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Movement On Tectonics
Tectonics has announced it’s 2015 lineup. This annual festival, curated by the former Iceland Symphony Orchestra conductor Ilan Volkov, will once again celebrate modern classical music with an intentionally diverse selection of international works, performed at Reykjavík’s Harpa concert hall. The fourth…
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What? An Airwaves ’15 Announcement Already? Okay!
Hey you! Stop drinking that honey & lemon flu drink and pause your Friends marathon for the next one minute and ten seconds. Because even though it’s January and Airwaves ’14 feels like it just finished, the festival has already announced the…
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Sónar Adds SBTRKT
Sónar festival continues to power up it’s bill, this time adding some impressive firepower in the shape of UK producer SBTRKT (that’s pronounced like the regular “subtract”, rather than a phlegmy, cough-like mumble of “sbtrchkt”, hipster faux-pas avoidance fans). This comes in…
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What’s That Pinging? It’s Sónar-Eistnaflug Announcements!
What’s the best thing to help with the post-festival blues? Some might say staying in bed with a ready supply of Parkodin and Coca-Cola; some might say jogging, water and some kind of paleolithic food regimen. I say: NO! The answer is…
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Merchants’ Weekend Is Here! A Guide To Entertaining Yourself
Every year in Iceland, the first weekend in August is dedicated to celebrating Verslunarmannahelgi (“Merchants’ Weekend”), a labour day / bank holiday equivalent. While not everyone is actually a Merchant, every Icelander is encouraged to celebrate like the holiday is their own,…
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5 Picks For ATP Iceland!
This year’s line-up at ATP Iceland is definitely one of the best that the festival has had in the last few years, with top headlining acts such as Mogwai, Portishead, Interpol and the mighty Swans performing. But what of the other bands…
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Our Summer Is Here!
It may have snowed last week, but summer is here at The Grapevine. It started about two weeks ago and it will continue all the way into October. This means that we’ll be printing these papers every other week—twice as fast as…