prins póló — The Reykjavik Grapevine %

Loji

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Loji is a trio of guys from Reykjavik playing the music of Loji, an artist from Reykjavik. They play lo-fi…

Gluteus Maximus

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Old Latin for the uppermost muscles forming that low-end base on which you sit, Gluteus Maximus is Iceland’s President Bongo…

On A Date With Svavar Pétur Eysteinsson: The Vegan Sausage King Of Iceland

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A large glob of water keeps dripping out of someone’s rain-gutter onto my head as I huddle in a doorway,…

Stormy Adventure Time

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Rauðasandur (English: “red sand”) is a small festival in a relatively remote part of the Westfjords, offering a daytime programme…

Furiously Chasing Tranquility In Ísafjörður

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Through my travels, I’ve been lucky enough to meet a ton of Icelanders who have become some of my closest…

THE BEST OF REYKJAVÍK MUSIC… SO FAR

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The year is, like, only half over at this point. Still, in the spirit of our BEST OF REYKJAVÍK issue,…

Rauðasandur Festival CANCELLED Due to EXTREME WEATHER :(

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“Extreme weather conditions” have forced organizers to call off the sold out Rauðasandur festival in the West fjords. Festivalgoers, staff…

It Wouldn’t Be A Grapevine Party Without…Some Music Of Course!

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It’s been ten years since the first copy of Grapevine saw the Icelandic midnight sun and that certainly calls for…

Yo La Tengo, Ólafur Arnalds And More Announced For Airwaves

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Twenty-five more acts have been added to the line-up for this year’s Airwaves festival, with indie cult heroes Yo La…

I’ve Never Been North

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Close to the northernmost tip of Iceland lies Ísafjörður, a small town nestled deep in the crook of Skutulsfjörður. Several…

Go North, Friends

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The 10th Aldre Fór Ég Suður festival is going down this weekend in Ísafjörður. This music festival is like no…

First Acts Announced For Aldrei Fór Ég Suður 2013

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For the 10th year, the Aldrei Fór Ég Suður festival will be bringing music lovers and good times to Ísafjörður…

Dirty Projectors Whip Up A Masterpiece

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Prinspóló have been going a long while now, and in that time they have perfected an Icelandic version of the…

This One Goes Out To The One I Love!

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Yes, you! Granted you can be a pain in the butt, forcing others to queue up in the cold, spilling…

A Truly Incredible Opening Night

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Experiencing FM Belfast closing up a very effective snapshot of homegrown talent is a glimpse for me, an outsider, into that moment where music and place become synergous. The band’s energy bounces around the room, back and forth between the stage and the first two thirds of the room and it hold until the final song comes tumbling down.

Old Band On The Dock: GusGus are the champions of Airwaves!

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By Rebecca Louder   It was a (presumably cold and rainy) October in 1999 when one famous foreign artist and…

The Hawaiian-Shirted Man Stole The Night

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Welcome to the eleventh annual Innipúkinn festival, a musical event held at the Iðnó theatre aimed at all those Icelanders…

Guardian Of The Red Sands

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Every day, Ástþór Skúlason hears the buzz of the electric lift that helps him climb into his tractor. That momentary…

PARTÍÞOKAN: WIN A FREE TRIP, FOOD AND ACCOMMODATION!

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Enjoy camping? Concerts? Bonfires? You’re in luck, scouts. Get in touch with your wild side at Partíþokan, a music festival…

PREMIERE: FANCY NEW PRINSPÓLÓ TRACK!

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We got an email the other day asking if we wanted to premiere a new song and video by the…

Megas, stay home; the new kids are in town

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And where were you? Huddled inside NASA waiting for the tUnE-yArDs show? Sucker. This was officially the best-show-you-missed.