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Northern Rising: A New Episode Featuring Sunna Margrét
In this final episode of Northern Rising, we follow avant-electropop artist Sunna Margrét as she roams around Reykjavík — visiting the National Gallery of Iceland, the record stores 12 Tónar and Reykjavík Records, and stopping by for a soundcheck at Iðnó. The…
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Grapevine’s Summer Playlist 2025
To accompany our attempt to capture the sometimes harsh, sometimes magical vibes of Icelandic summer, we’ve compiled the following playlist in collaboration with Iceland Music. It combines classic summer songs and new potential summer hits. Teitur Magnússon — Bros Released in 2025 By…
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Northern Rising: A New Episode Featuring Elín Hall
The second episode of the Northern Rising podcast is out! The series, recorded during Iceland Airwaves last year, follows artists through the festival and offers a unique glimpse into their colourful adventures. The show is hosted by Tim Pogo, an Airwaves regular…
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Meet Me In Osaka, Meet Me At The Fair: Iceland At The Osaka World Expo
World Expos, also known as World Fairs, are huge international events that happen every five years. Staged in different cities around the globe, participating countries construct elaborate pavilions and host national days showing off their technology, industry, and culture for hundreds of…
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New Podcast Northern Rising Debuts With Virgin Orchestra
Ever feel like you’re stuck listening to the same, repetitive podcasts, where people yap nonstop about boring stuff? Say no more, and go check out this brand-new miniseries covering Icelandic music. Spotlighting Iceland’s breakout artists, Northern Rising offers a glimpse into the…
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2025 Icelandic Music Awards Winners Announced
The Icelandic Music Awards celebrated the best of the country’s music scene on March 12, with 26 awards handed out, alongside the prestigious honorary award and the title of Brightest Hope in Icelandic music, reports Vísir. Among the unexpected guests was British-Icelandic…
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Your Favourite Artists’s Favourite Artists: End Of The Year Music Roundup
It’s (almost) the end of the year! And what better way to celebrate than by asking a bunch of artists to share some of their favourite tracks from 2024? This week’s roundup features all the releases that stood out to local musicians…
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Three Icelandic Acts Confirmed For SXSW 2025
Three Icelandic artists have been confirmed to perform at the next South By Southwest festival. The festival takes place between March 7-16, 2025, in Austin, Texas. Elín Hall, Lúpína and Sunna Margrét will all take to the stage at SXSW, representing…
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Iceland Airwaves: The Unheard Festival
The pandemic silencing of Iceland Airwaves—for the second year running—has led to claims that the government isn’t listening to live music. In the first week of November, Reykjavík will be a lot quieter than it should be. Iceland Airwaves— arguably the nation’s…
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Ísafjörður Never Goes South: The award-winning Westfjords festival Aldrei Fór Ég Suður Is back
Since 2004, April means one thing for the people of the Westfjords: the Aldrei Fór Ég Suður music festival. Named after the Bubbi Morthens song of the same name, the name translates to “I never went south.” The festival is in Ísafjörður,…
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Music News: Slayer Vs. Bonnie Tyler, Airwaves Takeover, Icelandic Music Awards
Secret Solstice has unveiled the lineup for the 2018 edition. After initially launching as an electronic and rap-focussed event, the festival has diversified over the years to include a wider range of artists. This year, you can see everything from Slayer to…
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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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The Death Of Ben Frost
First, some disclosure: I came to know Australian-born musician Ben Frost almost as soon as he showed up in Iceland nine years ago, through mutual acquaintances and through eventually making and recording music together (he produced an album for my band, Reykjavík!,…
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Never Ending Never
We still can’t shake the smile off our faces after seeing a fantastic Pixies concert at Laugardalshöll on June 11. They were great 10 years ago, and even better this time around. The band was a lot tighter after a long reunion tour and…