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Grapevine New Music Picks: Bríet, Symfaux, Róshildur & More
After the Iceland Airwaves madness last weekend, some might think we’d take a break on covering music this week. Those nay-sayers wouldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, artists tend to use the festival as a publishing date, using the festival…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Hekla, Spacestation, Ari Árelíus, & More
It’s Friday, my gals, and time for a new selection of music making its way to the Grapevine’s office. Whether you’re in the mood for good ol’ fashioned rock ‘n’ roll, ethereal theremin compositions, or a meditative piano piece, boy have we…
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Grapevine Events: Extreme Chill Festival, Hafnar.haus Anniversary, Sævar Jóhannsson & More
Sorry we didn’t bring you an events roundup last week, we were out frolicking in the woods! For real, we found an actual forest in Iceland. You can read all about it in our new issue that hits the streets tomorrow, where…
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Track By Track: Where The Light Enters By Sævar Jóhannsson
Composer Sævar Jóhannsson shares his thoughts on Where The Light Enters Where The Light Enters by composer Sævar Jóhannsson was released August 22. On it, Sævar draws inspiration from meditation and 13th century poet Rumi. Sævar shared the stories and inspiration behind…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Biggi Maus, Brenndu Bananarnir, Úlfur Eldjárn & More
Wow, it seems like this Council of Europe thing took forever, but the schedule was only for Tuesday and Wednesday. I, for one, welcome our new European overlords. And what about those guns on the street? To be honest, the whole assault…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Xiupill, Juno Paul, Klemens Hannigan & More
It’s a bit cruel that we had a Thursday off to celebrate the Norse calendar’s first day of summer, and now we have to pretend to work again on a Friday, innit? At least we have another awesome delivery of new music…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Daniil, Ólafur Arnalds, Sævar Jóhannsson & More
We have an absolutely stacked new music list for you this week. It’s literally something for everyone on this list — Gen Z rapping, neoclassical simplicty, intense goth-metal, pocket-symphonic bombastic pop, country-rock sadness, bedroom electropop, and some jazzy versions of Björk classics.…
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Grapevine Events: Stockfish, Kælan Mikla, Lúpína and Piano Day
Well well well, if it ain’t time for the weekly events roundup. And this coming week is packed with goodness! The Stockfish Film Festival is back, with no shortage of amazing films to check out. Iceland’s most famous goths Kælan Mikla are…
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Holy Shit! It’s The 2023 Grapevine Music Awards!
What will 2022 be remembered for? If 2020-2021 were “the lost years,” where artists went insular and mused on solitude and resilience, then 2022, in comparison, was the year of fresh starts; a cautious but joyful movement towards normality. Larger-scale live events…