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Day Four: múm Concludes 2025 Iceland Airwaves
In múm’s August interview with the Grapevine, guitarist Róberta Andersen noted that the group has “become so good at being together.” Though she was emphasising the group’s cohesion as they embarked on a three-month tour, this quote encapsulates múm’s Sunday performance that…
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Across Borders And Decades, múm Carries On
Era-defining experimental group múm release their first LP in 12 years It’s been 25 years since múm released their debut album Yesterday was dramatic, today is ok. Ushering in a new era of independent electronic music, múm quickly took the world by…
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The Haul: Shopping Away the Post-Holiday Blues
Welcome to The Haul, where we give you a peek into our shopping bag (or the shopping bag of someone far more interesting than us) and an idea of what’s worth browsing and buying in Reykjavík these days. As we slowly claw…
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The Haul: Shopping Away the Post-Holiday Blues
Welcome to The Haul, where we give you a peek into our shopping bag (or the shopping bag of someone far more interesting than us) and an idea of what’s worth browsing and buying in Reykjavík these days. As we slowly claw…
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PREMIERE: Award-Winning Singer-Songwriter Jelena Ćirić Reveals Debut Single “Rome”
Reykjavík-based singer-songwriter Jelena Ćirić releases her single ‘Rome’ on August 26, 2022—that’s tomorrow for those of you who haven’t bought a calendar yet (really, still? It’s August, man). But we at Reykjavík Grapevine have been truly hashtag blessed with a sneak peak…
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The Renegade Mister: Mr. Silla Returns With A Pop Banger
Mr. Silla’s new single is an unexpected pop banger. A far cry from the largely downtempo and emotional sound of her eponymous 2015 debut, “Naruto (say you wanna run away)” is three and a half minutes of unabashedly summery dance-pop. Its carefree…
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Premiere: Mr. Silla Wants To Run Away With You On New Single “Naruto”
Mr. Silla has unveiled the first single from their forthcoming second solo album ‘Hands On Hands.’ “Naruto (say you’ll run away)” is a blissful, summery house-pop track with a relaxed, late-night-after-party feel. The video was shot in Gondomar, close to Porto in…
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Airwaves Tipsters 2018: Samantha Shay Recommends SiGRÚN, sóley, JFDR & More
Samantha Shay is a multi-disciplinary artist, among other things, who’s been making waves since she arrived in Iceland from the U.S. a couple of years ago. Here are her picks from the festival lineup. SiGRÚN I saw her play at R6013 last…
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Airwaves Tipsters: Teitur Magnússon
Our next Airwaves Tipster is Teitur Magnússon, a firm favourite in Iceland for his band Ojba Rasta, his solo work, and for the relaxed and positive energy he brings to the stage (and to life generally). Here’s what Teitur is looking forward…
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Mr. Silla’s Five Favourite Albums
Mr. Silla (Sigurlaug Gísladóttir) is an Icelandic singer/songwriter. She is well known for her previous collaboration with Mongoose, and was also a member of múm for several years. Mr. Silla released a self-titled solo album late 2015 to critical acclaim. ‘Hrekkjusvínin’ –…
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Airwaves Never Sleeps: PJ Harvey & More Announced For 2016
The people behind the Iceland Airwaves festival haven’t been resting on their laurels this winter—they’ve been beavering away in the darkness to prepare the 2016 festival. They today unveiled the first names of the 2016 lineup, which includes two eye-catching overseas names:…
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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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2015 Kraumur Music Awards Shortlist Unveiled: How Many Have You Heard?
The annual Kraumur Music Awards have announced their 2015 shortlist. Once a year, this independently funded philanthropic arts prize makes it rain kronur onto the Icelandic musicians deemed most likely to turn the cash into wider success, domestically and internationally. The Kraumur…
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#AIRWAVES15 DEEP ANALYSIS
Welcome to this, our second advent into text message reporting about Iceland Airwaves. In it, you may find words from the one and only Mr. Silla and Andri Snær Magnason! Great! Mr. Silla, aka Sigurlaug Gísladóttir, had this to say:
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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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Airwaves & Chill: This Year’s Best Sex Music
Some artists, like James Blake and the Weeknd, are especially appreciated for their abilities to enhance (or maybe even initiate) some good sexy time with your favourite sexy person. These two each have radically distinct sounds from each other, but have a…
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That Second Airwaves Day: 11 Perspectives
Wow. It’s in full swing. Iceland Airwaves 15, such a crawling monster. So much good music, so many good times. We are all over that stuff. We are living, pulsating, vibrating, blubbering balls of joy. We are in the thick, in the…
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Bob Justman Is Now Just Justman And His New Song is SO GOOD
Wow! Justman just dropped a new song, and what a fucking scorcher of a tune that is. It’s called All The Colours Of The Night, and it’s the first thing we get to hear from his forthcoming World On Fire LP. A dark…
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Mr. Silla’s Airwaves Highlight Of The Day
Start the day with Jófríður at 15:00 at Alda hotel. Haunting melodies with a breathtaking vocals. Then move over to Just Another Snake Cult at 17:00 at Bar 11 to witness the psychedelic wonder-world. After that I would go to see the serenading…
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ATP Thursday: Beautifully Diverse Aesthetic
Iceland’s third ATP festival started off well. My tardiness getting on site meant I missed Deafheaven and The Bug, acts that my friends assured me had gone off great—but I did catch three giants: Public Enemy, Iggy Pop and Belle & Sebastian.…
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Straumur On Festivals: Believe The Hype
First things first: Sónar Reykjavík at Harpa was a gigantic audiovisual explosion in dolby digital and HD vivid colors. For a three-day weekend, Harpa transformed into humongous club on an Ibiza scale. The music spanned the range from ambient to EDM and…
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I Jam Econo
My word, what a daze. I felt a lasting, dull sensation in my ring finger this morning, almost a muscular latency, having woken up hungover on my mattress, which has been placed on the floor for my optimal comfort. Maybe it’s the…
