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Grapevine Music Awards: Artist Of The Year – Jófríður Ákadóttir
Once a year, we at Grapevine honour the best and brightest of the Icelandic music scene by giving out awards to some of the artists who light up our lives on the little subarctic island. The Artist Of The Year award goes…
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Áslaug Magnúsdóttir: The Master Collaborator Who Is Taking Centre Stage
Áslaug Magnúsdóttir takes to the stage in near darkness, her face lit only by her laptop screen. A juddering, bassy beat issues forth from the speakers. After less than a minute, she changes lanes, wrenching the sound towards a wash of ambient…
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Music News in Brief (All Caps Edition): JFDR, AUÐUR, GANGLY & More
Gone are the days of A-sides and B-sides, we’re in the world of track by track. Listeners are often seduced away from narrative storytelling and continuous threads by the Spotify temptress and the “new-here-now” workflow. But last month AUÐUR, one of Reykjavík’s…
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Sónar Day Two: Unexpected Feathers In The Upside Down
Day two of Sónar went off like a firework. Into the fray went one seasoned Grapevine veteran, Ragnar Egilsson, and our brand new intern, Joanna Smith. Here’s what went down. My Baptism Of Fire In The Upside Down By Joanna Smith I…
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Playing It By Ear: The Musical Universe of Kosmodod
Samaris is not a secret. The hazy electronic trio has been garnering attention from record labels, press, and, of course, adoring fans at home and abroad, since their debut in 2011. But success comes in different strokes. While some are “born to…
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It’s The Winners Of The Fifth Annual Grapevine Music Awards!
What do they have that you don’t? It’s the fifth annual Grapevine Music Awards. Which means that it’s the fifth time we’ve rounded up a panel of expert music nerds for a few rounds of drinks and the chance to hash out…
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Album of the Year: ‘Black Lights’ by Samaris
We’re riding on Segways. It’s the first time I’ve met Jófríður, Áslaug and Doddi of Samaris and we’re weaving through the summery old harbour on wheels, our roles oddly reversed with the gawking groups of tourists. It was 2013, and the trio…
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Straumur’s Top 5 Icelandic Albums of 2016
#5 Samaris – ‘Black Lights’ On their third and most mature album Samaris deliver threefold on their early promise as the best post-dubstep Icelandic pop band. Black Lights by Samaris #4 Aron Can – ‘Þekkir stráginn’ The young and talented singer/rapper Aron…
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Grapevine’s 2016 Playlist To End All 2016 Playlists
There was a veritable raft—nay, a FLOTILLA—of Icelandic bands doing great things in 2016. Aron Can, for example, racked up literally millions of Spotify plays in 2016—no small feat when only ~330,000 people can understand the language you’re rapping in. Fellow rappers…
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JFDR Unveils KEXP Session, Announces Reykjavík Shows
The cover star of Reykjavík Grapevine’s current print issue, Jófríður Ákadottir — — read the full “Year of Jófríður” story here — today posted a live session and interview about her JFDR project with Kevin Cole of KEXP. If you like what…
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The Year Of Jófríður
Jófríður Ákadóttir is very tired. She sits slumped on the red leather sofa of a comfortably dim downtown basement café, sipping a coffee; her pale blue eyes stare out onto the street, where groups of people meander past, their laughter and American,…
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Video Roundup: GKR, Samaris, Reykjavíkurdætur, Prins Póló, GANGLY
With Airwaves coming, pretty much everyone in the Icelandic music scene is gearing up to drop a new track or record in 2016. Here are a few videos that have caught our attention in the Grapevine office over the last few weeks,…
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Track By Track: Samaris Singer Jófríður Tells The Story Of Black Light
Samaris are one of the bright lights of the Reykjavík music scene. Famed for 90s-inflected breaks, sonorous clarinet and the intimate, breathy vocals of singer Jófríður Ákadóttir, their third (and best) album, ‘Black Light’, sees them picking up the BPM and transitioning…
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Happening Today: ‘Transcendence’ Opening Party at Lækningaminjasafnið
Local designer Hildur Yeoman will put to rest any questions about whether or not fashion should be considered art in her solo exhibition ‘Transcendence’. The installation combines design with video art, photographs, and performance art to examine the state of mind that…
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Samaris Drop First Video From Black Lights LP
Icelandic electronica trio Samaris have dropped the first video from their forthcoming second album, ‘Black Lights,’ which is slated for release on June 10th via One Little Indian. The album has English lyrics, and comes after a busy few years of international…
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Gangly: “Oh Grow Up”
In December of 2014, a song called “Fuck With Someone Else” hit the internet. The track was a glacially paced slice of R&B electro-pop, featuring a male and female voice teasing out the title statement over hushed synths and the gentle interruption…
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Swimming Through Seasons: Jófríður Ákadóttir Unveils A Poetic New Project
Hidden deep amongst all the extravagant blowouts, grand orchestral performances, strobe-lit dance parties, blood-splattered metal shows and twitching, apoplectic broken-beat DJ sets of Airwaves, one small, humble, quiet show came close to topping them all. The preternatural Jófríður Ákadóttir, well-known for her…
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That Second Airwaves Day: 11 Perspectives
Wow. It’s in full swing. Iceland Airwaves 15, such a crawling monster. So much good music, so many good times. We are all over that stuff. We are living, pulsating, vibrating, blubbering balls of joy. We are in the thick, in the…
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Happening Tonight: Mammút/Samaris At Gamla Bíó
Two of Iceland’s hippest bands unite to put on a concert by themselves, without any label or bookers, just for the chance to mess with each other’s sounds. One of the most original young trios around, Samaris blend Icelandic folk sensibilities with…
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10 Must-See Icelandic Acts At Secret Solstice + Festival Schedule
Secret Solstice is upon us! So, for those of you who want some HOT TIPS on the mass of Icelandic acts playing the festival, we decided to pull together a little guide to our favourite homegrown performers on the lineup. DJ flugvél…
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A Day Of Free, Local Music And Fun In Breiðholt
This Saturday, the Breiðholt suburb of Reykjavík will be a little (okay, a lot) louder than usual. The people over at Bedroom Community will be putting on the first ever Breiðholt Festival, a day of free (!) music and other arts events…
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GusGus To Launch New Fan Channel On Creators World
Icelandic techno dons GusGus are planning something interesting. Their website has been replaced by a big countdown and a trailer for a new service, promising exclusive content such as behind-the-scenes video footage for fans of the band. This new web platform has…
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Icelandic Music Awards: Prins Póló Wins 2 Categories, Is Playing Our Show Tonight!
Full list of Icelandic Music Awards winners below. Prins Póló—Grapevine’s BAND OF 2014 and makers of THE SONG OF 2014—won two categories at last night’s Icelandic Music Awards; for making “Pop Album of 2014,” and with main man Svavar Pétur claiming the title of “Songwriter…