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This Is Going To Be Good
Dream Wife continue their political journey on their third album A striking moment of community response was demonstrated by the East London initiative Shadwell Responds when, after lockdown was lifted in England, the organisation fought for the reopening of their local swimming…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: PORT, Dream Wife, Febrúar & More
Friday? More like Fri-yay! Time to roll into the weekend with these fresh new tunes that hit our radar this week. We’ve got all the vibes here — a dark gloomy intense single from PORT, a flirty sassy warning in Dream Wife’s…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Linus Orri, Dream Wife, gugusar
Linus Orri – Supine Linus offers us a really nice three minutes of serenity, beauty and a good melody in his new song ‘Supine,’ which sounds like a fancy way of saying soup. Apparently it’s more complicated than that, but being a…
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Making Of An Artist: New Wave Cinema, Indie Rock And Art With Rakel Mjöll
Rakel Mjöll Leifsdóttir (pictured above, middle) is the singer of the UK/Icelandic band Dream Wife, as well as being a visual artist and more besides. We asked her to share some of her formative influences. https://vimeo.com/108840035 Agnes Varda – Ópera Mouffe I…
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Music News: Slayer Vs. Bonnie Tyler, Airwaves Takeover, Icelandic Music Awards
Secret Solstice has unveiled the lineup for the 2018 edition. After initially launching as an electronic and rap-focussed event, the festival has diversified over the years to include a wider range of artists. This year, you can see everything from Slayer to…
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Dream Wife 4 Lyf: The Feminist Rock ‘n’ Roll Group Taking Over The World
When you listen to Dream Wife’s debut album, you are immediately grabbed by their rowdy and energetic punk sound. The coarse, groovy guitar riffs and the steady rock drum beats are accompanied by some powerful and elastic vocals. With punk, rock, and…
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Secret Solstice Announces First Wave Of Artists For 2018 Festival
The Secret Solstice festival has unveiled the first names for the 2018 lineup. Taking place between 21-24th June, this year the festival will include performances by Stormzy—who cancelled an Airwaves show in 2016—plus Steve Aoki, Bonnie Tyler, and Death From Above. The…
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Grapevine Playlist: Kira Kira, Rex Pistols, Dream Wife & More
2018 is a real thing that is happening to us all. Musicians included. Here are some of the latest and most attention-grabbing tracks that have dropped out of the many-splendored flora of the Icelandic music troposphere recently. Kira Kira – Pioneer of…
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Straumur: Power-Punk And Trippy Historic Sites
Icelandic-Brightonian punk-pop trio, Dream Wife, just put out the song ‘Fire’ and it sure has been blazing up music publications, both domestic and international, as well as getting good press at The Fader, Stereogum and airplay on BBC 1’s Annie Mac. It…
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The Dream Wife Never Existed
“Thank you so much to whoever pissed these girls off,” reads the top YouTube comment on Dream Wife’s “FUU” video. FUU stands, of course, for “fuck you up.” The song—a turbulent, semi-improvised, ever-changing staple of the three-piece band’s live sets—includes a spoken…
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Grapevine Playlist: GANGLY, sóley, Dream Wife & More
Icelandic musicians are coming out of hibernation this month, with new releases dropping all over the genre spectrum. Here are the songs that we’ve been spinning here in the Grapevine office. GANGLY – Whole Again Supergroup GANGLY continue to drip-feed our hungry…
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6 New Icelandic Bands To Watch Out For At Airwaves
As well as being a monolithic highlight on the city’s festival calendar, Iceland Airwaves also functions as a kind of informal annual survey of what’s good in the Icelandic music scene. Unusually, native bands make up the majority of the lineup, giving…
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Happening Tonight: Dream Wife / Vök / Panos From Komodo, At Húrra
Headlining the night will be the Brighton-based ultra-feminine chicks of Dream Wife, a group that kind of says it all in the name. Self-described as “poolside pop with a bite,” these ladies are cheeky and fun, with a punchy sound and no…
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Introducing Dream Wife’s Poolside Pop
A lot of bands throughout history have started in art school – fewer have started their life as actual art. But that’s the story of Dream Wife, a new trio featuring Icelandic singer and artist Rakel Mjöll, whose face might well be…
