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  • Music Being Played At The Grapevine Office This Week

    Music Being Played At The Grapevine Office This Week

    You might imagine our office as a European wonderland, with espresso machines and turtlenecks and sophisticated furniture. As a street paper, we keep our overhead low. So during the week, many of us have massive headphones on, blaring our music of choice.…

  • Life In Music: Sóley’s Top 8 Albums

    Life In Music: Sóley’s Top 8 Albums

    Sóley Stafansdóttir performs music as sóley. She first rose to prominence as a member of Sin Fang, but has since blossomed into one of Iceland’s premier singer-songwriters. Her new album, ‘Endless Summer’, comes out via Morr Music in May. This is such…

  • Grísalappalísa: Get Behind Me, Stuðmenn!

    Grísalappalísa: Get Behind Me, Stuðmenn!

    Winners of the ‘BEST LIVE BAND’ category of our second annual music awards, Grísalappalísa, just unleashed a cover of a tune by Stuðmenn – Iceland’s favourite pop band. The song in question, “Strax í dag,” is goddamn great, and seeing how they…

  • JFM Is An Icelandic Legend – Here’s Why

    For some of our international Airwaves guests, the name Jakob Frímann Magnússon might not ring a bell (don’t be afraid, we’re about to ring that bell for you, so long as you read on). However, every single Icelander knows the Jakob Frímann…