Iceland Airwaves 2016
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What Just Happened? Grapevine’s Airwaves 2016
Wow. It feels like the starting gun has just been fired: but Airwaves 2016 is over. Airwaves happens fast, and it comes at you from all directions. In the case of FM Belfast, it came in the form of a rain of…
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Saturday Super-Review: A Tempest Hits Airwaves
And so: Airwaves Saturday night. Our open-eared reviews team went back into the fray, deep in the heart of the Iceland Airwaves 2016, and found a tempest waiting. Jessica Bowe Welcome to Metaphysical Saturday, day 4 or something of Airwaves. If yesterday…
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Grapevine’s Airwaves 2016 Super Review: Thursday
“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” We know that feeling. Our ragtag supergroup of stalwarts has been all over town once again, covering the things we think matter so you don’t even have to think about them. You can check out most of these acts in the…
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PHOTOS: JFDR, Julia Holter, Aron Can, Kött Grá Pje, Baloji At Airwaves ’16
Photographer Hörður Sveinsson was roaming around Airwaves last night, and caught some great scenes from around the festival. He started at Jófríður’s concert at the Reykjavík Art Museum, and then saw Julia Holter, Kött Grá Pje, Aron Can and Baloji. Here are…
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What’s The Good Word: A “Nonference” on Icelandic Rap
HVAÐ ERTU AÐ TALA UM? Everybody wants to know, GKR. The whole fucking world. Okay maybe not the whole world…yet. But it is obvious that the word is out (in whatever language that word might be). This year’s kick-off “Nonference,” a series…
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Grapevine’s Super-Team Super-Review: Wednesday
Airwaves: it’s everywhere. There are rappers on the tables of your favourite morning coffee shop and punk bands in the yoga studio. As inescapable as the takeover is in this town, it is still hard to dodge that pervasive feeling that there is something else…
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Björk Digital Opens Today!
Everything is big during airwaves. The music. The crowds. The drinking. Nights become mornings become nights, is the world spinning faster or are you moving more slowly? Welcome to the blur. Björk Digital opens TODAY at Harpa. At first we thought it…
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#GrapeWaves Is Go! Win Amazing Einstök X Grapevine Goodie Bags!
The Iceland Airwaves Music Festival—just in case you haven’t noticed—is about to take over the city of Reykjavík. We’re celebrating in style this year via #GrapeWaves—our contribution to the funnest week on Reykjavík’s calendar. We recently published a special #GrapeWaves magazine, available…
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Milkywhale Drop New Video
Airwaves 2015 favourites Milkywhale are back in force for the 2016 festival. They dropped a new video today, so we caught up with them to see what’s been going on in their white, white world. So last year’s Airwaves was quite a…
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Iceland Airwaves Survival Guide
First things first, the absolute beginning: Keflavík Airport. That’s where you can buy some: Booze Buy all the alcohol you can at the Duty Free store. Booze in Iceland is ridiculously expensive, and can only be bought in bars or at a select few state-owned…
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Hot Off The Press: Sin Fang, Tófa and Rímnaríki
One of the original mission statements of Iceland Airwaves was to get international eyes and ears tuned to the musical incubation station that is Iceland. It worked. The festival has seeped into international interest. These days it is not unlikely to see…
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Hot Off The Press: Alexander Jarl
One of the original mission statements of Iceland Airwaves was to get international eyes and ears tuned to the musical incubation station that is Iceland. It worked. The festival has seeped into international interest. These days it is not unlikely to see…
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Kexland X Airwaves X Your Hangover
Kex has got your back. Whether it’s an afternoon pick-me-up at the gastro pub, an into-the-evening off venue show, or literally the roof over your head at the end of the night, Kex is around you during Airwaves like a hug. This…
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Airwaves Debutantes Part 5: What’s New and Who’s Who
Here it is! The final instalment of our guide to the 50 Icelandic bands making their Airwaves debut at the 2016 festival. And when you’re done with this one, read the rest of the Airwaves Debutantes series here. As you venture out…
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Meet The Venues Of Iceland Airwaves 2016
Iceland Airwaves is, by and large, located in downtown Reykjavík. For first-timers, part of the fun whirlwind of the festival comes from discovering the variety of venues on offer, whether it’s wandering into a quaint wooden-floored music hall, marvelling at a high-ceilinged…
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All That Shines And Shivers: Björk On VR & The Female Star
In Björk’s ideal fantasy life she spends all of her time writing music, cued by the cycles of the moon. “When the new moon comes, I’d go under, like a submarine,” she explains, motioning up and down with her arms. “On a…
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Airwaves Debutantes Part 4: What’s New and Who’s Who
This year over 50 bands are making their Iceland Airwaves debut. Some have been on the scene for decades, others just formed last month. In the remaining weeks before the festival we are sifting through them, ten at a time. We’re not…
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Airwaves Tipsters: Teitur Magnússon
Our next Airwaves Tipster is Teitur Magnússon, a firm favourite in Iceland for his band Ojba Rasta, his solo work, and for the relaxed and positive energy he brings to the stage (and to life generally). Here’s what Teitur is looking forward…
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Icelandic Rap And Shit Like That
If you’re reading this, chances are you are a visitor to Iceland and, uh, talar ekki Íslensku. While you can totally get around Reykjavík with only góðan daginn and takk fyrir in your Icelandic repertoire, the idea of listening to rap in…
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Beautiful Desolation: Enter The World Of Auðn
Auðn make beautiful black metal. There’s no other way to describe it. After bursting onto the scene in 2015, the band developed an almost instant devoted following. Their sound is unlike anything else in Iceland or abroad—despairing, bleak and grim, but still…
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Airwaves Debutantes Part 3: What’s New and Who’s Who
This year over 50 bands are making their Iceland Airwaves debut. Some have been on the scene for decades, others just formed last month. In the remaining weeks before the festival we are sifting through them, ten at a time. We’re not…
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Feel The Spray Of Skógafoss In New Jodie Landau Video
In accompaniment to our recent interview with Bedroom Community-signed musician and composer Jodie Landau, we’re happy to premiere his new video, for the track “As I Wait For The Lion.” The song was made in collaboration with his L.A.-based music collective, wild…
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Airwaves Debutantes Part 2: What’s New and Who’s Who
This year over 50 bands are making their Iceland Airwaves debut. Some have been on the scene for decades, others just formed last month. In the remaining weeks before the festival we are sifting through them, ten at a time. We’re not…