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Grapevine Events: RIFF, Joy Orbison, dj. flugvél og geimskip
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! A new issue of The Grapevine is currently being distributed around the country, with music legends Páll Óskar and Benni Hemm Hemm gracing our cover. Their album, Alveg, is out on streaming services today — but we…
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Grapevine New Music: Teitur Magnússon, Logi Pedro, Cyber & More
Somebody told me that you had a girlfriend that looked like a boyfriend, who never wanted to miss out on the recent music releases happening in Iceland. A Killer(s) reference, eh? Well, that certain someone is in great luck, as we’ve got…
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Meet Cell7’s Epic Alter Ego
Innovative and rebellious, Ragna Kjartansdóttir is a legendary figure of the Icelandic hip hop and rap scene. The artist known as Cell7 continues to cut her own path with the release of “U-N-I”. It’s an enticing track that finds the artist trading…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Gugusar, Önnu Jónu Son, Cell7 & More
What a fine week! After all, we’ve seen an eruption happening on the Reykjanes peninsula – the third one in as many years. The eruption site was closed due to the dangerous conditions that presented in its aftermath, but hopefully, we’ll see…
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Grapevine Playlist: Cell7, Soffía Björg, Tom Hannay, Passepartout Duo, Flaaryr & More!
NO MORE RESTRICTIONS! TIME TO LISTEN TO MUSIC! Cell7 – It’s Complicated Cell7 is easily the most talented hip hop artist in Iceland. And unsurprisingly, as she’s been a pioneer in Iceland’s scene for over 20 years now. If you’re new to…
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Award Season Continues To Shower Iceland Music Scene With Love
The world can agree that it’s been a great time for Icelandic music, with Hildur Guðnadóttir conquering the world and all. But award season is here to further prove it. In the UK, the NME awards have nominated Iceland Airwaves for the…
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Farewell! You Black Winter Emperor
It’s official. Summer is here. Of course, the Icelandic summer is always some kind of a mix of grey skies, rain, strong wind and high expectations. But it’s also a time to revisit your favourite mountain, some local summer festival or to…
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The First Legend: From Subterranean Origins, Cell7 Is Back
Cell7’s release concert is packed. The energy flows through the crowd, building them up with each verse until brutally releasing them once the song ends. Like a puppet master, she commands the room effortlessly. “The energy was fire,” Ragna Kjartansdóttir—Cell7 herself—says of…
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Grapevine Music Awards: Band To Remember – Subterranean
Once a year, we at Grapevine honour the best and brightest of the Icelandic music scene by giving out awards to some of the artists who light up our lives on the little subarctic island. The Band To Remember award goes to…
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A Day Of Free, Local Music And Fun In Breiðholt
This Saturday, the Breiðholt suburb of Reykjavík will be a little (okay, a lot) louder than usual. The people over at Bedroom Community will be putting on the first ever Breiðholt Festival, a day of free (!) music and other arts events…
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Happening This Weekend November 28-30
Friday Sun Kil Moon With everything that’s going on today, we don’t blame you for not realising that motherfucking Mark Kozelek is coming to town, and he’s playing a show that you can go to! Don’t just take our word for why you should go,…
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Iceland Airwaves: Most Wanted
Downtown Reykjavík during Airwaves is something to see. Every shop seems to sprout a sound system, and live music is everywhere. Amongst the happy throng are the musicians making it happen, many playing the festival multiple times, running from venue to venue…
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Owning it
In a crumbling old building on the outskirts of central Reykjavík, a dust-covered, semi-abandoned workspace is coming to life. In one corner, a makeup artist applies vivid lipstick to a member of feminist rap collective Reykjavíkurdætur as photographer Axel Sigurðarson steadies his…
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A Successful Solstice
Reykjavík’s first Secret Solstice festival brought 10,000 people to Laugardalur for 72 hours of fun in the sun. With 150 artists performing on five stages, it was impossible to take it all in, and judging by all of the inspired dance moves…
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A Pioneer of Icelandic Hip Hop
To say in 2014 that hip hop is solely an American art form is a grave misnomer. While the origin and root are indefinitely seated within black urban culture in the United States, to assume this is still its only functional place…
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Icelandic Hiphop Exists!
Cell 7 is adept at the braggadocio expected of rappers these days, but also demonstrates lyrical depth: “I represent to the fullest, I’m a feminist.” As far as the Icelandic acts of the night went, I am pleased to say she was…
