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PHOTOS: The 2026 Reykjavík Grapevine Music Awards
On Thursday, February 8, musicians and music lovers alike joined to celebrate the 2026 Reykjavík Grapevine Music Awards at Lemmy. For the 14th time, artists and individuals who excelled last year were showered with acknowledgements and awards. The winners and nominees were…
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Introducing The 2026 Grapevine Music Awards Winners
Roll out the red carpet, please The Reykjavík Grapevine Music Awards are doled out each year in the beginning of February. Having covered the winners of Artist Of The Year and Song Of The Year (Alaska1867 and “eh plan” by digital ísland,…
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Overflowing With Talented People: Alaska1867 And digital ísland On Hard-Won Success
Four Grapevine Music Awards winners take the pulse of the scene Piling into Prikið’s backstage loft, Alaska1867 (Kolfreyja Sól Bogadóttir) — simply Alaska to her friends — and the trio forming digital ísland (Arnar Ingi Ingason, Tatjana Dís Aldísar Razoumeenko, Þórir Már Davíðsson)…
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Grapevine Events: Lavaforming Opening, French Film Festival, Museum Rave & More
We’re fully in the swing of the new year, which means galleries are dusting off from their winter breaks and are ready for some new exhibitions. Yesterday evening (January 22), Vilhjálmur Yngvi Hjálmarsson’s Diagrams opened at Á milli, which will run until…
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The Grapevine’s Top Picks For Iceland Airwaves 2025
We decide what to see so you don’t have to At Grapevine HQ, Airwaves week is like Christmas. We get all giddy-like when the festival announces its lineup, and scramble to fill our Filofaxes once the schedule is up. In recent years,…
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Alaska1867 Lands In 101 Reykjavík
After a few years spent simmering and cooking, bleeding-edge rapper Alaska1867 burst onto the 101 scene with force in 2025. The 222 EP was a statement of intent; hit single “SOS” is one of the sounds of the summer. With an Airwaves…
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Music Reviews: BKPM, RAKEL, Alaska1867 and Birnir
Grapevine is hot off the press, and so are these single reviews! Check out musician, and now Grapevine contributor, Sævar Andri Sigurðarson’s reviews of these three songs below. “Vínarborg” by BKPM Single — July 22 Experimental post-punk group BKPM have been hard at…
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Demonic Agoraphobia At Austurbæjarbíó
Here’s a rundown of Reykjavík’s biggest Versló affair Twenty-three artists, three days, two stages, one new venue: this is the 2025 Innipúkinn. In this year’s iteration, indoor demons will take refuge in Austurbæjarbíó. Back in 2014, a Grapevine writer previewing the event…
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Grapevine Events: Concerts, Concerts, Concerts!
It’s Friday! Time to clock out, take a breath, and enjoy all Reykjavík has to offer this weekend. We’ve got a slew of concerts for you down below, so if you’re looking for live music, this weekend is for you. Tonight, Bíó…
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Grapevine New Music: GusGus, BSÍ, Farao & More
If this ain’t a heatwave, I don’t know what is. With so much quality music out this year — and it’s only May — it doesn’t matter whether the summer will be warm or cold. These tunes are primed to bring the heat into…