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Grapevine New Music: Daði Freyr, Króli, Salóme Katrín & More
Holy smokes, summer’s here! We’ve reached the time where selfies taken from rooftop bars and balconies start to fill our collective social media feeds. Start preparing for burnt faces proliferating onto the Reykjavík sidewalks, occupying every single square metre of available sunlight,…
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Grapevine New Music: Múr, Talos Feat. Atli Örvarsson, & The Christmas Omnibus
We here at the Grapevine believe in healthy balance. So, in honour of that philosophy, we present you with this Friday’s picks, which include the healthy balance of black metal, electronica and a shitload of Christmas releases. Don’t hate us, it’s just…
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Grapevine New Music: Lúpína & Daði Freyr, Mammaðín, Supersport & More
With the Merchant’s Day weekend coming up before us, here are the newest tracks you should add to your playlist. Whether for your quiet dinner party, a raucous function before hitting the town, a road trip to one of the many countryside…
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It’s Almost Time For The 2024 Grapevine Music Awards!
Take a look at this year’s nominees After an excellent year in music, it’s time for us at the Grapevine to select the best of the best. What artist conquered 2023? Who released the best album? What about music videos, are they…
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Iryna’s Saturday Night Iceland Airwaves Diary: Pockets Full Of Beer, Eyes Full Of Tears
My final day of Airwaves this year starts very early – with four gigs by up-and-coming musicians down in the basement from Grapevine’s office. The venue is tiny and weird, but also charming in a way. It feels like nothing has changed…
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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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Daði Freyr Confirms: One Of Gagnamagnið Have Tested Positive For Coronavirus
Following reports that one member of Iceland’s Eurovision team has tested positive for the coronavirus, Daði Freyr has now confirmed that a member of his band, Gagnamagnið, has the virus. “A member of Gagnamagnið got a positive test result this morning,” he…
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VIDEO: Iceland’s Song For This Year’s Eurovision Releases Today
Daði and Gagnamagnið’s song for this year’s Eurovision contest, titled “10 Years”, releases to the public today. The song is about Fjóla, the daughter of Daði Freys Pétursson and Árný Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir. The couple have been together for ten years, hence the…
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Daði Freyr Wants You To Do Backing Vocals For His Eurovision Song
Daði Freyr, who will represent Iceland in Eurovision this year, needs a choir for the song he will be performing for the contest. To that end, you can be a member of that choir. Daði took to Twitter to make the announcement.…
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2020 In Culture: Joker, Please Perform “Ja Ja Ding Dong”
2020 was pretty heavy on very serious political news. Not naming any names, of course, especially not one whose name bears an eerie resemblance to the author of the 8 AD narrative poem ‘Metamorphoses’. No sir. That doesn’t mean though that there…
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Track Of The Day: Daði Freyr – Every Moment Is Christmas With You
Daði Freyr’s Christmas ballad is as smooth and as soothing as a hot chocolate on a dark winter’s night. This track is the perfect accompaniment to what is proving to be one of the most low-key holiday seasons we’ve ever experienced. (Thanks…
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Daði Freyr On Time Magazine’s Top Songs List
Daði Freyr and his band, Gagnamagn, have made it onto Time Magazine’s coveted list of the ten best songs of the year, with their song Think About Things. RUV reports. The list, which highlights the most played songs of 2020, also includes…
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Grapevine Playlist: Redwood Moon, Hugar, JFDR, Daði Freyr & More!
Happy Friday readers! Here’s your weekly dose of tunes. Sturle Dagsland – Kusanagi Honestly, it took me a while to work out if I enjoyed this song or not. I think I did… in the end. The colourful, children’s storybook-esque music video—which…
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Daði Freyr Will Represent Iceland In 2021 Eurovision
Daði Freyr will represent Iceland at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam next May, mbl reports. The song ‘Think About Things’ was originally chosen to be the song that represented Iceland in 2020, but, due to COVID-19, the contest, which was…
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Jennifer Garner Dances To Daði Freyr Song In Her Laundry Room
The actress Jennifer Garner, well-known for her roles in the series Alias and the films 13 Going On 30, Juno, Daredevil, and Love, Simon, among others, has released a cover of Daði Freyr’s ‘Think About Things’. Garner shared a video on her…
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Will Ferrell Awards Italy 12 Points In Iceland’s Mock Eurovision Contest
Hollywood star Will Ferrell made a guest appearance on RÚV’s Eurovision Celebrationfai show last night to reveal that Iceland’s favourite contribution was ‘Fai Rumore’ sung by Italy’s Diadato. In response to the devastating cancellation of Eurovision 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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Hot Chip Remixes Daði Freyr’s ‘Think About Things’
Repeated Iceland Airwaves stars and long-time friends of Iceland Hot Chip have given us all a very special gift. The British electro-pop outfit has remixed ‘Think About Things’, the song that artist Daði Freyr was going to bring to Eurovision this year…
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Art In The Time Of Corona: Can Inherently Social Art Survive Isolation?
In this current climate, artists of all mediums are facing difficulties. When stuck in social distancing, quarantining, or—God forbid—dealing with the virus itself, how do those who rely on shows and concerts to sustain and spread their word? To find out, the…
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Grapevine Playlist: Hatari, Cyber, Daði Freyr, Alvia, RVKDTR, Sóley & More
The first Grapevine Playlist of 2018 rounds up a few releases that sneaked out over the holiday period, from weird industrial horror-rap to feel good new year anthems. MYRKFÆLNI #2 by MYRKFÆLNI Hatari x CYBER – Hlauptu A standout from the recently…
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The Grapevine GrapeWaves 2017 Festival Super Preview, Part Two
Airwaves is upon us! The off-venues are running, the stages are warming up, and it’s time to download the festival app and start organising your life for the next five days. Grapevine will, of course, be there in force—we have ten writers…
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Airwaves Tipsters: Daði Freyr
Daði Freyr captivated Iceland with his geek-chic electro-pop in the Icelandic Eurovision finals. While he didn’t win, the dark horse—complete with synchronized dancing and pixilated sweaters—put on a performance that has been talked about ever since. Whatever he’s got planned for Airwaves,…
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Socially Experimental Summer Camp: LungA Festival 2017 Reviewed
On the eleven-hour drive from Reykjavík to Seyðisfjörður—the picturesque locale of the LungA Arts festival—the wind and rain blew so explosively that our windshield wipers flew straight off onto the pavement. It felt appropriately dramatic—our team of five was going there to…
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Music News In Brief: Daði Freyr, Páll Ivan Frá Eiðum & Aron Can
Páll Ivan frá Eiðum is one of the more eccentric musicians in Iceland’s music scene. Also well known for his work as a composer and visual artist, his output under this name exists in a quite singular space, possibly located somewhere between…