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Grapevine New Music Picks: Xiupill, Juno Paul, Klemens Hannigan & More
It’s a bit cruel that we had a Thursday off to celebrate the Norse calendar’s first day of summer, and now we have to pretend to work again on a Friday, innit? At least we have another awesome delivery of new music…
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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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Straumur: Tipzy Kings
Mugison, at first an indie darling, then the whole nation’s, just released his first album in five years. On ‘Enjoy!’ he sings in English again and, in a departure from his last album, is a bit more sonically adventurous. There is gentle…
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Straumur’s Definitive List Of 2015’s Best Albums And Songs
Us Straumur guys would like to wish all of our readers a happy new musical year! With that out of the way, let’s dig into the recent past to uncover our top five favourite Icelandic albums and songs of last year. The…
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Happening Tonight: Jón Þór
Iceland’s ultra-independent solo rocker, Jón Þór, previously connected to indie rock greats Lada Sport and Dynamo Fog, is playing a show at Boston. He’s responsible for super-catchy summer hit “Stelpur” and will no doubt bring all of his charm to this show.…
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STRAUMUR: The Best Of 2015, So Far!
For our contribution to the Grapevine’s annual Best of Reykjavík issue, we reflect on the best of the Icelandic music scene in 2015, so far… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePi1vccVGyg Best summer jam: Jón Þór’s “Stelpur” “Stelpur” (“Girls”) is an up-tempo guitardriven number about being wasted in…
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VIDEO: Jón Þór Brings “Hard Hitting Scando-Pop” Summer Anthem ‘Stelpur’
Oddly enough, ultra-independent Reykjavík rocker Jón Þór has mostly flown under the public’s radar for most of his musical career, despite being responsible for some really catchy tunes and playing with some really great bands. Iceland Airwaves veterans might remember him from…
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Straumur Dispatch: Girls, EPs & Wu Tang Killa Bees
The Icelandic electronic-loving label Raftónar put out a tremendous EP called ‘We Came As We Left’ by local producer Buspin Jieber on March 25. Buspin Jieber is Iceland’s answer to the American producer Com Truise, sharing his love for the 80s and…
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A Night Of Synths In All Their Forms
First of all, I’ve got to give Metz an honourable mention. I ducked into Bar 11 to see them before heading to my post at Harlem, and they deserve a mention for enticing the first crowd-surf of the weekend. Here’s to Metz!…
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Good Work, Everyone!
Arriving early to something in Iceland is almost taboo. If it’s a dinner party, the host may find you rude, and if it’s a concert or other party, you may very well find that nobody else is there. That’s just the way…