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Kiasmos’s Ólafur Arnalds Discusses His Many Lives As A Composer
The city is covered in fresh snow, and flurries keep whitening the windy shores of Reykjavík as we head to Ólafur Arnalds’s studio. Now that we see what he sees when he’s composing, the core of this talented and prolific artist’s music…
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World Premiere: New Vaginaboys Song! In English!
Vaginaboys, the winners of the Grapevine’s Best Song Of 2015 award, have just released a new song, and it’s in English! The anonymous and masked electro-pop-R&B group has taken the Icelandic scene by storm with their EP ‘Icelandick’, an album that explores…
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Enter The Wolf Tarantulas: Úlfur Úlfur Are The Band Of 2015
In the video for “Brennum allt,” Úlfur Úlfur duo Arnar Freyr and Helgi Sæmundur roll through the suburbs of Reykjavik, spitting rapid-fire lyrics on horseback and chilling in the countryside like a champs. (Meanwhile guest emcee Kött Grá Pje chills with three…
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MEET THE NWOIHH!
The holidays are here. Your relatives are annoying. Gifts are expensive. We all need something to kick the edge. Why not try some fresh new Icelandic hip-hop? Yes, the world of Icelandic hip hop is rich and varied. From classics such as…
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Mischief, Mayhem & Hip-Hop With Iceland’s New Yule Lads
The Yule Lads are the thirteen Icelandic Santa Clauses who descend one-by-one on the thirteen days before Christmas to play tricks on Icelandic children. Their mother, Grýla, a mountain Ogress, eats badly-behaved children; her partner-in-crime is Leppalúði, another ogre and Grýla’s third…