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Grapevine Events: Reykjavík Jazz, SAMPL, Electronic Workshop
This morning, we heard an announcer say on the radio, “Today is Friday. Congratulations on that.” We couldn’t have said it better ourselves. As always, there’s a full house of exciting and interesting events happening around this city. There’s an exhibition opening…
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PHOTOS: The 2025 Reykjavík Grapevine Music Awards
On Thursday, February 6, musicians and music lovers came together at Mengi for the 2025 Reykjavík Grapevine Music Awards. For the 13th time, awards were given to artists and individuals who excelled in the previous year. The winners and nominees were…
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Grapevine Events: Kárahátíð, CYBER Release Show, Zine Fair & So Much More
Everyone seems a bit down these days — probably the lack of sunlight (still dark at 11:00 and already pitch black by 16:00). Walking around town, you can almost hear people’s faces screaming for a slower pace and some cosy time. But…
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Grayson’s Thursday Night Iceland Airwaves Diary: Fusing Tradition & Floating Home
I eased into my first official day of Airwaves with Andervel at Lucky Records. The Iceland-based Mexican-born musician has crafted a unique brand of folk that fuses together the traditions of two very different places, with the dreamy and ethereal harmonies of…
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Iryna’s Thursday Night Iceland Airwaves Diary: Stormy Beginnings And Good Vibes
The wind is whistling and rumbling as I watch my balcony almost being blown away. This is how the first day of Iceland Airwaves 2024 begins for me. After years of living here, I should be accustomed to the weather and have…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: CYBER, Dr. Gunni & More
Dear reader, there’s a new issue of the Grapevine out on the streets of Reykjavík (and its neighbouring towns, and in select Króna stores outside the capital area). Among the music articles you may find are an interview with electronic duo CYBER…
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KEX Port ’24: Entertainment In The Front, Grilling In The Back
KEX Hostel’s block party KEX Port sees its final iteration Kex Hostel’s block party KEX Port, a regular fixture of the local festival circuit, may very well see its last iteration this year. The festival says its final farewell on July 13…
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Grapevine Events: Reykjavík Arts Festival, Tweed Ride & More
Due to the lapse in releases due to a certain podcast producer getting sick, we are bringing you the Hot Happenings episode that should have come out on May 30th today. Luckily it’s still very hot, cause it’s all about the Reykjavík…
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66 Degrees of Sound: Saturday Morning Mix #2 — Monday Mix-Up Edition
Oh no we messed up! “We” being Rex’s internet in their new place, as moving and technology didn’t go hand in hand. Wish we could blame Mercury-in-Gatorade for it but it wasn’t even there. So last week’s Saturday Morning Mix comes to…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Inspector Spacetime, Gusgus, CYBER & More
We’re at the crucial point in the year, when modern takes on classic Christmas songs start popping up all over the place. We might even see some original holiday tunes crop up. Despite your take on holiday fare, there is plenty of…
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Iceland Airwaves Is Back, Baby!
It’s the most wonderful day of the year, when Iceland Airwaves starts in earnest for another long weekend of music and mayhem. After a handful of off-venue gigs to get things warmed up on Wednesday, the festival is officially kicked off today…
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Grapevine Events: Independence Day Celebrations, Viking Festival, Óreiða Album Release Show & More
Here we are, frantically typing away up to the final second of deadline as we send our 20th anniversary edition of the Grapevine off to the printers. It’s quite surreal to think about the two decades of the paper. And two decades…
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A Look Back At Our Most Memorable Moments From Iceland Airwaves 2022
Iceland Airwaves 2022 is over, baby! It’s been quite a few intense days for our team and most likely for you too. But we hope that you followed our hangover cure guide and survived the festival. If you didn’t, bless your soul…
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Airwaves 2022 Saturday Super Review: All-Powerful Go_A, Comfortable Axel Flóvent, And Arlo Parks Brings Us Home
Shed a tear, Airwaves 2022 is all over. Across the city, sleepy humans are slowly waking up and trying to piece together what happened last night. Luckily, our journalists have written all about it, so you can jog your memory right here!…
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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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CYBER And HATARI Join Chains To Crumble Europe In New Tour
Its true, 2020 promises to be the year that Iceland’s favourite gimp-masked System-smashing post-human aristocracy-chasers guillotine-builders—we could go on—Hatari, makes Europe their bitch. And you know what they say, to smash capitalism, the more degenerate, soulful, delinquent, left-minded proto-cyborg, the better. With…
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CYBER Drops New Video For Single ‘Hold’: “Hell Is A Long Line That Goes In Circles”
One of the most compelling Icelandic music acts in recent years, CYBER, have just released the video for their single ‘Hold’ from last November’s EP ‘Bizness’. Founding member Jóhanna Rakel tells the Grapevine that although the song text is in Icelandic, the…
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Fancies: CYBER
Fancies is a Grapevine series where we highlight an individual with supreme style. Our latest subjects are CYBER. CYBER is an experimental hip-hop trio that consists of Jóhanna Rakel, Salka Valsdóttir, and Þura Stína. Not only are they known for their music,…
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Airwaves Tipsters 2018: Geoffrey Skywalker’s Newcomers & Wildcards
A mogul sitting near the top of Partybær, Sticky Records, and Prikið—the beating heart of the local rap scene—Geoff has an eagle eye for what’s new and worth checking out in 101. Here are his Airwaves 2018 picks. Arnar Úlfur Arnar is…
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Grapevine Grassroots n° 6: Trippy, Brave & Fresh
I stepped into the smoky-as-ever and surprisingly busy Húrra last week for the sixth edition of the Grapevine Grassroots concert series. Umer Consumer was already onstage, and as I weaved my way through the crowd, I became hypnotised by his trippy, hallucinogenic…




