Magnús Trygvason Eliassen
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Grapevine Events: Exhibition Openings, Exhibition Closings, Nordic Film Days, HáRún
There’s been a sharp uptick in our use of the word “gluggaveður” inside Grapevine HQ — it feels like we’ve just dove headfirst into fall. But no matter the cold, we’ve got some recommendations for (mostly) indoor events that will make you…
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Grapevine Events: Raving, Accordion Festival, Flea Market & More
It’s Friday! While our editor is headed south to run the Laugavegur Ultra tomorrow, the rest of GVHQ is hitting the town. Tonight, Bíó Paradís plays The Wedding Singer for their Party Screening at 21:00, and Magnús Trygvason Eliassen, Tumi Árnason, and…
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Grapevine New Music: Kónguló, Úlfur Úlfur, Pale Moon & More
With the weather taking a turn for the worse this weekend, leaving multiple flights from Keflavík Airport either delayed or cancelled, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel – we have approximately two months until Christmas. Were it not for IKEA,…
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Mikael Máni Trio’s Linear Chamber Jazz
Mikael Máni appears on the screen, fresh-faced and smiling from amongst the digital distortion of a slow Skype connection. He’s in his current hometown of Stockholm, where he lives with his jazz singer girlfriend as she studies for her MA. Back home…
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Grapevine Playlist: New Music From Kristín Anna, Högni, MIMRA & More
Like a sudden flurry of shooting stars entering your house through an open window, here are the latest cosmic emissions from the scene—it’s your weekly new music update. Kristín Anna – I Must Be The Devil Kristín Anna Valtysdóttir, the artist formerly…
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The Immeasurable And The Unsaid: Tumi & Maggi’s ‘Allt Er Ómælið’
“Everything is immeasurable,” said the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Anaximander. Did he actually predict that sometime in the future, there would be a music genre called jazz? We might never know. But drum and saxophone duo Tumi Arnason and Magnús Trygvason Eliassen decided…
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Swimming Through Seasons: Jófríður Ákadóttir Unveils A Poetic New Project
Hidden deep amongst all the extravagant blowouts, grand orchestral performances, strobe-lit dance parties, blood-splattered metal shows and twitching, apoplectic broken-beat DJ sets of Airwaves, one small, humble, quiet show came close to topping them all. The preternatural Jófríður Ákadóttir, well-known for her…
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Floating In A Bubble
Red little spotlights moved constantly across the Húrra logo on the wall, and I could feel the relaxed vibes lingering in the air. Every seat was taken by folks enjoying pints of beer and chitchatting in the dimmed room, and everyone seemed…