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Páll Óskar and Benni Hemm Hemm Enjoy Two Weeks At Number One, Endure Two Hour Grapevine Podcast
In the two weeks since releasing an album together, the Páll Óskar and Benni Hemm Hemm single “Eitt af blómunum” has been the number one single on Rás 2. Every rose has its thorns, however. Last week, the pair joined Grapevine Publisher…
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Publisher’s Note: Music When The Lights Go Out
I had a conversation with an artist of my generation some years ago. We expected to be shocked by contemporary music, but instead we were just hearing shallow lyrics and seeing shameless commercialisation. No principles. No truth to power. When shooting the…
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Editorial: Sunset And Darkness
Witnessing the fall of an empire After a frantic, peripatetic summer, my seven-year-old child was astonished to note, as we sat in the massive hot tub at Vesturbæjarlaug, a glorious sunset. In a search for order, I’ve kept strict bedtimes, so September…
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Track By Track: Alveg By Benni Hemm Hemm & Páll Óskar
Brought together for the TV programme Hljómskálinn, neither Páll Óskar nor Benni Hemm Hemm suspected that this one-off opportunity would take further flight. As their collaboration progressed, more and more demos started springing up. Before they knew it, they were making an…
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Trúnó On The Dancefloor: Inside Benni Hemm Hemm And Páll Óskar’s New Album
Benni Hemm Hemm and Páll Óskar join forces for a politically charged, sugary pop album In a rare twist of fate, famed Icelandic musicians Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson and Benedikt Hermann Hermannsson marry their talents for their latest creation Alveg, out September 26.…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: KUSK & Óviti, Páll Óskar & Benni Hemm Hemm, & More
Every day, I check the forecast for the cooling signs of autumn. Still, the oracle manages to surprise me with double-digit temperature, leaving us all in a state of desperation for that crispy air. After a few months of not compiling the…
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A Journey Through The Steam
Icelandic composers Benni Hemm Hemm and Bára Gísladóttir explore death on their collaborative album Gufa. Sometimes the most idiosyncratic and intense Icelandic music comes out of sudden collaborations. Both Benni Hemm Hemm and Bára Gísladóttir have respectively rich scopes of work, and…
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Grapevine New Music: Hildur, Low Roar, Benni Hemm Hemm & More
Well, well, well. If it isn’t the new year. I bet you’ve already failed your New Year’s resolutions — I know I have. But regardless of the empty promises we make to ourselves once a year, we can all unite in the…
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Grapevine New Music: Svört Jól, Egill Sæbjörnsson, Benni Hemm Hemm & More
Well, well, well, only a few more days to go. Our sincerest apologies for not supplying you with your weekly fix of Icelandic music last week – the Grapevine office took an early weekend. One would think that, in the week before…
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66 Degrees Of Sound: Post-Airwaves Sillies with Jae Tyler, GusGus, Benni Hemm Hemm & More
Last week we published a brand new issue and forged our way through Iceland Airwaves and we are finally starting to recover from both. In between there, we’ve gone in the studio to record a brand new episode of 66 Degrees of…
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Grapevine New Music: Hipsumhaps, Jelena Ciric, Benni Hemm Hemm & More
It was 15 years ago today, that the Icelandic economy officially crashed, much to the dismay of – well – everyone. A colloquial phrase pertaining to the 2008 economic crash is ‘Hrunið, þið munið’ (Remember the crash), although nobody really remembers and…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Ingibjörg Turchi, Benjamín Gísli Trio, Bríet & More
With school starting again, people flock to the streets and into their everyday routines. If you’re bored of listening to that same radio show on your way to work, let this list of brand new music occupy the humdrum of mundanity. There’s…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Nanna, Benni Hemm Hemm, Ægir, Yaffle ft. KARÍTAS, Sakaris and The Cult Of One!
BUMPER NEW MUSIC FRIDAY. That’s right, there were so many great releases (including Nanna from Of Monsters And Men’s first single from her debut record!) this week that we had literally no choice but to expand on our usual three picks and…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Mugison, Unnsteinn, and Benni Hemm Hemm
As the leaves are starting to brown and slooowly cover up the streets, you’d think autumn is already here. It’s not though, but if you’re looking forward to it, definitely give Mugison’s newest single a listen. If you prefer to be ignorant…
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Grapevine Christmas Music Picks: All The “Gleðileg Jól” You Could Possibly Pack Into A Playlist
It’s the last Friday afternoon before Christmas Eve. And if you’re not imposing festive cheer on your office party by blasting our top choice of Icelandic Christmas tunes then you clearly hate Santa, and all the little Yule Lads. And you’ll get…
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Grapevine MEGA Playlist: Kvikindi, Hjörtur Ingvi Jóhannsson, Ásta, Gudfinnur, Kristín Sesselja & More!
The loss of Iceland and Daði Freyr last week at Eurovision was a crushing defeat for the Grapevine. But that said, the loss of Finland’s Blind Channel was equally traumatic. So put your middle fingers up and check out this new playlist. …
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The Grapevine Playlist: CYBER, Benni Hemm Hemm, IDA IDK, Hjaltalín
Desperately need to to stop revisiting your 2014 playlist of “indie bangers”? Enter the Reykjavik Grapevine! We’re here to save the day with a selection of the best new tracks Iceland has to offer. CYBER – “starry night” Here is an electronic…
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VIDEO: Benni Hemm Hemm Performs At Swimming Pool
As summer approaches and the days become brighter one can’t help but recall the times when winter depression harried. Now that Icelanders have gathered heat, Austrian video journalists, Sarah Brugner and Michael Luger of THEY SHOOT MUSIC, have decided to share their…
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Does Size Really Matter? Harpa Silfurberg Pt. I
The old proverb goes that it’s not the size that matters, but how you use it. It works for music as it does for sex. You can do just as much with a kazoo as you can with a symphony if you…