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Grapevine New Music Picks: Pálmi Gunnarsson, Ultraflex, Daniil & More
Is it the long weekend yet? Almost! Tomorrow kicks off Merchant’s Day weekend (Verslunamannahelgi) and we’ve got some fresh new jams for your road trip playlist! Some lucky folks have already knocked off early to turn it into a sweet-ass four-day vacay,…
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Students Of The Game
Dissecting the underground label Heavy Knife Records Veterans of the Icelandic underground hip-hop scene, Þórður Ingi Jónsson and Alfreð Drexler are meeting up at Þórður’s place in Reykjavík’s West End. Þórður, better known by his moniker Lord Pusswhip, is in Iceland for…
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Islanders: Þórður Ingi Jónsson, aka Lord Pusswhip
Þórður Ingi Jónsson, better known to our readers as Lord Pusswhip, has lived an exceptionally interesting life in the short number of years he’s been on the planet. From Grapevine intern to punk rocker to hip hop artist to label founder and…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Borko, Brynjar and Pusswhip
Prick up your ears! It’s time once more for The Grapevine to pour some fresh harmonic honey into them. And once we’re done, check out everything we’re listening to right now on The Grapevine’s New Music Picks playlist on Spotify. Lord Pusswhip…
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Grapevine Playlist: BSÍ, Lord Pusswhip, Pale Moon, Blankiflúr & More!
Happy summer! You know what goes great with summer? Music! Also vaccines! Pale Moon – Parachutes Just in time for summer (ok Icelandic summer), Pale Moon has blessed us with what is perhaps the most perfect driving-in-the-sunlight track ever made. Genuinely, if…
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Grapevine Playlist: amiina, Atli Örvarsson, Brikcs & More!
It’s almost Christmas! Celebrate the end of Christmas music with this holiday feature. amiina – I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing Remember that Christmas soda commercial where all these hippies sang standing in lines while hawking a multi-billion dollar corporation?…
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Airwaves Tipsters 2019: Lord Pusswhip
The works of rapper and producer Lord Pusswhip are best described as unpredictable. Over the years, his sound has meandered all over the spectrum—from laid back vapourwave to post-emo weirdo hip hop punk to straight up bangers. He also once interned at…
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How Does One Become Lord Pusswhip?
Þórður Ingi Jónsson, or Lord Pusswhip, is definitely an oddball when it comes to music. He is one of the rising stars in the electronic music world. He also once interned at the Grapevine. Here, Lord Pusswhip told us what made him…
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Grapevine Playlist: Fufanu, List Einn, Countess Malaise & Pusswhip, HRNNR & More
Oh lord! Like the presence of a pink unsetting sun in the midnight sky, the Icelandic music scene shines down constantly upon us all. Here’s what’s new. Fufanu – Hourglass Fufanu are a genre-skipping band that have released krautrock epics, new wave…
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Track by Track: Lord Pusswhip ‘Stationz ov the puss’
The works of rapper and producer Lord Pusswhip are best described as unpredictable. Over the years, his sound has meandered all over the spectrum—from laid back vapourwave to post-emo weirdo hip-hop punk to straight up bangers. Take last month’s Sonar Reykjavík, where…
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The Weekend Edit: 5 Things To Do In Reykjavík This Weekend
According to the forecast, the weather will be unusually misericordious during the weekend, with no rain hitting the capital area and even a little bit of sun. Grab the chance and get out of the house this weekend. Whether you decide to…
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Sónar Reykjavík Friday: Beats, Sexuality, Reggaetón, Jellyfish, Immense Bass
After the opening night off-venue parties, Sónar Reykjavík kicked off last night at Harpa will the full festival programme. Here’s what went down, as told by the Grapevine review-team-at-large. Fresh-air feeling Sónar Reykjavík always brings fresh air to the halls of Harpa.…
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Grapevine Playlist: Pusswhip, Alvia, Ben Frost, Sunna, Allenheimer, Rari Boys & More
Holy moly! More hot, steaming geysirs of gleaming, sulphurous, fresh Icelandic music spurting out of the internet, and right into your ears! Yup: it’s the Grapevine playlist. Fivefiles EP by Allenheimer Allenheimer – Megas Music scene veteran Atli Bollason returns with a…
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Step Your Pusswhip Up: Lord Pusswhip On Trying To Be Somebody
Since his humble beginnings as DJ Pusswhip in 2012, Þórður Ingi Jónsson, aka Lord Pusswhip, has carved out a reputation for his particular brand of cool weirdo post-emo hip-hop. The past twelve months have been particularly kind to his Lordship, paying off…
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Activate Sónar: Ten Must-See Icelandic Acts At Sónar Reykjavík
To Icelandic electronic music aficionados, the annual Sónar Reykjavík festival is something of a “techno Christmas.” In the long-established model of Iceland Airwaves, this Harpa-based two-day party mixes international big name bookings like Underworld with the cream of the rich and diverse…
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Music News in Brief (All Caps Edition): JFDR, AUÐUR, GANGLY & More
Gone are the days of A-sides and B-sides, we’re in the world of track by track. Listeners are often seduced away from narrative storytelling and continuous threads by the Spotify temptress and the “new-here-now” workflow. But last month AUÐUR, one of Reykjavík’s…
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MEET THE NWOIHH!
The holidays are here. Your relatives are annoying. Gifts are expensive. We all need something to kick the edge. Why not try some fresh new Icelandic hip-hop? Yes, the world of Icelandic hip hop is rich and varied. From classics such as…
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Mischief, Mayhem & Hip-Hop With Iceland’s New Yule Lads
The Yule Lads are the thirteen Icelandic Santa Clauses who descend one-by-one on the thirteen days before Christmas to play tricks on Icelandic children. Their mother, Grýla, a mountain Ogress, eats badly-behaved children; her partner-in-crime is Leppalúði, another ogre and Grýla’s third…
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Lord Pusswhip’s Airwaves Highlights Of The Day
GKR, Húrra at 20:40 – You should def go see my homie GKR, he burst out on the Reykjavík music scene with quite a storm thanks to his super tenderness and emotional feels. Bngrboy, the hottest producer out there on the decks…
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LORD PUSSWHIP’S SECRET; MACABRE HISTORY OF FUCKED UP REYKJAVÍK SPOTS
“In psychogeography, a ‘dérive’ (“drift”) is an unplanned journey through a landscape, usually urban, on which the subtle aesthetic contours of the surrounding architecture and geography subconsciously direct the travellers, with the ultimate goal of encountering an entirely new and authentic experience.”…
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Get Rich or Freeze Tryin: 7 Rap Acts Not To Miss At Airwaves
So you’re international, flying to the land of elves and liberalism to find the hip new thing at Airwaves 2015 (spoiler: it’s Sturla Atlas). While many associate Icelandic music with the dreamy and ethereal tones of Björk and Sigur Rós, you might be…
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Secret Solstice Saturday RECAP: To Hel And Back
After acquainting myself with Secret Solstice Friday, I felt fully prepared to tackle it Saturday. My hangover was gone by noon, my ears had stopped ringing (and I remembered to bring earplugs with me!), my purse was stocked with a full bottle…
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10 Must-See Icelandic Acts At Secret Solstice + Festival Schedule
Secret Solstice is upon us! So, for those of you who want some HOT TIPS on the mass of Icelandic acts playing the festival, we decided to pull together a little guide to our favourite homegrown performers on the lineup. DJ flugvél…