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Happening Tonight: Hjálmar At Húrra
Beloved Icelandic indie-folk-reggae-adjacent band Hjálmar are all set to to play their hearts out for you fine folks at Húrra. These guys sport that classic, indie-beard look & vibe—soft vocals, a sensitive touch, and the act of wearing sunglasses indoors, at night.…
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Happening Tonight: Futuregrapher At Hlemmur Square
Futuregrapher, the altogether lovely one-man electronic outfit, is playing a show at Hlemmur Square and you should absolutely go. His sound is defined by rapid-fire beats with well-timed breaks, dreamy pads, jazzy riffs, and vocal samples. Personally, he’s such a likeable guy…
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Happening Tonight: Æla At Bar 11
Energetic post-punkers Æla (yup, that means “vomit”) will be rockin’ out at Bar 11 to celebrate their new album ‘Vettlingatök’, which hit the streets a couple of months ago (a whopping nine years after their debut album ‘Sýnið tillitsemi, ég er frávik’).…
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Happening Tonight: Rae Sremmurd
Come here hoe, mistletoe / I got birdies, crows / Lil bitty bitch wanna jump on this dick / I’m like boo let’s get it, let’s get it / I got these bitches kissing on these bitches / I can’t even count…
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Cycle Music & Art Festival: Conceptual Art Comes To The Suburbs
This August, an exciting new festival comes to Kópavogur. Cycle Festival, a four-day interdisciplinary arts extravaganza, will showcase unconventional works and collaborations in unfamiliar performance venues, with the goal of making audiences reconsider their preconceptions about genre, discipline, and the spectator’s role.…
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Scenes From The LungA Arts Festival Blowout Concert
The harbour-side artistic cluster of Seyðisfjörður feels simultaneously alien and cosy to me. Like many who descend on Iceland in July, my real home is a few thousand kilometres away—5,732 to be exact. Seyðisfjörður’s towering mountains and punishing winds contrast with the…
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Happening Tonight: Dream Wife / Vök / Panos From Komodo, At Húrra
Headlining the night will be the Brighton-based ultra-feminine chicks of Dream Wife, a group that kind of says it all in the name. Self-described as “poolside pop with a bite,” these ladies are cheeky and fun, with a punchy sound and no…
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Happening Tonight: Empty Taxi
Wanna get out of this homogeneous little city? Join Empty Taxi for the night. It’s the moniker of Brussels-based French/Northern Irish musician Zoë McPherson. Her music has been described as “indigenous electronic,” and her latest EP ‘IRIZAJN’ takes listeners around the world,…
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Happening Tonight: Mammút/Samaris At Gamla Bíó
Two of Iceland’s hippest bands unite to put on a concert by themselves, without any label or bookers, just for the chance to mess with each other’s sounds. One of the most original young trios around, Samaris blend Icelandic folk sensibilities with…
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Happening Tonight: Grísalappalísa at KEX
Everyone loves a showman, and Grísalappalísa’s frontman Gunnar Ragnarsson is just that. Like a modern-day Bowie, Gunnar smears his makeup, wears tight clothes and shakes his hips with a fury that’s almost frightening. The band plays raw, energetic and yet groovy punk,…
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Opening Today: The Vaka Folk Festival
What would you do if I told you that you could dance, sing, create, and learn about traditional arts from around the world, all in beautiful Northern Iceland? You wouldn’t believe me, right? Well, time to pinch yourself. The Vaka Folk Festival…
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Don’t Ask Nanna: About Icelandic Elves
Dear Nanna, Do Icelanders really believe in elves? Best, If-It-Elves-It-Sells Dear If-It-Elves-It-Sells, Hold on a second, I just need to call about 325.000 Icelandic people to double check. I can’t remember if we really believe in elves or if we just pretend…
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Frostbitten By The Teeth Behind Kisses – Ben Frost At Húrra Reviewed
When a novice musician such as myself stumbles upon a talent such as Ben Frost offering up an event, one can’t help but attend and take notes. This is my reaction to his show at Húrra on March 18. But first, let…
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Well Done Paul!
This is being written a few days after Paul Kalkbrenner’s set at Sónar Reykjavík, I’m still kind of blown away. I needed time to recover. Paul Kalkbrenner’s first set in Iceland was a complete success, plainly put: the gig overwhelmed me. The…
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DJ Steindór Jónsson On Good Taste And The Reykjavík Club Scene
He’s performed in nightclubs and at festivals in Iceland, Denmark and in Germany. He is playing at Sónar Reykjavík for the second time. And guess what: we tricked him to sit down with our German intern and tell him all about the Reykjavík…
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Paul Kalkbrenner Plays Sónar, Loves Amiina
Paul Kalkbrenner is without a doubt one of the world’s most popular techno DJs, a legend in his own right. Born in Leipzig, he launched what would become a spectacular career in the world’s techno capital, Berlin, where he still resides. Throughout his career, Paul has…
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Hear Our First Sónar Podcast, Feat. Tonik
Sónar Reykjavík 2015 is just around the corner, and who better to guide us through the performers on show than the mastermind behind one of the Icelandic bands playing the festival? In the first of a series of Sónar-related podcasts, we sat…
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Justin Timberlake, A Review
Eight million sweating preteens were packed into Kórinn Sports Hall in Kópavogur on Sunday, August 24, all for one purpose: Justin Timberlake. Also in attendance were those who were alive to have experienced him firsthand in his original incarnation as a tortured…
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Secret Solstice: Futuregrapher And Lord Pusswhip SPEAK
A Few Words With Futuregrapher Árni Gretar is Futuregrapher, and one half of Árni2, both of whom will play at Secret Solstice. He’s a central figure at Møller Records and Reykjavík’s Weirdcore collective, famous for searing live performances with big beats and…
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Happening This Weekend: March 7 – 9
Say goodbye to the wet February and hello to snowy March with a weekend full of unmissable events, including Reykjavík’s Folk Festival and Gunnar Nelson’sreturn to the UFC after a year off. Friday The Vintage Caravan’s Farewell Concert Following a new contract with…
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Airwords: Poets Bring Voice to the Party
The Airwords event offered an interesting new angle to Airwaves ’13 by bringing, some of Iceland’s most notable writers to the party. The event was a mix of readings and music sets. Harpa Kaldalón was a comfortable and classy room for the…
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EXCLUSIVE: We Speak To Frímann Frímannsson And Krummi About LEGEND’s New Video
LEGEND recently released a video for the track ‘The City’, which is embedded below, and which you should watch for an insight into one aspect of Reykjavík living. Directed by Krummi himself (and edited by his good friend Frosti Gringó (which some…
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IT’S HERE! IT’S FINALLY HERE! Grapevine’s Fancy Airwaves 2K12 Compilation Is Here!
FANCY THIS, EVERYONE! IT’S HERE! IT’S FINALLY HERE IN ALL ITS 512 MEGABYTES OF GLORY! Yup, as we promised in our last issue (which contained a pretty rad Airwaves-pullout, for all you Airwaves enthusiasts to enthuse over), we’ve compiled you a wonderful,…