icelandic music…
Straumur: Cold Solstice
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach
On the day this paper hits the streets, we’ll be heading over to the Secret Solstice Festival in Laugardalur to…
Straumur: Deadbeat Summer Jams
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach
It’s official and Straumur-approved: summertime has finally arrived! Here are some domestic jams to go with this particular time of…
Straumur Dispatch: Vagina (dot) Love
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach
One of our favourite Icelandic musicians, Sin Fang, is playing a show at Húrra on May 26. That alone is…
Straumur Dispatch: Girls, EPs & Wu Tang Killa Bees
by Davíð Roach and Óli Dóri
The Icelandic electronic-loving label Raftónar put out a tremendous EP called ‘We Came As We Left’ by local producer Buspin…
Straumur On Festivals: Believe The Hype
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach
First things first: Sónar Reykjavík at Harpa was a gigantic audiovisual explosion in dolby digital and HD vivid colors. For…
It’s SNR RVK Time!
by Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach
StraumurOne of the darkest and dullest months of every year is unquestionably February. But, rejoice! We now have something to…