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Monday News Edit: What Are Icelanders Talking About?
Despite the blinding sun and the freezing cold, what has been on Icelanders’ minds as of late? Here’s a round-up…
Electric Dreams: Axis Dancehall Get The Party Started
Seated amongst countless disassembled synthesizers, Grétar Mar Sigurðsson and Atli Steinn Bjarnason share an interesting dynamic. Together they form genre-bending…
MP Slams Iceland’s Government Over Weapons Shipments Through Country
Weapons being shipped knowingly and illegally through Iceland to Saudi Arabia was a hot topic of discussion in Iceland’s parliament…
The Icelandic Music Awards Nominees Are Here
The Icelandic Music Awards, to be held on March 14, have just announced their nominees. Iceland’s staying power as a…
Harvesting Sparkles: Kórus Collective Choir Leader Kira Kira Opens Up
by Rex Beckett
Nestled into the cosy pink suede couch at Emilie & the Cool Kids, Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir sips her tea and…
Ploey: You Never Fly Alone, aka Valur The Killer vs. The Migration Birds
Perhaps one of the reasons there haven’t been very many Icelandic cartoons (apart from the probative costs), is that there…
Icelandic Female Choir Sings In Fleet Foxes Video
Not unlike your neighbourhood cats’ repeated attempts to rise to power, Icelanders campaign to take over the world sneakily goes…
Green Light For National Park In The Highlands & Vatnajökull, Questions Remain
by John Rogers and Alice Demurtas
After several high-profile campaigns in recent years from Icelandic celebrities and environmental agencies—including the Björk and Andri Snær Magnason-fronted ‘Protect…
Björk To Play Primavera Sound 2018; Six Other International Dates Announced
Björk has been unveiled as one of the headliners of the 2018 Primavera festival, where she’ll play alongside Nick Cave…
Music News: Sónar Powers Up, GusGus Return, Vök Tour, Björk BRIT-nomination
by John Rogers
Sónar Reykjavík, which takes place March 16-17th, has added a raft of new names to the 2018 lineup. Iconic UK…
Alvia, Högni And Björk Nominated For The Nordic Music Prize
by John Rogers
The Nordic Music Prize has announced the 2018 nominees list. This year three Icelandic solo artists make the cut. For…
Video Premiere: Kira Kira’s ‘Pioneer Of Love’ Reaches For The Top
Wading through the thick snow, musician Kira Kira steadily ascends icy cliffs in the music video for her single “Pioneer…
Björk Nominated For BRIT Award Again
Artist Björk Guðmundsdóttir has once again secured a nomination for the coveted BRIT music award. As RÚV reports, this marks…
Making Of An Artist: Divas, Comics & RuPaul With Gógó Starr
Gógó Starr, the alter ego of Sigurður Heimir, is the reigning drag queen of Iceland and a founding member of…
Music News: Sónar Reykjavík, Ólafur Arnalds Tours, New Myrkfælni Compilation
by John Rogers
Sónar Reykjavík have announced another swathe of bands for the festival’s 2018 lineup. In addition to already-announced artists like Danny…
1997: The Last Days of Rock
by Valur Gunnarsson and Andie Sophia Fontaine
Yes, rock is dead. It is dead in the sense that punk is dead. Or classical. Punk by now belongs…
Sigur Rós Team Up With Magic Leap For Mixed Reality App
by Jessica Peng
Icelandic music legends Sigur Rós have always been at the forefront of musical and artistic innovation, and now they have…
The Reykjavik Poet Par-Excellence: Megas Talks About Music, Drugs, Björk, Toyota, Armageddon and the Afterlife
The first time I interviewed Megas was during my first summer as editor of the new paper Reykjavik Grapevine 15…
Best Of Iceland Awards: South
Welcome to Grapevine’s Best Of Iceland—a guide to the best hikes, hotels, must see spots, eateries, road trips, tours, shops…
Kaleo Most-Googled Icelanders By A Long Shot
Pop group Kaleo were the most Googled Icelanders of 2017, and were searched almost three times more than runners-up Of…
Video: How Björk Created Utopia
Oscar Wilde once wrote: “A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at,…