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GDRN 2.0: The Singer Is Back With A Poetic Sophomore Effort
“I’m doing really good,” Guðrún Ýr Eyfjörð Jóhannesdóttir says brightly, smiling as she sits back into a couch at Stofan, delicately sipping an americano. The artist, known under the moniker GDRN, dropped her self-titled sophomore effort just days ago and is currently…
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GYÐA And GDRN Nominated For Nordic Music Prize
Two Icelandic artists have made the longlist for this year’s Nordic Music Prize. Acronymic twins GYÐA and GDRN are both up for the prestigious award, which will be presented at the Norwegian music industry festival by:larm. Gyða’s “Evolution” was one of 2018’s…
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PHOTOS: Inside The Grapevine Music Awards Party 2019
The Grapevine Music Awards Party 2019 took place last night at Húrra in downtown Reykjavík. It was packed out, and full of sparky atmosphere, good vibes and beaming faces. The ceremony was hosted by comedian Jono Duffy, with Grapevine staff members and…
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Grapevine Music Awards 2019: Best Album – GDRN’s ‘Hvað ef’
Arriving with some media fanfare right in the middle of 2018, ‘Hvað ef’ is the debut album of musician, vocalist and rising pop star Guðrún Ýr—better known as GDRN. The record was a long time in the making, coming together over a…
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The Grapevine Music Awards 2019: The Winners Are Here!
One of the most common questions asked about Iceland—right up there alongside volcano stuff, the ‘incest app’ and the pissy shark—is “Why do so many great bands come from such a small, remote island?” It’s a tough question. Answers tend to include…
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The Final Six: Winners Of Kraumur Music Awards 2018 Announced
The Kraumur Music Awards have announced the final winners from their impressively diverse 2018 longlist. The six winning releases this year are: Auður – Afsakanir Bagdad Brothers – JÆJA. Elli Grill – Pottþétt Elli Grill GDRN – Hvað ef Kælan mikla –…
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Nothing Else But Me: GDRN’s Velvety Trap Pop Is Sincerely Honest
Swirling in a sea of luscious, soulful harmonies and sleek, modern trap beats, breakthrough newcomer GDRN’s music is slightly anachronistic and highly addictive. “When we started doing this we had no idea what we were going to do, we just did something…
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Grapevine Playlist: Úlfur, SEINT, GDRN, Ólafur Arnalds, GKR, Högni, More
If you’re sick of football, here are the latest tracks from the eternally renewable resource of Icelandic music instead. Arborescence {remixes} by Úlfur, Oren Ambarchi, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Alex Somers Úlfur – Scraped (Kara-Lis Coverdale ‘Serpentine’ Rework) Before his recent quite mellow solo…
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What’s New & Who’s Who At Airwaves #4: GDRN, Indriði & More
Our guide to the least dusty artists at Airwaves 2017 continues. Each one is plucked freshly from the rolling fields. Yup: it’s part four of our guide to this year’s Airwaves Festival debutantes. Godchilla Iceland’s surf-punk-vampires-of-doom trio—aka The Batcat, Nosferadude and The…