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Grapevine Playlist: ROKKY, RONNY, GusGus, Berndsen, Fufanu & More
Like thirty seven orcas breaching in unison under the swirling aurora at the exact moment that geysir goes off, here are the latest magical offerings from the Icelandic music scene. Berndsen – Alter Ego Iceland’s bushy-bearded hunk of synth-pop lovin’, Berndsen, has…
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Grapevine Playlist: Fufanu, List Einn, Countess Malaise & Pusswhip, HRNNR & More
Oh lord! Like the presence of a pink unsetting sun in the midnight sky, the Icelandic music scene shines down constantly upon us all. Here’s what’s new. Fufanu – Hourglass Fufanu are a genre-skipping band that have released krautrock epics, new wave…
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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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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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Music News: Prins Póló, Pink Street Boys, Skrattar & More
Indie-pop darlings Prins Póló recently released a video for their new song “Ölkærastan” (“Beer Girlfriend,” in English). It was made in collaboration with prominent autistic artist and director Ísak Óli, whose paintings often feature Tintin as a motif. “Ísak is an unique…
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Music News in Brief (All Caps Edition): JFDR, AUÐUR, GANGLY & More
Gone are the days of A-sides and B-sides, we’re in the world of track by track. Listeners are often seduced away from narrative storytelling and continuous threads by the Spotify temptress and the “new-here-now” workflow. But last month AUÐUR, one of Reykjavík’s…
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Premiere: Fufanu Release Liability Video
Fufanu, the indie-rock band behind the song of the year 2016 at recent Grapevine Music Awards, are back with a new video. The lovechild of techno and post-punk, Fufanu’s tongue-in-cheek style has skyrocketed their career over the last two years, during which…
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It’s The Winners Of The Fifth Annual Grapevine Music Awards!
What do they have that you don’t? It’s the fifth annual Grapevine Music Awards. Which means that it’s the fifth time we’ve rounded up a panel of expert music nerds for a few rounds of drinks and the chance to hash out…
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Song Of The Year: “Sports” by Fufanu
Fufanu have come a long way since they dropped the Captain from their title, and even further since they started out as a minimal techno outfit some eight years ago. In the meantime, they’ve emerged as the heir to the throne of…
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Grapevine’s 2016 Playlist To End All 2016 Playlists
There was a veritable raft—nay, a FLOTILLA—of Icelandic bands doing great things in 2016. Aron Can, for example, racked up literally millions of Spotify plays in 2016—no small feat when only ~330,000 people can understand the language you’re rapping in. Fellow rappers…
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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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Straumur: Tarnished
Musical recycling is a long and enduring tradition, kept alive this month by a gem of a remix, Einar’s Indra treatment of the song “Pikaia” by Magnús Leifur Sveinsson (former member of indie band Úlpa). Einar Indra is an electronic musician who…
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World Premiere: Fufanu Unveil New Video, Embark On Euro-tour
We’re happy to offer below a world premiere of the latest video by rising Icelandic indie-rock quartet Fufanu. The track in question, the catchy psych-rock number “Ballerina In The Rain,” appeared on the band’s acclaimed debut album ‘Few More Days To Go,’…
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Few More Days To Go
Fufanu evolved out of Captain Fufanu, a two-piece techno production team that rose to prominence in Reykjavík’s electro scene at the beginning of the decade. Opting to ditch the mixing deck for a backing band, Fufanu churn out sparse, distorted post-punk on…
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2015 Kraumur Music Awards Shortlist Unveiled: How Many Have You Heard?
The annual Kraumur Music Awards have announced their 2015 shortlist. Once a year, this independently funded philanthropic arts prize makes it rain kronur onto the Icelandic musicians deemed most likely to turn the cash into wider success, domestically and internationally. The Kraumur…
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That Second Airwaves Day: 11 Perspectives
Wow. It’s in full swing. Iceland Airwaves 15, such a crawling monster. So much good music, so many good times. We are all over that stuff. We are living, pulsating, vibrating, blubbering balls of joy. We are in the thick, in the…
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Airwaves Day Two: Contrasts Aplenty
Reykjavík is so swollen with Airwavesgoers that just walking down Laugavegur can be difficult—there are so many conversations to listen in on, so many people obviously walking in the wrong direction, so many snapping that tourist shot of those damnable two-metre-tall trolls……
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Yes, We Will Be Your Iceland Airwaves 2015 HQ!
With Iceland Airwaves 2015 already looking all sorts of amazing, with artists like Ariel Pink, Björk, GusGus, Pink Street Boys, M-Band and Sóley set to perform, we are happy to announce that The Reykjavík Grapevine will once again serve as your main source of…
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Saga Fest Wants You To Be Vulnerable
Last January, I was sitting near a cave with three Bedouin men in the Jordanian desert. There were no other signs of human activity; the barren yet beautiful landscape rivaled the highlands of Iceland. The ancient city of Petra was an hour…
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Live In London: Fufanu Are All Set To Dominate
I arrived at the venue early to find it utterly heaving with cool-looking people. I’m not talking poser East London folk —the room was packed with genuinely interesting characters of all ages. Had I taken the time to look up GrimmGrimm and Bo Ningen before I…
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It’s SNR RVK Time!
One of the darkest and dullest months of every year is unquestionably February. But, rejoice! We now have something to look forward to: The Sónar Reykjavík Music Festival, set to blow up Harpa on February 12-14 (check out Grapevine’s special Sónar pullout…
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Behold! The Reykjavík Grapevine’s Third Annual Music Awards!
The following is true: We at The Reykjavík Grapevine really like music. You could say we love it. We love music. Every goddamn person involved in this publication lives and breathes music every hour of every day. Every hour. It’s true. As…
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Breaking News, Extreme Music and Airwaves With Muck
We at Grapevine have the pleasure of breaking the news that Prosthetic Records has just signed Icelandic hardcore punk band Muck. Known for releasing albums by Lamb of God, Gojira, and other big and fancy bands, Prosthetic Records will release Muck’s upcoming…