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Across Borders And Decades, múm Carries On
Era-defining experimental group múm release their first LP in 12 years It’s been 25 years since múm released their debut album Yesterday was dramatic, today is ok. Ushering in a new era of independent electronic music, múm quickly took the world by…
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Grapevine New Music: FM Belfast, Ghostigital, RÁN & Páll Óskar, And More
OK. You’ve got your tent, the beer’s in the fridge, and you’ve got all the essentials for a happy Merchant’s Day weekend: alcohol, Treo, and not a care in the world. If there’s ever a time to throw out your smartphone and…
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Grapevine Events: Culture Night, Swim-in Cinema & So Much More
Can you believe what date it is? How are we already more than halfway through 2023? It seems like yesterday that August still felt like a holiday, the lazy hazy days just lolling away with not a care in the world. But…
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From Free Music Video for FM Belfast to Winning Seven Oscars
From making a free music video for FM Belfast to making a film that has garnered high praise and recognition at the highest levels of the film industry, the story of Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert serves as a reminder that sometimes…
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Grapevine Events: Grapevine Music Awards, DRULLUMALL #3, FM Belfast, And More!
We’ve almost made it… pay day is so close we can almost smell it. With the weather warming up and rain (remember that?) on the horizon, it’s time to make some indoor plans for the weekend. Luckily we’ve got some suggestions for…
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Grapevine Playlist: Retro Sadness And Alien Hip-Hop
Sunna Margrét – Art Of History EP Listening to this song is like turning on a radiator in an old house after hours spent in the cold outside. It starts off sparse, with just some interesting sounds to let you know it’s…
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The Future Sound Of Iceland: Hermigervill Releases Two Albums In Six Months
Whether you know it or not, you’ve probably heard the music of Sveinbjörn Thorarensen. A producer, solo artist, master collaborator, multi-instrumental live performer, remixer, composer for dance performances, and more, he’s been involved in a dizzying variety of projects for over a…
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VIDEO: Icelandic Band Member Crowdsurfed Out Of Club And Back In Again
While playing a recent show at Kaffibarinn, the incomparable FM Belfast worked up the crowd into an ecstatic frenzy, as they are wont to do. Things got so hot, in fact, that drummer Ívar Pétur managed to achieve the impossible when he…
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Memoirs Of A Spring Breaker, Or How To Catch Feelings For Reykjavík
Spring has come to Reykjavík, and with it spring breakers: a seasonal phenomenon as invasive as lupine and ineluctable as allergies. When I came here on my own university holiday, I planned to follow the Iceland-lite itinerary that most of us spring…
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It’s Party Time! FM Belfast Kicks Off Easter Celebrations In Reykjavik
You might be surprised to know that partying during Easter holidays in Iceland is a big no-no. You won’t be allowed to consume alcohol in public places on Friday because of an old Christian tradition, and although the law is barely reinforced…
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Airwaves Friday Super Review, Pt. 2: The Real Shit
While one half of our review team checked out gothic gloom, cheesy rap, and party explosions, the other half scoured the festival, whether seeking out new thrills or running into the arms of old ones. Here’s what went down. Grayson Del Faro…
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Airwaves Friday Super Review, Pt. 1: Goth Gloom, Cheesy Rap, Explosive Parties
Airwaves Friday saw some of the big guns come out, from Ásgeir at Harpa to FM Belfast at the Reykjavík Art Museum, and from Arab Strap’s Scottish poetry to the party blow-out of Mura Masa. Here’s where the Grapevine’s roving team wound…
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FM Belfast’s Iceland Airwaves Survival Guide
Hello beautiful stranger. If you’re reading this, I’m going to take it as a sign you’ve never been to Airwaves before. Please note that I’m going to give advice based on myself, and not a twenty-year-old with pockets full of money and…
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Winning: FM Belfast Give All Their Power
Lóa Hjálmtýsdóttir stops everything when it’s brought to her attention that season nine of RuPaul’s Drag Race is now on Netflix. Although I attempt to continue the flow of the conversation, she is determined to fact-check that I am not lying to…
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Grapevine Playlist: Páll Ivan, FM Belfast, Gyða, Úlfur, GANGLY & More
It’s been good month for new Icelandic music—here are some of the recent faves that have been spinning on the Grapevine stereo, from orchestral folk, to weird trap, to renovated ancient compsition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmmUkT-Pw6A Páll Ivan Frá Eiðum – Expanding We loved this…
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Buddy Up With Ívar: A Reykjavík Music Walk
DJ and FM Belfast band member Ívar Pétur Kjartansson stands in his natural habitat, behind the counter surrounded by vinyl records and CDs amidst the music mayhem that is Lucky Records. “I actually don’t work here, I’m just helping out,” he says,…
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Krútt Vs. Hip-Hop: The Fight You’ve Been Waiting For
Krútt and hip-hop are the two biggest waves in Icelandic music over the previous two decades. We decided to pit the key players from both genres against each other in combat. Will it be a FIGHT TO THE DEATH? Or will they…
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Sónar Day One: Hatari Slayed, And The Klock Is Ticking
Each night of Sónar, Grapevine has a troupe of writers-at-large taking in the scene and reporting on what’s going down inside the glittering facade of Harpa. Here are three different takes from the festival’s opening night. Pop Music For The Contemporary Dystopia…
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Whirlwind, Heat & Flash: Airwaves 2016 In Pictures
We all had a wonderful time at this year’s Iceland Airwaves music festival, as these photos attest. We couldn’t possibly post all the photos our intrepid photographer took during this remarkable festival, but below you can see our hand-selected photos from each…
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Margrét Erla Maack’s Five Favourite Albums
Margrét Erla Maack is an anchorwoman, entertainer and dance teacher. You can catch her on TV every day after the evening news; at Kamhúsið, teaching belly dancing and Beyoncé dancing; and at Húrra, cracking up the crowd with Improv Iceland, or belting…
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Milkywhale Breach The Surface
Melkorka Sígríður Magnúsdóttir is in high spirits, bounding into Kex’s spacious bar with characteristic fizzing energy. “I’ve just finished my exams in school,” she grins. “I called up Árni in the studio, and he was mixing our songs. I was so happy,…
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IN PICTURES: Iceland Airwaves 2015 Bids Farewell (miss u!)
Iceland Airwaves. What a gas. Kinda hard to believe it’s all over. But, it is. However, you can relive that last, final, oddly melancholic day of music RIGHT NOW through the wonders of digital photography. Yup, our boy Art Bicnick was once again…
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A Milkywhale-Watching Tour of Airwaves
Please Do Not Eat Milkywhale With much of the earth’s oceans left unexplored, we mere humans should feel lucky whenever an unknown species of marine animal is discovered or a known-but-illusive one photographed, filmed, or recorded. This year in Antarctica, scientists believe…