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Grapevine’s Playlist: Attitude & Butter Edition
Like waking up with nine extra arms that have been tidying up your house and doing your taxes while you were asleep, here are the some new tracks from the Icelandic music scene that caught our attention—for better, or for worse—this month.…
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Track by Track: ‘Unbroken’ By ZAKAZ
ZAKAZ is a one-man atmospheric post-black metal project known for its cathartic soundscapes and emotional songs. Here, ZAKAZ go through his newest EP, ‘Unbroken,’ track by track. All of these songs are deeply personal and were written in a period of total…
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Music News: Tangerine Dream, Airwaves, & Björk
One of the biggest icons of electronic music, Tangerine Dream, has painted stadium-sized soundscapes for no less than half a century and now they’re bringing their art fo the ExtremeChill festival. The festival’s 10th edition will be taking place in Reykjavík from…
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Grapevine Playlist: ZÖE, Stefán Elí, PORT & More!
ZÖE – Summer Funeral Zöe will be the perfect medicine for those who once loved Evanescence but maybe won’t admit it. “Summer Funeral,” her debut track, is a soaring, melodic and perhaps accidentally gothic af track that wouldn’t feel out of place…
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New Icelandic Music: Countess Malaise, SiGRÚN, sideproject ++
Like waking up with nine extra arms that have been tidying up your house and doing your taxes while you were asleep, here are the nine new tracks from the Icelandic music scene that caught our attention—for better, or for worse—this month.…
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Icelandic Music News: Innipúkinn Festival Is Go!, MYRKFÆLNI 3 Released & More
The many-splendored Icelandic music scene continues to grow and evolve apace, like No Face from Spirited Away when it was eating everything and turning into a cool giant monster. Except, not like that all. Because it’s not gonna eat you. Much. Here’s…
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Grapevine Playlist: Auður, Birgir, Skaði, Singapore Sling & More
What’s new in Icelandic Music you ask? Many, many things. Singapore Sling – Suicide Twist Take some classic 80s goth vocals, add a drum machine and some grunge guitars and wham, bam, a wild Singapore Sling appears. ‘Suicide Twist,’ the first single…
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Grapevine Playlist: K.ola, Múm Vs. Kronos Quartet, ADHD, Hjaltalín, Hermigervill
Live seven lightning bolts striking your prefrontal cortex, here are the latest electrifying phenomena to appear from within the Icelandic music scene. Krassasig – Brjóta Heilann One half of art-pop duo Munster, Krassasig’s debut single ‘Brjóta Heilann’ is a bright, breezy, and…
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Music News: Cate Le Bon Comes To Iceland, We Boo As Húrra Closes
The Hljómahöll museum venue at Keflavík’s Museum of Rock ‘n’ Roll, has announced a concert by Welsh indie star Cate Le Bon on Monday September 9th. Cate’s latest album, ‘Reward,’ has been making waves internationally and gaining plenty of critical acclaim, sweeping…
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Track By Track: ‘Undir skyggðarhaldi’ By Andavald
Black metal supergroup Andavald dropped their debut, ‘Undir skyggðarhaldi,’ earlier this month, capping three years or work. It’s an imposing monolith of a black metal album—one designed to beat you down with no hope of help or return. To learn more, we…
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Music News: Innipúkinn Festival, New Symphony Conductor & Une Misère
The initial lineup for this year’s Innipúkinn festival—the only place in Iceland where you can pound Breezers on a carpet of fake grass—has been announced. Performers this year include Hildur, Between Mountains, Vök, dj. flugvél og geimskip, Friðrik Dór, Joey Christ, Moses…
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Grapevine Playlist: ROKKY, Hildur & Teitur, Sigur Rós, Gyðjan Uxi & More
Like six hidden people pirouetting out of a weird misty summer moss-scape, here are the latest mythical emergences from the Icelandic music scene in a brand new edition of Grapevine playlist. ROKKY – deux A bit like a less goth and silly…
