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Grapevine Events: Áfram Ísland!, Dark Music Days, Grapevine Music Awards, And More!
Áfram Ísland! Áfram Ísland! If the streets are looking empty tonight at 19:30, then it’s because everyone is huddled around televisions, watching the Iceland vs. Denmark semi-final handball game. We’d venture to say almost every bar with a screen will be showing…
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The Grapevine’s Top Picks For Iceland Airwaves 2025
We decide what to see so you don’t have to At Grapevine HQ, Airwaves week is like Christmas. We get all giddy-like when the festival announces its lineup, and scramble to fill our Filofaxes once the schedule is up. In recent years,…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Neonme, Celebs, Magnús Jóhann & More
This being the last Friday before Iceland Airwaves, this is musicians’ last chance to fill streaming services full of their sweet, sweet music. With less than a week to go, Airwaves is the Icelandic music industry’s busiest week, as demonstrated by the…
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Video Premiere: Neonme Releases “Yet Again”
Behind the crunching, beating, otherwordly sounds of artist neonme is musician Salka Valsdóttir. Her debut album – the aptly named Premiere – was released October 23 via marvaða. Hot on the heels of the record, neonme is premiering the music video for her track…
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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…
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Short Shorts, Fake Asses & Feminism: Cyber Is CRAP
“So it’s the second day of high school,” declares Jóhanna Rakel—one half of rap duo Cyber—with a smirk and clasped fingers. “And there’s this girl sitting there with big headphones, braided hair, a Led Zeppelin t-shirt, striped leggings, drawing all over her…
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Salka Valsdóttir’s Five Favourite Albums
Salka Valsdóttir is a rapper from Reykjavíkurdætur famous for her flow and sick rhymes. The 101-based cool cat was raised in the theatre, with her father and siblings being actors and her mother a set designer. She knows her way around the…


