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Live Concert Review: Rakel At South By Southwest 2026
In an unusual cold spell, a singer songwriter enchanted the SXSW audience during the Icelandic Showcase. The songs felt comfortable and brought a nice warmth to the evening. As you glanced throughout you could see all the present faces who delighted in…
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Grapevine Events: Kvennaverkfall And Kvennaár Celebrations
This week marks the 50th anniversary of Kvennafrídagurinn, or the Women’s Day Off, where 90% of women in Iceland went on strike to make society acutely aware of how much work — both in the professional sphere and domestically — was being…
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Grapevine Events: RAKEL, Skjaldborg Screenings, Opera Days
Reykjavík’s currently the overcast city we know and love, but there’s no harsh wind making it harder to walk from gallery to museum to venue. So no excuses! Here’s our roundup of everything happening around town this weekend. Lucrezia Costa’s exhibition Somewhere…
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RAKEL’s Debut LP Mixes The Natural With The Unnatural
RAKEL finds her place with a place to be One of the busiest people in the Icelandic music scene, solo artist RAKEL anticipates the release of her debut LP a place to be on October 17. No stranger to the music industry,…
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Grapevine Events: Steina Opening, FALCONFEST, GusGus
There’s something in this crisp autumnal air, something that’s whispering “host events” and “go to events.” We hear it, and we’re listening. Tonight, SIND Gallery presents its second exhibition since opening: Herdill’s In Your Arms I Can Be Heavy, I Can Be Small.…
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Music Reviews: BKPM, RAKEL, Alaska1867 and Birnir
Grapevine is hot off the press, and so are these single reviews! Check out musician, and now Grapevine contributor, Sævar Andri Sigurðarson’s reviews of these three songs below. “Vínarborg” by BKPM Single — July 22 Experimental post-punk group BKPM have been hard at…
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Grapevine Events: Concerts, Concerts, Concerts!
It’s Friday! Time to clock out, take a breath, and enjoy all Reykjavík has to offer this weekend. We’ve got a slew of concerts for you down below, so if you’re looking for live music, this weekend is for you. Tonight, Bíó…
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Don’t Overthink It: Inside RAKEL And Kári The Attempt’s Laidback EP
Having just released four of the six songs on their recent EP canyouhelpmeimfeelingalone in the span of a month, Kári Hrafn Guðmundsson (AKA Kári the Attempt) and Rakel Sigurðardóttir seem to glow in the afternoon sun. Blasted by vitamin D at an…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Laufey, Virgin Orchestra, Skrillex & Jónsi, & More
It looks like there’s a divide forming within the Reykjavík noise scene, as a festival rivalling Þórir Georg’s RVK Noise Fest announced their existence earlier this week. To be honest, we didn’t know the noise crowd was big enough to harbour any…
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Grapevine New Music: Múr, Talos Feat. Atli Örvarsson, & The Christmas Omnibus
We here at the Grapevine believe in healthy balance. So, in honour of that philosophy, we present you with this Friday’s picks, which include the healthy balance of black metal, electronica and a shitload of Christmas releases. Don’t hate us, it’s just…
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Grapevine New Music: Teitur Magnússon, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Oyama & More
It is. The freakin’. Weekend. So take a break from staring at the screen pretending to do work, pop your earphones in, and check out our new music picks. We’ve got Oyama’s smokin’ new single, some string strokes and strums from zen-pop…
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66 Degrees Of Sound: Hot Happenings #1
It’s been a couple of days since the great comeback of our podcast 66 Degrees of Sound with an absolutely fire artist spotlight on lo-fi indie-punks BSÍ. Today we bring you the second episode of our new thrice-weekly format, this time all…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: JFDR, neonme, Tilbury & More
Don’t you love it when the last day of the month happens to be a Friday? You arrive into April refreshed, energised and ready to take on the world. What’s also great about Fridays, is we have a fresh batch of hot…
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Grapevine Picks: Magnús and Skúli — Alicja Kwade at i8 — Salóme Katrín, ZAAR and RAKEL
The Grapevine brings you the pick of what’s going on in town this week. We’ve got album launch gigs to celebrate a couple of unique musical collaborations, and we feature the first show in a brand new art space where long-term exhibitions…
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Music Raised To The Power Of Three: Salóme Katrín, ZAAR and RAKEL
“It’s a grapefruit, actually,” Rakel Sigurðardóttir gently points out as we discuss a papier-mâché sculpture of a citrus fruit. To be fair it does look rather like a blood orange but, despite the name of the paper, becoming a Grapevine journalist doesn’t…
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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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Stepping Into The Sun: RAKEL Is Here With A Dreamy, Escapist Debut
“The whole EP is about feeling a little bit unsure of what you’re doing in life,” Rakel Sigurðardóttir says softly. “Just in general. Your place, where you’re at—it’s about kind of escaping your reality in some way.” She pauses, looking around for…
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Grapevine Playlist: CeaseTone, ALVIA, Jónsi, GusGus & More!
We love music! We love it a lot! We listen to it everyday! Just try us! CeaseTone – Continents They say January is the most depressing month of the year (especially when the light of the vaccinated tunnel still feels so far…