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Iceland Airwaves ’18 Is ON! Viral Rapper Tommy Ca$h Heads Up First Wave
The Iceland Airwaves Music Festival, which was recently acquired by Icelandic music promotion company SENA Live, has announced the first raft of names for the 2018 event. The biggest draw is Estonian “post-soviet rap” star and professional edgelord Tommy Ca$h, who went…
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The Sun Rises On Ísafjörður: Aldrei fór ég suður festival is back and better than ever
Aldrei fór ég suður (“I never went south,” in English) is an annual music festival in Ísafjörður that’s gone from strength to strength since it began in 2004. In the wilderness of the Westfjords, this remote town of a little under 3,000…
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Epilepsy EP
Let’s be straight from the start on this one: it’s not all indie-rock, quite often it’s the other way around; “Brick Thief”, the final track on this grower of an EP, provides more crunch than you’d anticipate from the Big Country-ish opener…
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Airwaves Day One: Terror In The Chest, Taking It In The Ass & Unexpected Horse Dick
So I’m just back from a four day trip around the south of Iceland, when I wake up from a deep ten-hour sleep, aching head to toe from walking and hiking and being in a car for a long period of time.…
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Rythmatik: Iceland Airwaves Rookie Card
Name: Hrafnkell Hugi Vernharðsson Band: Rythmatik Hometown: Suðureyri in Súgandafjörður, the Northern Westfjords Genre: Rock ‘N’ Roll Pre-Season: “For a long time, I was the black sheep of my family. I had no interest in music. My brother started playing instruments way…
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The Most Beautiful Thing In The World
Our current issue’s cover is beautiful. I hope you like it, I’m sure you do, but your opinion doesn’t really concern me, because I think that it is absolutely beautiful. Intrinsically beautiful. Unconditionally beautiful. Beautiful. Just beautiful. Heart-warming. Radiant. Touching. Its beauty…
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The Must-See Icelandic Acts At ATP + Festival Schedule
ATP Iceland is three this year, and we at Grapevine couldn’t be happier to see this discerning festival putting down some roots over in Keflavík. After memorable performances from previous headliners Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Portishead, ATP Iceland has…
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Music Champions Rythmatik Embrace Musical Diversity, Play For The Love Of It
It’s not often that a music journalist is picked up for a ride to an interview by the band’s mother. But the short story of Rythmatik is already one made up of firsts. Perhaps most significantly, they’re the first band from the…
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Download This: Rythmatik – “Tiny Knots”
This issue’s track of the issue comes from Rythmatik, the recent winners of Músiktilraunir, Iceland’s national Battle of the bands. This young four-piece, from the tiny town of Suðureyri up in the Westfjords, clearly haven’t let the brutal winter dim their spirits—their…
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Go West: Aldrei Fór Ég Suður Is A Festival To Remember
A trip up to Ísafjörður, the seat of Westfjörds’ municipality Ísafjarðarbær, is always a treat. It’s one of those towns where you feel like you’ve exited the real world, somehow. Even getting there is slightly surreal, whether winding around the narrow road,…
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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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Shows! Films! Haggis!
We at the Grapevine have been hard at work on our shining new listings website, and it’s finally live! Take a moment to browse through, we’re very proud of it. But enough yapping, here are some of the highlight events of the weekend:…