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Holly Herndon On The Excitement Of Live Performance
Ahead of the forthcoming Sónar Reykjavík festival, we recently spoke at length to rising electronica star Holly Herndon, who’ll be performing on Friday 19th at SonarHall. You can read our particularly edifying interview in our next issue, out on Friday, which features…
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Happening Tonight: Sóley & Pétur Ben
Aching to get a last shot of Icelandic indie folk before you drown in Christmas carols? You’ll be happy to hear that KEX has your back, hosting a live concert with sóley and Pétur Ben, local legends that we just can’t get…
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Happening Tonight: Anti-Christian Festival 2015
Iceland’s longest running metal festival, the Anti-Christian Festival, traces its roots all the way back to 2000 AD, when it was held to stick it to a nearby Christianity festival at Þingvellir—now it’s just sticking it to overly bland musical performances. This…
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Happening Tonight: Singapore Sling Album Release Show
Singapore Sling makes music that’s trippy, gritty and heroic all at once, the sort of tunes you could envision soundtracking sex scenes in David Lynch films—but better. Songs from their new album ‘PSYCH FUCK’ run from acid rock to heavy psych funk,…
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Happening Tonight: Rokkjötnar
The semi-annual Rokkjötnar festival has had a tough time of 2015. Earlier in the year, the festival booked a line-up of badass bands and announced a much-talked-about show for September 5. Unfortunately, they had to cancel the whole shebang when headliners Mastodon…
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Happening Tonight: The Tin Drum – Sin Fang
Everybody loves everything Sindri Már Sigfússon does. Seabear, Gangly, Sin Fang, etc.—if Sindri’s involved, everyone’s gonna love it. Unusually enough, the Icelandic answer to RZA’s popularity is not the result of nefarious nepotism or shady back-alley deals—it’s because he continues to makes…
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Happening Tonight: Kött Grá Pjé & Forgotten Lores
Icelandic rapper Kött Grá Pje’s shows are just as good as his photos. And believe me, his photos are good (see above: he’s the one wearing pearls). Slide fucking legendary old-skool hip-hop group Forgotten Lores into the line-up (their first show in…
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The Recent Iceland Airwaves Festival: The Definitive Straumur Statement
With that hectic Iceland Airwaves week still simmering in our hearts, we feel obligated to bring you a list of the top acts we saw at the festival. Here they are, in no particular order. LA Priest By Anna Domnick This one-man…
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OMG FREE COOL STUFF! WOW!
Iceland Whatever CDs up for grabs We were visited the other day by Theory Of Whatever giant indie-label boss man Bryan Riebeek, who was in town for some music festival. He brought along his latest release: a nice ol’ 14-track compilation CD,…
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Don’t Ask Nanna: About Iceland Airwaves
Hi Nanna, We landed in Reykjavík earlier this week and are outraged by the price of beer here, it’s crazy expensive! What’s the deal with that? Is there any place we can buy some for cheap? Octoberfest Dear Oktoberfest, What is the…
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Happening Tonight: Halloween Iceland
Gaukurinn is hosting the annual Halloween Iceland party this year, and it is THE Halloween event to go to. DJ Mobus will be providing you with all the beats, tunes and drops to dance the night away in your heavy costume (not…
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REYKJAVÍK GRAPEVINE’S FANCY AIRWAVES COMPILATION – 2015 EDITION
So. We reached out to every local band/artist/musician on the official Iceland Airwaves 2015 roster! We asked them: “Hey, are you into sharing one of your tracks with our readers, so we can make a Fancy Airwaves Compilation that they may download and then…
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Happening Tonight: Skelkur Í Bringu / Godchilla
Skelkur í Bringu (“Terror in your chest”) is a rock band that plays good, simple, raw, LOUD rock, and so much more. If that isn’t enough to get your blood pumping, the band‘s stage decorations (so artisanal) and trippy outfits are sure…
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Happening Tonight: Extreme Chill Festival Showcase
Drop by this extra icy festival showcase featuring live artists Stereo Hypnosis, Futuregrapher, Mike Hunt, and Murya alongside DJs Beatmakin Troopa and Árni Vector, all of who played at the Extreme Chill Festival earlier this year. The combination of nippy beats, inventive…
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The Future (Brown) Of Rap Washes Over Iceland Airwaves
Something that might come as as surpsrise to many Björk-loving, Sigur Rós-adoring, Ásgeir-fancying Airwaves newcomers is that Iceland loves hip-hop. From the rapid rise of local stars like Gísli Pálmi, Úlfur Úlfur, Reykjavíkurdætur and Emmsjé Gauti to the emergence of hip-hop and…
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Happening Tonight: 4/4 Concert Series
Youth cultural centre Hitt Húsið has just restarted their 4/4 concert series, which focuses on giving musicians aged 16-25 the chance to promote their music, as well as get experience performing in front of a live crowd. The first show features 17-year-old…
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Úlfur Eldjárn Is Composing Futuristic, Emotional Utopias For All Of Us
Smartly dressed, long-bearded, bespectacled Icelandic composer Úlfur Eldjárn bustled into Harpa’s cafe, dodging cstomers and pushing a trolley piled high with flight cases and topped with a glittering silver snare drum. He’s in a rush, and stops to catch his breath, grinning…
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Happening Tonight: Emmsjé Gauti / Úlfur Úlfur / GKR
We know you can’t get enough of the Icelandic rap scene, and that’s why YOU SHOULD BE EXCITED FOR THIS. Some of Icelandic rap’s greats (Úlfur Úlfur! Emmsjé Gauti!) are hitting Húrra, accompanied by up-and-coming GKR! Bring all your friends (especially that…
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Happening Tonight: Abominor Album Release Concert
Do you like black metal and new and exciting albums? Then you’ll want to catch the album release concert for Abominor’s ‘Opus: Decay’, a head-jarringly heavy collection of songs guaranteed to make your day a lil’ more hellish (in the best way…
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Happening Tonight: Dulvitund Album Release Party/Döpur/ULTRAORTHODOX
Experimental dronescaper Dulvitund is releasing new album ‘Allt er Lífið Myrkur Draumur’ and to celebrate, he’s putting on a show with some of his fellow friends-on-the-scene: industrial/goth-adjacent noisemakers Döpur and all around cool-guy ULTRAORTHODOX. So git down to Gaukurinn for sounds that’ll…
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Happening Tonight: Árstíðir Album Release Party
Although Árstíðir’s latest album ‘Hvel’ was released in March (following a very successful crowdfunding campaign), the band have been so busy (what with touring and whatnot) that they’re just now getting around to throwing an album release party! ‘Hvel’ offers a new…
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Happening Tonight: Teitur Magnússon & More
Húrra’s got a night of music so chilled out as to rival the fast-approaching winter months. Headlining is Teitur Magnússon, a man who´s got that acoustic indie psychedelic-folk-pop sound down to a science. He often incorporates Eastern and Caribbean elements for a…
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Happening Tonight: Jessie J
Pop diva, personality, singer-songwriter and general all-around superstar Jessie J is hitting Iceland! After her earthshattering debut in 2011, she has just kept rising and rising. She’s done TV appearances; she appeared at the London 2012 Olympics; and she’s the first artist…