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A Duet Of Dancers : Milkywhale On Music, Mirrors And Making A Comeback
Electropop powerhouse duo Milkywhale made a big splash in the Icelandic music scene when they were first sighted back in 2015. They became a regular fixture in the festival circuit, playing at Iceland Airwaves and Sónar Reykjavík, as well as Reeperbahn in…
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Grapevine New Music: Milkywhale, ÁSDÍS, FLOTT & More
Tomorrow is election day in Iceland and, according to the polls, will either result in an alt-right government hostile to immigrants and refugees or a centre-right government hostile to immigrants and refugees. If we can confidently follow the trends on both sides…
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Grayson’s Friday Night Iceland Airwaves Diary: Off-Venues & Blown Minds
I started off my second day with a visit from the Ghost of Airwaves Past. Milkywhale burst onto the scene as a festival favorite in 2015. By that, I mean that I (and at least one other Grapeviner) literally went to see…
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Melkorka The Maker: From Ballet To Milkywhale To The Vakúm Pop Opera
Ever-changing and always surprising: these words could be the tagline of dancer, singer, choreographer and creator Melkorka Sigríður Magnúsdóttir. The artist defies every label and genre you could pin her down in, pushing outside the box of traditional art forms with every…
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Lost In A Vacuum: Melkorka From Milkywhale Returns With A Space-Age Pop Opera
In a crowded café, Icelandic dance extraordinaire Melkorka Sígríður Magnúsdóttir pours her fizzy drink into a glass, barely managing to contain her equally effervescent excitement. Melkorka’s onstage energy is well known. As the frontwoman of electro-pop band Milkywhale, she’s a whirlwind of energy, dancing, bouncing, and leading the…
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Music News: ‘Vacuum’ Pop-Opera, Sólveig In Japan, Örvar Goes Solo
A new collaborative music “pop-opera” called VACUUM has been announced, taking place April 12th at Tjarnabíó. Inspired by the vacuum of space, the project was conceived and choreographed by Milkywhale singer and frontwoman Melkorka Sigríður Magnúsdóttir. It also brings together a variety…
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All Singing, All Dancing: Milkywhale Prepare For Iceland Airwaves
As Iceland Airwaves approaches, Icelandic pop duo Milkywhale is expanding horizons by reaching out to a new audience. “We’re playing for kids in elementary school, down to 6 years old,” says Melkorka Sigríður Magnúsdóttir, the singer, dancer and all-around frontman. Together with…
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Grapevine Playlist: EinarIndra, Andsetinn, Milkywhale & More
What’s going on in Icelandic music today? Lots. Folk, rap, trap, oddly appealing Euro-pop… you name it, and you’ll find it in Iceland. einarIndra – Ripples EinarIndra’s slow, trappy falsetto ballads have had us transfixed since the release of his low key…
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Music News: Björk Songbook, New MAMMÚT Album, Ásgeir & More
Veteran Icelandic indie rock band MAMMÚT came out of hibernation this month with announcement that their new album, ‘Kinder Versions’, will come on July 13th via Bella Union—the famed UK indie label that’s home to bands like Fleet Foxes and Beach House.…
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Grapevine Playlist: Sóley, Áttan, Jónsi, Black Pox, Milkywhale & More
Here’s a choice selection of the latest Icelandic tracks that we’ve been making available offline on Spotify, hearting on Soundcloud, and thumbs-upping on YouTube. Birnir – EKKI SWITCHA The hype surrounding rapper Birnir can only be compared to that which surrounded now…
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Track By Track: Milkywhale’s Debut LP
Milkywhale are a pop duo who’ve taken Iceland by storm since first appearing on our radar in 2015. Now they’re preparing to release their debut album into the oceans. Singer Melkorka Sigríður Magnúsdóttir talks us through it. Milkywhale Originally Milkywhale was my…
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Music News: Myrkfælni, Airwaves, The Return Of Vaginaboys
Iceland Airwaves have announced a new crop of bands for the 2017 festival, including Russian new-wave band Glintshake, Aldous Harding from New Zealand, and Jo Goes Hunting from the Netherlands. From the local scene, Músíktilraunir winners Between Mountains join the bill, along…
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Music News in Brief: Or, All Those Videos You Missed Because, Airwaves
Music videos have come a long way since MTV’s first broadcast in 1980, “Video Killed the Radio Star.” The medium has had its highs and lows over the decades, many thought that the advent of YouTube would override any previous authorities, like…
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Whirlwind, Heat & Flash: Airwaves 2016 In Pictures
We all had a wonderful time at this year’s Iceland Airwaves music festival, as these photos attest. We couldn’t possibly post all the photos our intrepid photographer took during this remarkable festival, but below you can see our hand-selected photos from each…
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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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Airwaves Tipsters: Milkywhale
Emerging Icelandic dance-pop duo Milkywhale, aka Melkorka Sigríður Magnúsdóttir and Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson, were the revelation of Iceland Airwaves 2015. They played a show each day, winning the hearts, minds and dancing feet of every crowd by elevating each show into a…
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Milkywhale Breach The Surface
Melkorka Sígríður Magnúsdóttir is in high spirits, bounding into Kex’s spacious bar with characteristic fizzing energy. “I’ve just finished my exams in school,” she grins. “I called up Árni in the studio, and he was mixing our songs. I was so happy,…
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Premiere: Milkywhale’s Electric New Video
It might not come as a surprise to regular readers, but we at Grapevine are keen whale watchers—at least, when it comes of the Icelandic performance-pop duo Milkywhale. Melkorka Sigríður is the explosive dancer, singer and front-woman who fronts their joyous live…
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UNICEF Benefit Concert In Photos
Iceland’s division of UNICEF launched a campaign called #segjumSTOPP (“Let’s Say Stop”) last week that aims to put pressure on authorities to end the conflict in Syria and protect those in need. To this end, they put on a special gesture at…
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What Went Down: Sónar Thursday Capsule Reviews
Angel Haze’s powerful rapping, Milkywhale’s triumphant pop, Ellen Allien’s teutonic techno, Páll Oskar’s golden armour—it’s hard to call what our Sónar team loved the most from day one of the festival. Read on to decide for yourselves. Eli Petzold When Auður performed…
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Grapevine Says: Our Team’s Picks For Sónar Reykjavík
With Sónar Reykjavík kicking off in style with a packed Thursday night bill, we asked our team to outline their picks from the festival lineup. Whether you’re making rings in the programme with a marker pen or tapping them into your app,…
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Happening Tonight: Milkywhale & GKR
If you’re warming up for Sónar Reykjavík next week, there’s a fun party going down at Húrra tonight. One of the bright lights of Iceland’s recently energised rap scene, GKR, will open the night. His single ‘Morgunmatur’ is a sincere ode to…
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Milkywhale’s Guide To Sónar 2016
Our favourite emergent band from Airwaves ’15 was the all-singing-all-dancing party band Milkywhale, the project of dancer, singer, and loveable stage dynamo Melkorka Magnúsdóttir, and her laptop-manning co-creator Arni Hlöðversson (also of FM Belfast, amongst others). We asked Milkywhale to give us…