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Single Review: Of Monsters And Men’s Ordinary Creature Has Extraordinary Appeal
Iceland’s best-selling alt-folk band creates masterful pop tune with local influence What does a band do with world fame and 15 years of performing together? In the case of Garðabær indie folkers Of Monsters and Men, they hone their craft. Their new…
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Of Monsters And Men Announce First Album In Six Years
Homegrown indie-folk sensation Of Monsters and Men formally announced their new album yesterday, to be released on Virgin Records. All is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade will be their first full-length release in six years, following lead singer Nanna Bryndís…
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Music Reviews: Ólafur Arnalds, OMAM, And More
If you’ve been living under a rock, or only read The Grapevine online, then you don’t know that we’ve started doing album (and single) reviews again! On this happy Friday, we’ve decided to publish our past six reviews for your viewing pleasure.…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Of Monsters And Men, Hoym, Benjamín Gísli & More
It’s print day here at Grapevine HQ, with our recent cover feature exploring the wonderful intricacies of the Icelandic Ring Road. If you’re on the road yourself, why not treat yourself to a hand-crafted curation of Icelandic summer tracks — a callback…
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Nanna In Full Bloom: A Solo Exploration Of Solitude And Botany
I reach for my phone outside an old industrial building in Reykjavík’s Grandi neighbourhood. Once the main hub for the city’s fishing operations, it is now a gentrified landfill with two streets running parallel, separated by a row of refurbished fish-freezing plants.…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Nanna, Benni Hemm Hemm, Ægir, Yaffle ft. KARÍTAS, Sakaris and The Cult Of One!
BUMPER NEW MUSIC FRIDAY. That’s right, there were so many great releases (including Nanna from Of Monsters And Men’s first single from her debut record!) this week that we had literally no choice but to expand on our usual three picks and…
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Grapevine Picks: Diwali, Art And Live Music Galore!
This coming week the Reykjavík area has so much to offer the culturally curious, with the best of Iceland’s music scene making a noise in venues across the city, female painters making a splash and a magical Indian celebration of light for…
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Grapevine Playlist: Hipsumhaps, KALEO, The Vintage Caravan, Stefán Hafsteinsson & More!
Over music? Don’t be. Check out these new releases instead. Kaleo – Skinny Oh Kaleo—we didn’t ask to be sad today, but you did it anyway, didn’t you? “Skinny” is, to be frank, difficult to listen to. A distorted rock track about…
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Of Monsters And Men Release New Song And Video
Famed Icelandic band Of Monsters And Men are back again with a brand new song, “Visitor”, and a new video to boot. The single gives us a little bit of what to expect when the band celebrates their 10th anniversary next year.…
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Editorial: Of Monsters And Men—A Gateway Drug To Icelandic Music?
During the making of this issue, it came as a bit of a surprise to us in the Grapevine office to discover that our new cover stars, Of Monsters and Men, are the most listened-to band in Icelandic music. By the metrics…
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Boiling Over: Of Monsters And Men Are Back With ‘Fever Dream’
“We’ve never been as excited to share something with people,” says Ragnar Þórhallsson, smiling broadly as he sips his coffee. Ragnar—better known as Raggi—is referring to ‘Fever Dream,’ the forthcoming album from Of Monsters and Men, the band in which he sings…
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Festival News: Of Monsters And Men For Airwaves, LungA Lineup & More
Of Monsters & Men have been announced as one of the headliners of Iceland Airwaves 2019. A vastly popular pop/rock band, they were the first Icelandic band to pass 1 billion plays on Spotify, beating stars like Sigur Rós, Björk and Bjarki…
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Music News: CYBER, Of Monsters & Men, Björk
The all-chick, all-crap, highly creative, fuck-you-that’s-who, rap group Cyber just dropped their first album ‘HORROR’ this month. It’s a rough and reckless debut featuring some of Iceland’s most noteworthy rappers, and the mysterious band Hatari. They are so much cooler than you.…
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Of Monsters And Men First Icelandic Band With 1 Billion Spotify Plays
There is just no stopping the Icelandic folk-revivalist sweethearts Of Monsters and Men who in a press release wrote that they had achieved the billion benchmark for plays on Spotify. The band has 4.4 million monthly listeners on the streaming service, which leaves…
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DIE ANTWOORD IS COMING TO ICELAND!
The South African Rap and Rave group, Die Antwoord, is coming to Iceland for the Secret Solstice Music Festival. This comes after the announcement that Radiohead, Deftones and Of Monsters And Men are already on the festival roster. Also added to the…
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Secret Solstice 2016: Deftones, Goldie, Skream, Úlfur Úlfur And More
An early Christmas present was delivered this morning for Icelandic metal fans—lauded alt-metal band Deftones is one of 37 acts confirmed for the 2016 Secret Solstice music festival. Deftones has been active since 1988, releasing seven albums and earning numerous awards. British…
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Happening Tonight & Tomorrow: Of Mice And Men
“George, why ain’t we goin’ down to Harpa?” Lennie looked down at the ground in despair. “So you forgot that awready, did you?” said George. “We ain’t got no money, Lennie.” The two walked down Highway 1 with thumbs held up high,…
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Of Monsters And Men Release New Video
Breakthrough Icelandic indie quintet Of Monsters And Men have unveiled a new video for the track ‘I Of The Storm.’ It’s taken from their forthcoming album, ‘Beneath The Skin,’ slated for UK release on June 8th via Island Records. The striking video…
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Iceland’s Next Big Thing Is Influenced By Big Country: Rythmatik Won Músíktilraunir 2015
A band from Suðureyri by Súgandafjörður, a remote Westfjörds fishing hamlet, won the 33rd annual Músíktilraunir battle of the bands-style contest last night, That band is called Rythmatik and its members are all young Suðureyrians who have up until now stuck to furiously…
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Listen: New Of Monsters And Men Tune Is Called ‘Crystals’ And Has Lots Of “Whoa-oa-ohs”
Of Monsters and Men, everyone’s favourite Icelandic band that isn’t Sigur Rós, have just dropped a brand spanking new track, Crystals, along with announcing a release date, title and tracklist for their highly anticipated sophomore effort. After a couple of listens, it feels…
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No Usual Suspects
Árstíðir dj flugvél og geimskip Fufanu Júníus Meyvant Kaleo Kiasmos Low Roar M-Band Óbó Rökkurró Samaris Skálmöld Sóley Sólstafir Tonik Ensemble Vök Ylja Young Karin These are the eighteen Icelandic artists and bands confirmed for Eurosonic 2015, the Dutch ‘festival of…
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This Is Icelandic Indie Music (Vol. II)
Despite the name, this sampling of Record Records’ roster carries some of the most prominent bands in the country, and like its predecessor, travels through folk, rock, dance, and even reggae. “Indie music” and “Icelandic music” are pretty synonymous; if you’re making…
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PHOTOS: Björk, Patti Smith, Of Monsters And Men …
Here’s a gallery of images from the incredible ‘Stopp – Let’s Protect the Park’ benefit concert at Harpa. The entire evening was stellar, but Patti Smith’s powerful renditions of “Because the Night” and “People Have the Power” were personal highlights. Retro Stefson’s…