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The Nominees For The Icelandic Music Awards Are Here
At long last, the nominees for the 2018 Icelandic Music Awards are here, and nearly everyone who’s anyone has been…
Happening This Weekend: Our Picks!
More snow, more sadness, more sledding. That doesn’t mean though, that your weekend must be wet and icy. Here are…
Happening This Weekend: Our Picks!
School has started. Morale is low. The apocalypse is nigh. Cheer yourself up with these not-to-miss events. Friday, January 11th…
Grapevine Music Awards 2019: Best Song – Prins Póló’s ‘Lifið ertu að grínast’
by John Rogers
Svavar Pétur Eysteinsson, aka Prins Póló, sits down regally on the bench, his back straight and fingers interlocked over one…
The Grapevine Music Awards 2019: The Winners Are Here!
by John Rogers
One of the most common questions asked about Iceland—right up there alongside volcano stuff, the ‘incest app’ and the pissy…
Fiiiiiive Goooooold Riiiings: Christmassy Goings-On In Reykjavík City
by John Rogers and Hannah Jane Cohen
Reykjavík is a cosy and festive place to be at Christmas, from the decoration-festooned downtown streets to pop-up markets, special…
Food of Iceland: Prince Póló
The rule in Iceland before 1990 was basically this: If it’s good, it’s probably banned. For example, beer was banned…
Iceland’s Prime Minister Makes Airwaves Playlist; Likes Björk, Rihanna and Milkywhale
by John Rogers
Iceland’s Prime Minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, has unveiled a Spotify playlist specially made to celebrate the Iceland Airwaves 20th anniversary edition….
Antediluvian Architecture And Vegetarian Sausage: A Day In Berufjörður
by Eli Petzold
The more miles I log on Iceland’s country roads, absorbing each landscape as it melts into the next, the more…
This Year’s Must Hears: Our Tracks Of 2018, So Far, Part One
As we drift into autumn and both Airwaves and the end of the year get closer on the horizon, we…
Hard Labour: 10 Years After His First Show, Þrándur Is One Of Iceland’s Best-Known Painters
by John Rogers
Þrándur Þórarinsson opens the door of his studio and quietly says hello. Dressed in a blue grandad-collar shirt and maroon…
Music News: Kælan Mikla, Innipúkinn, Mighty Bear
by John Rogers
DIY goth-rock trio Kælan Mikla were recently invited to play at Robert Smith’s Meltdown festival at the Royal Festival Hall…
Happening Tonight: Prins Póló Album Release Concert!
Many Icelanders could be described as chocoholics. Nowadays we thirst for chocolate just as our ancestors thirsted for warm ale, pillaging…
Monosodium Glutamate FTW: Prins Póló On His New Record And Solo-Tour
Svavar Pétur Eysteinsson is a very busy man. Not only is he a farmer, producing the popular bulsur (vegan sausages)…
The Fjords Are Alive With The Sound Of Aldrei Fór Eg Suður’s 15th year
Easter is right around the corner, which means one thing for the Westfjord town of Ísafjörður—it’s about to get really…
Grapevine Playlist: Högni, dj. flugvél og geimskip, Kælan Mikla & More
by John Rogers and Sveinbjörn Pálsson
Here are five new Icelandic tracks that have been swirling around on the Grapevine’s office stereo. DJ flúgvel og geimskip…
Music News: Prins Póló, Pink Street Boys, Skrattar & More
Indie-pop darlings Prins Póló recently released a video for their new song “Ölkærastan” (“Beer Girlfriend,” in English). It was made…
Havarí: Moving To The Country Is No Reason To Stop Partying
There is something so appealing in the idea of leaving everything you own and moving to a remote spot in…
Prins Póló Band Together With Autistic Visual Artist
Let’s talk Prins Póló. And then we’re not talking about the Polish chocolate bar generations of Icelanders have eaten daily (OK,…
It’s The Winners Of The Fifth Annual Grapevine Music Awards!
What do they have that you don’t? It’s the fifth annual Grapevine Music Awards. Which means that it’s the fifth…
Airwaves Tipsters: Tonik Ensemble
by John Rogers
Anton Kaldal is the man behind Tonik Ensemble: an acclaimed Reykjavík-based producer who’s last LP, ‘Snapshots’, won Reykjavík Grapevine’s album…