Author: The Reykjavík Grapevine
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Nanna, Baldur, Inspector Spacetime & More
We took a little road trip this afternoon to check out the new Icelandic music. Here’s what we found: Árstíðir…
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Grapevine Events: Eydís Evensen, Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir And Clown Core
Are you ready for another wild ride through the weekend? Or maybe you want a chill one. Or perhaps you’re…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: JFDR, Emilíana Torrini, Drengurinn fengurinn & More
With the sun making a rare appearance in Reykjavík this February, the Grapevine team has unanimously decided to embrace a…
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Grapevine Events: Ólöf Arnalds, Book Party And BLACK MARROW
We’ve once again reached that point in the week where we order you what to do and where to go…
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What The News?! Don’t Tase Me, Bro, Let’s Negotiate
Negotiations are stalling Diving right in, ongoing wage negotiations between labour union Efling and the Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise (SA)…
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Hotel Employees and Truck Drivers On Strike
Truck drivers and hotel employees who are members of the Efling labour union went on strike as of noon today….
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Grapevine New Music Picks: PORT, Dream Wife, Febrúar & More
Friday? More like Fri-yay! Time to roll into the weekend with these fresh new tunes that hit our radar this…
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Grapevine Events: Ólafur Kram, Sad Songs Night And Speed Dating
We’re all slogging our way through the second week of February and boy, what a week, isn’t it? After days…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Seabear, BEEF, FLOTT & More
TGI — errr — M? Alright, we’re running late with our weekly music roundup (yes, again). But, hey, there’s no…
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Grapevine Events: Winter Lights Festival, Exhibitions And Gigs
Well, the absolute worst winter month is officially upon us. We are in you, February, and it is awful. If…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Flesh Machine, KÁRI, Hylur & More
Last Friday was a bonanza of new Icelandic tracks, so we took a well-deserved break before presenting the crème de…
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Grapevine Events: Dark Music Days, Pussy Riot, Halfway To Fringe And Super Soaker!
It’s the last weekend of the month, and it’s all set to be a miserable one. Don’t believe us? Check…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Post-dreifing, Lexzi, Antsy and TRPTYCH!
OH BOY IT’S THE WEEKEND. How better to celebrate than with some new music? Ok, well we can think about…
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Grapevine Events: Grapevine Music Awards, DRULLUMALL #3, FM Belfast, And More!
We’ve almost made it… pay day is so close we can almost smell it. With the weather warming up and…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Nanna, Benni Hemm Hemm, Ægir, Yaffle ft. KARÍTAS, Sakaris and The Cult Of One!
BUMPER NEW MUSIC FRIDAY. That’s right, there were so many great releases (including Nanna from Of Monsters And Men’s first…
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Grapevine Events: Tertulia Festival, RVK Feminist Film Festival, Ólafur Kram & More
How is it basically half way through January already? Somehow we’ve broken all of our New Year’s resolutions, finished off…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Myrkvi, sameheads & UNDRA
HAPPY NEW YEAR! That’s right, 2022 is dead and we are dancing in its ashes as we celebrate the start…
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Grapevine Events: New Year’s Punk, Ólöf Arnalds, and 13th day of Christmas Bonfires
Hello dear January blues, thank you so much for being kind enough to visit us again. While it’s been great…
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Grapevine Events: Kælan Mikla, Musicians Defend Ukraine and New Year’s Eve!
How to fill those weird liminal days between Christmas and Hogmanay; the perineum of the year? Luckily there’s a bunch…
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Grapevine Events: Prom, Christmas Rave, Skúli Sverrisson & Gustaf Ljunggren, And More!
Sure, Christmas is coming and all, but it’s far from being the only fun occasion on the cards this week….
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Sk-Ar, Sandrayati, Geigen, and Kurt Unuela ft. Dave Gahan
Are you freezing your butt off? We were too but then we found these new releases and now we’re hot,…
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Grapevine Events: Christmas Markets, Repair Cafe, Gyða, The Women Who Plant Trees, and more!
Jóla Reddingakaffi December 18th at 14:00 – Hafnar.Haus – Free The Roaming Repair Cafe is back in town, this time…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Jónsi & co, amiina, and MariaLing
It’s Friyay! It’s been freezing outside and we can’t wait to wake up not having to brave the windy weather…
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Grapevine Events: FUNdraiser, pop-up markets, and a SEEDS screening
FUNdraiser fyrir DJ flugvél og geimskip December 14th at 19:30 – KEX We recently reported that much-loved experimental musician, DJ…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Isafjørd and Baggalútur
HOW IS IT DECEMBER?! I mean… happy Friday. If you too are feeling overwhelmed by the final chapter of this…