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Track By Track: Daniel Pioro – Dust (Ft. Valgeir Sigurðsson)
Icelandic composer Valgeir Sigurðsson picked up an award at the International Composer’s Conference in Argentina earlier this year. The piece in question was “Dust”—a striking three-part work written for violinist Daniel Pioro, and part of Daniel’s 2018 Bedroom Community album of the…
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Track By Track: AdHd – AdHd7
AdHd are an acclaimed genre-destroying four-piece group that started in 2008, comprising saxophonist Óskar Guðjónsson, guitar and bass player Ómar Guðjónsson, pianist Davíð Þór Jónsson, and percussionist Magnús Trygvason Eliassen. Since then, they’ve released seven free-flowing albums with elements of jazz, post-rock,…
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Music News: Sigur Rós Celebrate Ágætis Byrjun, Sacred Arts & Kælan Mikla
‘Ágætis Byrjun,’ the breakthrough album by Sigur Rós, is twenty years old on June 12th. To celebrate, the band are staging a variety of events looking back at how the album was made, and unveiling a time capsule of unseen archive materials.…
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Icelandic Music News: Kælan Mikla Play US, Valgeir Sigurðsson Awarded
Folks from the Icelandic music scene have been out touring, getting on TV, putting out records, winning awards, and stirring controversy: here’s the latest news. The rise of cold-wave goth queens and 2018 Grapevine cover stars Kælan Mikla continues. Next on their…
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Track by Track: Bagdad Brothers – ‘Sorry’
Bagdad brothers are a sunny indie-pop band who’ve been taking Reykjavík by storm over the past year. They’ve also become well-known as political activists. We asked them to talk us through their latest EP, ‘Sorry.’ “Like everything else we’ve released to this…
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Grapevine Playlist: Icelandic Music From Kira Kira, GusGus, Dadykewl & More
It’s Grapevine Playlist time once more. Like seven sea eagles shooting out of an erupting volcano, here are the latest squawking expulsions from the Icelandic music scene. GusGus – Fireworks “Fireworks” is one of the better cuts from GusGus’s latest LP, ‘Lies…
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Sólveig Matthildur’s Constantly In Love: Track By Track
Sólveig Matthildur is a member of Kælan Mikla, an acclaimed solo artist, and a Grapevine Music Awards winner. Here, she talks us through her new album, ‘Constantly In Love.’ Constantly In Love by Sólveig Matthildur CONSTANTLY IN LOVE The title track is…
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Grapevine Playlist: Of Monsters And Men, Hildur, Karítas & More
The hills are alive with the sound of momcore pop, emotional ballads, trashy retro rock and trap. Praise be! It’s the new Grapevine playlist! Of Monsters & Men – Alligator The first Icelandic act to reach a billion plays on Spotify are…
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Grapevine Playlist: Comfort Creature, TSS, Hildur, Máni Orrason, Matthildur & More
Like eight simultaneous lightning bolts striking your laptop out of thin air, there are the latest offerings to flash out of the smoky fumarole of the Icelandic music scene. Comfort Creature – Pyramid Room Exit Iceland-born, Australia-based Auður Zoëga—who lists her hometown…
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Track By Track: Kristín Anna – ‘I Must Be The Devil’
Kristín Anna—also known from múm and Kría Brekkan—recently released her long-awaited solo album. “I Must Be The Devil” is an enchanting collection of piano-based tracks sung in Kristín Anna’s distinctive whispery voice. We asked her to talk us through it. The Ocean…
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Icelandic Music News: Múm Twins In Ragnar Piece, HÁTIÐNI Returns, Daníel Conducts
Twin sisters, múm members, and thriving solo artists Gyða and Kristin Anna Valtýsdóttir have been announced as participants in a new Ragnar Kjartansson piece entitled “Death Is Elsewhere.” They star alongside another set of musical twins—Bryce and Aaron Dessner of sadcore alt-country-indie-rock…