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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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“Anything Can Happen”: Ghostigital Converse Through Art
Curver Thoroddsen and Einar Örn Benediktsson are an interesting pair. Together, they form Ghostigital—a spasmodic, apoplectic, one-off electronic-punk duo known for intense, confusing, abstract stage performances. So it comes as little surprise to find their creative energy also overspills into individual art…
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Pink Street Boys’ Airwaves Highlights Of The Day
– Wake up you slob! …it’s Saturday! https://soundcloud.com/gkrofficial 15:30 – GKR at Íslenski Barinn (off venue) A lot of people are talking about this dude. He has been on the rise in Reykjavik’s hip-hop scene. Will surely be fun to see what the fuzz is…
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ATP Saturday: Hit And Miss
There is a lot to be said about a festival that manages to maintain a mostly solid line-up until the end. My fears of ATP being front-loaded this year, with heavyweights Iggy Pop, Public Enemy and Belle & Sebastian all appearing on Thursday, were…
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The Must-See Icelandic Acts At ATP + Festival Schedule
ATP Iceland is three this year, and we at Grapevine couldn’t be happier to see this discerning festival putting down some roots over in Keflavík. After memorable performances from previous headliners Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Portishead, ATP Iceland has…
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Listen: New Ghostigital Track Rejects, Mercilessly Mocks Iceland’s Government
Exactly one week ago, as Icelanders collectively fumed over their government’s latest acts of seemingly blatant disregard for democracy (and also the weather), Ghostigital dropped a bombshell of a song that seemed tailor-made for the current climate. Entitled Ekki mín ríkisstjórn (“Not…
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Alison MacNeil’s Second Sónar Day: Sorrí
It’s Friday night and I am completely sober, leaving my car in the underground parking at Harpa. The presence of young men standing in groups drinking beers and the flashing colored lights that have replaced the usual yellow glow of this garage.…
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Hear M-Band’s Sónar Picks
After Sigga of Sísy Éy told us her five most-wanted acts on the Sónar Reykjavík lineup, here are the next five. Below are some bands that our album-of-2014 winner M-Band, aka Hörður Már Bjarnason, will be losing his pants to. Says he:…
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The Best Of What We Saw At Iceland Airwaves 2014
Iceland Airwaves 2014 came and went, and oh what a blast it was (it was. It’s crazy. You should come next year). We very much like the Iceland Airwaves festival. Indeed, every year since 2005, we’ve operated a gargantuan team dedicated to…
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The Accidental Airwaves
A press pass fell in my lap unexpectedly and I felt compelled to go to the Airwaves festival. Although the pass fell too late for me to catch the only worthwhile show at the festival this year, the one that had Kontinuum…
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Happening This Weekend November 28-30
Friday Sun Kil Moon With everything that’s going on today, we don’t blame you for not realising that motherfucking Mark Kozelek is coming to town, and he’s playing a show that you can go to! Don’t just take our word for why you should go,…
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Icelandic Musicians Unite For Gaza Charity Album
Nineteen Icelandic bands and artists have donated tracks to a new compilation from the Iceland-Palestine Association. Entitled Fyrir Gaza (“For Gaza”), the album features tracks from some of Iceland’s most notable acts, such as GusGus, Sin Fang, Ólafur Arnalds and Mugison, with all the…
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Losing Your Shit At Airwaves
A bone of contention that often appears between me and my younger friends, particularly female ones, is that I “don’t dance.” Someone floating the idea of going out to dance, as if the dancing itself were the pleasurable activity rather than hearing…
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All Too Earthly Pleasures
We’re just about to beam up. We’re seriously there. Einar stands crouched and shaking on stage with his pointer finger in the air. His eyes are closed painfully tight. The audience has ceased to be an audience, we are his minions now…
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Einar Örn Makes Drawings To Dance To
For anyone who was blown away by the quite wonderful electronic-punk chaos of Ghostigital this Airwaves, here’s something you might find interesting. Their frontman Einar Örn – also known for his involvement in The Sugarcubes and the Best Party political movement –…
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The Unmissables: Day 1
So it’s 4 degrees and raining, but the weather outside is mild compared to the raging fucking whirlwind that is scheduled to hit Reykjavík tonight. I’m sure you get the joke, but it’s called Airwaves. And it is forecasted to be unavoidably…
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This Was Special For Mykki Blanco
One of the most notable shows of Airwaves 2013 was about to begin, featuring Nolo, Ghostigital, Mykki Blanco, Gold Panda, and Savages at the Reykjavik Art Museum on Saturday night, and Michael Quattlebaum Jr. aka Mykki Blanco is in his pajamas in the…
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Reykjavík Grapevine’s Podcast: Airwaves Sunday Edition
Wohoo! It is Sunday! We made it! Almost. Your audio-loving friends, the omniscient Grapevine Airwaves Podcast Team, has been rolling from venue to venue throughout Saturday. We bring you the best bits from the gigantic line-up and tell you tips on how…
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Label Nights ’13: Yatra Arts Celebrate the Noise
Celebrate the the noise, the beautiful noise! Praveer Baijal, the creative force behind Yatra Arts, recently took some time for us to discuss the past present and future of Yatra Arts. His passionate curatorial approach, continuous questioning and reinvention of experimental electronic…
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The Wayward Wanderings Of A Confused Expat – Iceland Airwaves Edition
In accordance with the unwritten expatriate code, I have spent the last few years going on about the wonders of my native Iceland. Seeing as the majority of those years have been spent in the company of the same three men (i.e.…
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Cult Leaders and Circus Sideshows
Stereo Hypnosis kicked off the night at Þýski Barinn for a thin crowd, and they never got worse but they never got better either. They essentially played the same song for their entire set; it was a slow and steady noise, and I…
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Dance Dance Resolution
Saturday was my night to cut a rug. I resolved to do so while drinking… heavily, but responsibly! 20:00 Tonik Understandably, these boys had a tall order to fill – first group of the night, playing to a crowd of about fifty apparently…