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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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Grapevine Playlist: Fufanu, JFDR, ddykwl x HRNNR & More
From fresh-faced rappers to music scene royalty, here are the new Icelandic tracks that have caught our attention in recent weeks. ddykwl x HRNNR – Lada Brothers ddykwl and HRNNR are definitely ones to watch in the Icelandic hip-hop scene. With an…
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Track Premier: Sin Fang “Candyland” (Mikael Lind Remix)
Six months ago, from the ever-deepening swamp of SoundCloud, a single lily surfaced. It was called “Candyland,” the first single off of Sin Fang’s most recent album ‘Spaceland’ album released in September. The track bobs around the brain, each chorus bursts open…
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Hot Off The Press: Sin Fang, Tófa and Rímnaríki
One of the original mission statements of Iceland Airwaves was to get international eyes and ears tuned to the musical incubation station that is Iceland. It worked. The festival has seeped into international interest. These days it is not unlikely to see…
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Grapevine Playlist: September 2016
GANGLY – Holy Grounds So this is a bouncy bass thing for you luxuriously soundsystemed car, but at the same time it has an icy wistfulness, so you’re alone in your car. It’s not full on hysterically sad, so you’re probably not…
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Happening Tonight: Sin Fang and Tilbury at Húrra!
Last we saw Sin Fang, he was spewing flowers on the cover of his highly acclaimed 2013 album ‘Flowers’. Since then we have been standing by patiently to find out what this young boy has been up to. On September 16, his…
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Music News In Brief: Sin Fang, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Exos, and more!
Sweet thang Sin Fang released his fourth full-length album on September 16. The album, titled ‘Spaceland’, blasts listeners into the synthetic sunset; into a space of love lost, dark euphorias, and personal confessions. The album features cosmic collaborations with Jónsi, Sóley, Jófríður…
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Sin Fang Drops New Track Featuring Jónsi
Sin Fang, aka former Seabear frontman Sindri Már Sigfússon, dropped a new track called “Candyland” today. It’s the first glimpse of his new album, “Spaceland,” and features some trills of vocals from Sigur Rós frontman and much-admired solo artist Jónsi. It’s a…
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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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WE HAVE AN EXTRA PAIR OF SIN FANG TIX! THEY’RE YOURS!
Once we’d mailed out the prizes from last week’s Sin Fang Tin Drum ticket giveway, we realized we can’t math for shit. So, yup: we basically found an EXTRA pair of tickets to that bodacious Sin Fang show at Harpa tonight! It’s gonna…
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Happening Tonight: The Tin Drum – Sin Fang
Everybody loves everything Sindri Már Sigfússon does. Seabear, Gangly, Sin Fang, etc.—if Sindri’s involved, everyone’s gonna love it. Unusually enough, the Icelandic answer to RZA’s popularity is not the result of nefarious nepotism or shady back-alley deals—it’s because he continues to makes…
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Make A Weird Beard, See Sin Fang @ Tin Drum For Free, With A Friend!
Everybody loves everything Sin Fang does. This is fact. He’s playing a concert next Tuesday. At Harpa. It’s going to be so good. And guess what, reader? Because we love you, and want you to have nice things, we have managed to…
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Just Another Snake Cult’s Airwaves Highlight Of The Day
At 17:00 at Bar 11 I’m playing my third and final show of Airwaves 2015 with my band Just Another Snake Cult. After this I’ll probably catch my breath and grab some food. I make a year-round effort to check out all…
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Innipúkinn: Inner Demons And Outdoor Fan Service
With twenty-seven acts performing over the course of three nights in two venues, it was assured that you couldn’t see everything at Innipúkinn, even though you might want to. Since the rest of the city seemed hell-bent on getting out—barbecuing, communing with…
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Happening This Week: Sin Fang, Vaginaboys, Helgi Valur And More
With Sin Fang playing Húrra tonight, this week starts with a bang, and continues strong through the weekend with concerts and other events. See below for a selection of highlights. Sin Fang / Vaginaboys Sin Fang, winner of Grapevine’s 2013 ‘Album of the Year’…
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Straumur Dispatch: Vagina (dot) Love
One of our favourite Icelandic musicians, Sin Fang, is playing a show at Húrra on May 26. That alone is newsworthy, but the warm-up band also caught our attention with their name, Vagina Boys, and we look forward to seeing them for…
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Sing Fang Remixes Australian Artist Gordi
Sin Fang doesn’t produce an awful lot of remixes, but when he does, they’re pretty great. His latest reworking is of Australian artist Gordi, who has long been obsessed with Iceland. “A lot of the music coming out of Iceland at the…
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Sónar Is Here! And So Is Our New Podcast! Jófríður From Samaris Picks The Tracks!
Sónar Reykjavík is here! Yay! The Icelandic edition of the international electronic music festival opens its doors tonight at Harpa. Amongst the Icelandic performers tonight are Samaris, one of the recent young success stories from the Reykjavík scene. We talked to the…
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Icelandic Musicians Unite For Gaza Charity Album
Nineteen Icelandic bands and artists have donated tracks to a new compilation from the Iceland-Palestine Association. Entitled Fyrir Gaza (“For Gaza”), the album features tracks from some of Iceland’s most notable acts, such as GusGus, Sin Fang, Ólafur Arnalds and Mugison, with all the…
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40 More Acts Announced For Iceland Airwaves
After the big reveal of The Knife’s Iceland Airwaves performance last week, the festival has released 40 new additions for the 2014 edition. The announcement includes a fine selection of local artists, including Grapevine’s band of the year Sin Fang, the Ólafur…
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ATP Iceland Portrait Series By Matthew Eisman
I wanted to try something different and challenging at ATP Iceland 2014 so I decided to shoot a series of backstage band portraits. I set up a portrait studio on-location at Atlantic Studios and shot as many bands as possible. For some…
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ATP Music Festival Artists’ Update!
The organisers of the All Tomorrow’s Parties have announced a number of seminal artists added to their line-up.According to a statement from the organisers, amongst the foreign guests coming to our fair shores to perform are Mogwai, Slowdive, Shellac, Low, Portishead, Interpol,…
