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The Beautiful Era Returns to Bíó Paradís
In these Trumpian times, what better way to relax than to take a trip back to the Belle Époque, you…
Medieval Revival: Young Bands Play (Very) Old Songs
Umbra Ensemble is a five-piece band whose repertoire consists of pop songs reaching back a thousand years. Among the newest…
The New Soundscape: Andrew T. Huang’s Virtual Realities
In 1935, the American author Stanley G. Weinbaum wrote what many believe to be the first fictional model for what…
Hrafn Jónsson’s Top 5 Icelandic Movies
For a certain part of the population, Hrafn Jónsson’s furious and hilarious political screeds have become their political voice. His…
Music News in Brief: Or, All Those Videos You Missed Because, Airwaves
Music videos have come a long way since MTV’s first broadcast in 1980, “Video Killed the Radio Star.” The medium…
The Year Of Jófríður
by John Rogers
Jófríður Ákadóttir is very tired. She sits slumped on the red leather sofa of a comfortably dim downtown basement café,…
What Just Happened? Grapevine’s Airwaves 2016
Wow. It feels like the starting gun has just been fired: but Airwaves 2016 is over. Airwaves happens fast, and…
Saturday Super-Review: A Tempest Hits Airwaves
And so: Airwaves Saturday night. Our open-eared reviews team went back into the fray, deep in the heart of the…
PHOTOS: Björk Brings Vulnicura To Harpa
Björk presented her last album, ‘Vulnicura’, in Iceland for the first time yesterday in the Eldborg hall of Harpa. She…
Grapevine’s Airwaves 2016 Super Review: FRIDAY
by Ciarán Daly
“…Let me whisper the terrible word, from the Old English, from the Old German, from the Old Norse. Death. Many…
Grapevine’s Super-Team Super-Review: Wednesday
Airwaves: it’s everywhere. There are rappers on the tables of your favourite morning coffee shop and punk bands in the…
Björk Digital Opens Today!
Everything is big during airwaves. The music. The crowds. The drinking. Nights become mornings become nights, is the world spinning…
Airwaves Tipsters: Grapevine’s Festival Review Super-Team Picks
We’ve given you the bands’ picks for Airwaves 2016—but what about our own Very Special Grapevine Airwaves Writer Super-Team? Here’s…
#GrapeWaves Is Go! Win Amazing Einstök X Grapevine Goodie Bags!
by John Rogers
The Iceland Airwaves Music Festival—just in case you haven’t noticed—is about to take over the city of Reykjavík. We’re celebrating…
Björk Puts Focus On Environmental Issues
Artist Björk Guðmundsdóttir, in a new radio interview, was reportedly baffled by how little a role environmental issues played in…
Airwaves Debutantes Part 5: What’s New and Who’s Who
Here it is! The final instalment of our guide to the 50 Icelandic bands making their Airwaves debut at the…
Meet The Venues Of Iceland Airwaves 2016
by John Rogers
Iceland Airwaves is, by and large, located in downtown Reykjavík. For first-timers, part of the fun whirlwind of the festival…
All That Shines And Shivers: Björk On VR & The Female Star
In Björk’s ideal fantasy life she spends all of her time writing music, cued by the cycles of the moon….
Airwaves Debutantes Part 4: What’s New and Who’s Who
This year over 50 bands are making their Iceland Airwaves debut. Some have been on the scene for decades, others…
Airwaves Debutantes Part 3: What’s New and Who’s Who
This year over 50 bands are making their Iceland Airwaves debut. Some have been on the scene for decades, others…
Feel The Spray Of Skógafoss In New Jodie Landau Video
by John Rogers
In accompaniment to our recent interview with Bedroom Community-signed musician and composer Jodie Landau, we’re happy to premiere his new…