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Grapevine New Music Picks: Nanna, Benni Hemm Hemm, Ægir, Yaffle ft. KARÍTAS, Sakaris and The Cult Of One!
BUMPER NEW MUSIC FRIDAY. That’s right, there were so many great releases (including Nanna from Of Monsters And Men’s first single from her debut record!) this week that we had literally no choice but to expand on our usual three picks and…
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Grapevine Playlist: Auður, Birgir, Skaði, Singapore Sling & More
What’s new in Icelandic Music you ask? Many, many things. Singapore Sling – Suicide Twist Take some classic 80s goth vocals, add a drum machine and some grunge guitars and wham, bam, a wild Singapore Sling appears. ‘Suicide Twist,’ the first single…
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Cold As Ice: A Rex Pistols Playlist
When asked to make this list I started with a nostalgic list that reminded me of my first trip to Iceland in 2006, where I blew all my money at 12 Tónar. My nepotistic second was a compilation of hits by my…
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Psych Fuck
Although not quite of it, Singapore Sling are a constant in the Icelandic music scene. As trends cycle from hip-hop to krútt to metal to techno and back again, Sling comfortably rest on the outskirts, eternally gazing into the void through dark…
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Happening Tonight: Singapore Sling Album Release Show
Singapore Sling makes music that’s trippy, gritty and heroic all at once, the sort of tunes you could envision soundtracking sex scenes in David Lynch films—but better. Songs from their new album ‘PSYCH FUCK’ run from acid rock to heavy psych funk,…
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Straumur: Deadbeat Summer Jams
It’s official and Straumur-approved: summertime has finally arrived! Here are some domestic jams to go with this particular time of year. Singapore Sling, “Summer Garden” Singapore Sling’s “Summer Garden” features a sweetness of the drugged-out Velvet Underground variety. Instead of their usual…
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The Tower Of Foronicity
Psychotic from moment one, “You Drive Me Insane” explodes into your consciousness like plunging down the first hill on a roller coaster. There is no escape from the insanity. A tsunami of intensity, this is like a lost, twisted surf single from…
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Free Music: Singapore Sling’s “Absolute Garbage”
Late last year, Singapore Sling dropped a mother of an album—after such a long wait! Yup, Iceland’s Only Rock Band™ is finally back and active. The album is called ‘Tower Of Foronicity’. No guesses as to what exactly “foronicity” means, but it…
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Kraumur Music Awards Announce Shortlist
It’s that time of year again, when the snow is on the ground, and everybody is getting very very listy. Kids are writing lists to Santa (or that evil child-chewing ogress or whatever the hell it is you write to here in…
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Free Pink Street Boys Album! Free Editorial! Free Love!
Here is a short editorial, inspired by the late, great Bill Gates and his vision, which continues to warm our hearts and our thighs through our pockets, via sturdy, glowing Gorilla Glass: Here’s to the volcanos. The eruptions. The shaking moneymakers. The…
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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…