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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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Grapevine Playlist: GKR, Sacha Bernardson, JFDR, aYia, Hildur & More
From ambient soundscapes to aggressive metal to spacious electronica to a Frank Ocean cover, here are the latest juicy fruits to fall from the branches of the giant, mythical Icelandic music tree. It’s time for another Grapevine Playlist. Sacha Bernardson – Heat…
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HAPPENING TONIGHT: GKR & DJ Sura At Tivoli
There’s no denying that since dropping his first single ‘Morgunmatur’ (‘Breakfast’) back in 2015, GKR has come a long way. He even won Grapevine’s Artist of the Year in 2016. From his humble beginnings on Soundcloud to releasing some of the most popular…
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Grapevine Playlist: Hermigervill, STEPMOM, GKR, múm, Teitur, Kiasmos & More
Hello! Welcome! So. The Icelandic music scene continues to spout forth an omni-genre rainbow of fabulous shit, like a veritable blowhole of magnificence. Here are the latest tracks that have caught our attention. Teitur Magnússon & dj. flugvél og geimskip – Lífsspeki…
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Secret Solstice Announces First Wave Of Artists For 2018 Festival
The Secret Solstice festival has unveiled the first names for the 2018 lineup. Taking place between 21-24th June, this year the festival will include performances by Stormzy—who cancelled an Airwaves show in 2016—plus Steve Aoki, Bonnie Tyler, and Death From Above. The…
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Buy Shit! Cushions, Blankets, Lamb, GKR Hoodie
From design classics to local produce, here are a few Icelandic products to look out for. Umemi Knot Cushion http://www.umemi.com Sometimes the best designs are the simplest. Designed by Ragnheiður Ösp Sigurðardóttir under her Umemi brand, the Knot cushion is omnipresent in…
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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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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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Artist of the Year: GKR
Grapevine’s artist of the year award goes to the musician or performer who somehow helped to define the zeitgeist during the preceding twelve months. This year, our panel selected 22-year-old rapper Gaukur Grétuson, whose optimistic, playful, colourful version of Icelandic-language rap as…
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Straumur’s Top 5 Icelandic Albums of 2016
#5 Samaris – ‘Black Lights’ On their third and most mature album Samaris deliver threefold on their early promise as the best post-dubstep Icelandic pop band. Black Lights by Samaris #4 Aron Can – ‘Þekkir stráginn’ The young and talented singer/rapper Aron…
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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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Congratulations 2016 Kraumur Music Award Winners!
We’re halfway through the end of the beginning. Or the beginning of the end. Or anyways, we’re halfway through. It’s December 15th and it’s that time of year, when the entire Earth turns into one big mirror and we start that month…
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Music News In Brief: Airwaves 2.0, Meira From GKR, Emilíana Torrini and more!
When Iceland Airwaves was started in 1999 the festival organisers were looking for a platform to bring in the tourists and push out the music. It worked, it really fucking worked. What started as a one-off weekend is now a full week’s…
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Track by Track: ‘GKR’ by GKR
Icelandic rapper GKR released ‘GKR’ last month, a formidable collection of tracks. Here are his thoughts on the album. VELKOMIN Produced by Smokygotbeatz, the first track starts with strings by Högni Egilsson from Hjaltalin, who I share a studio in Grandi with,…
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Straumur: Icelandic Hip-Hop, A Cinematic Journey and Sónar Reykjavík
GKR, the rapper named “artist to watch” at last year’s Grapevine Music Awards, made good on his early promise last month by releasing an eponymous EP, ‘GKR’. The rapper is in his early twenties, and made a name for himself with his…
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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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Grapevine Playlist: September 2016
GANGLY – Holy Grounds So this is a bouncy bass thing for you luxuriously soundsystemed car, but at the same time it has an icy wistfulness, so you’re alone in your car. It’s not full on hysterically sad, so you’re probably not…
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Video Roundup: GKR, Samaris, Reykjavíkurdætur, Prins Póló, GANGLY
With Airwaves coming, pretty much everyone in the Icelandic music scene is gearing up to drop a new track or record in 2016. Here are a few videos that have caught our attention in the Grapevine office over the last few weeks,…
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VIDEO: Icelandic Rapper, GKR, In A Grocery Store
Austrian video journalists Sarah Brugner and Michael Luger of the music website THEY SHOOT MUSIC visited Iceland last winter when the days were shorter and the weather colder. During their stay, they created a video series about Icelandic artists and their connection…
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FILM: Relive The Action With Our Airwaves 2015 Short
During the joyful city-wide celebration that was the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival 2015, filmmaker Timothée Lambrecq caught up with Sóley and GKR during rare moments of downtime to discuss their Airwaves experiences. He also prowled the festivals various parties and halls, and…
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Aldrei Fór Ég Suður Puts Ísafjörður In Focus
Ísafjörður wants you to know that it’s awoken from wintry slumber and it’s celebrating with the thirteenth annual Aldrei fór ég suður festival. Never mind the thick layer of ice caked onto the streets, nor the piles of snow obscuring all but…
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Girlz, Boyz And Noize: Sónar’s Finale Reviewed
The last day of a music festival is a strange, good time. People skulk into the various rooms and halls having shaken off their hangovers, dressed in the outfit they were saving until last. They’re a mixture of bouncing, grumpy, spun-out, high,…
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Sónar Society: Faces Of Friday Night
The energy at Harpa last night was magnetic. Dancing at SonarHall to Oneohtrix Point Never was crowded and sweaty in the best way possible, and tonight is looking good with a line-up consisting of Karó, GKR, Annie Mac and lots more. Here’s…