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Postcards From The Edge – Noise
Postcards From the Edge is our cheeky little Airwaves feature where bands who are currently on tour outside of Iceland, send us short tales of where they are and of the great shows they’re playing at, while regaling us with stories of sheep rustling, confused sexuality, and…
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All Eyes on Iceland
By Þórir Bogason There are a lot of Icelandic acts performing at this year’s Iceland Airwaves festival. This in itself is of course nothing new. The festival does an admirable…
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All Aboard The Special Rock Bus!
A special tour on Iceland’s musical history is on its way to Airwaves! Dear Airwaves visitor, chances are you’re going to have several dozen drinks, eat a bunch of hotdogs and possibly take a Golden Circle tour and/or go to the…
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Carl Sagan Pop Cosmology – The 1860 Interview
1860 do some mean folk pop, are fans of Jusup Wilkosz, and think Cradle Of filth are for kids. True story! [pullquote_left] “It would definitely fill us with murderous rage if someone were to dismiss us as a “happy…
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Breaking Out Of His Old Skin – The Ólafur Arnalds Interview
“What happened was a table attacked me! We were being filmed pretending to fight each other in a scene, but the director didn’t think that we were being realistic enough. So he pushed us, and we fell, except I literally fell on…
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The Human Perpetual Creativity Machine – Þórir Georg Interviewed
“It´s not a big concern for me that I will spread myself too thin.” Even in the world of Icelandic music, where musicians are almost expected to have numerous side projects on the go, the musician known as Þórir Georg Jónsson…
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What’s Best About Reykjavík?
I’ve been thinking about this question for the last week, as we’ve been making our fourth annual Best of Reykjavík issue. This magazine is often critical, even negative, but every year we dedicate an entire issue to that superlative, “BEST.” In fact,…
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Rounding up the Sheep: Icelandic Customs Die Hard
The Icelandic people have a strong, abiding connection with their farm animals. Though, admittedly, in everyday life in downtown Reykjavík, they’ve become a mere cliché – a stuffed animal for children or a novel cuisine found in national dishes like svið. But…
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From the Editor’s Chair
Airwaves festival is upon us. For us at the Grapevine, this is pretty much like Christmas in October. By far, the best weekend of the year. This issue, we bring you some of the artists who will be playing this years festival.…
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Jóhann Jóhannsson: A User’s Manual
He used to play in some pretty rough rock bands. These days, Jóhann Jóhannsson doesn’t employ loud, distorted guitars to get his points across, yet reaches more ears than ever before. The following interview details the story of a certain transformation, one…