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Music News: Myrkfælni, Airwaves, The Return Of Vaginaboys
Iceland Airwaves have announced a new crop of bands for the 2017 festival, including Russian new-wave band Glintshake, Aldous Harding from New Zealand, and Jo Goes Hunting from the Netherlands. From the local scene, Músíktilraunir winners Between Mountains join the bill, along…
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Grapevine Playlist: Skrattar, Godchilla, AUÐUR & More
Spring is coming! What better way to celebrate than with some black metal, AutoTune and sludge-rock? Here it is: the latest edition of the Grapevine Playlist. Godchilla – Sparkling Void One band you can definitely trust not to use AutoTune or on-trend…
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Straumur: The Voice Of A (de)Generation
The find of February for us was local band kef LAVÍK. Although they didn’t perform at Sónar, they were there in spirit, as a song they produced and performed on was a part of the Vaginaboys show. They sound like a more…
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Vaginaboys Video Features Teddy Bears, Dildos, & Gas Masks!
Two weeks after releasing their début English-speaking song, “Feeling,” the anonymous and masked electro-pop-R&B group has released a video for it. Check it out! “The song is about a couple that is on-and-off for way too long,” one their masked crusaders tells…
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World Premiere: New Vaginaboys Song! In English!
Vaginaboys, the winners of the Grapevine’s Best Song Of 2015 award, have just released a new song, and it’s in English! The anonymous and masked electro-pop-R&B group has taken the Icelandic scene by storm with their EP ‘Icelandick’, an album that explores…
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Straumur’s Definitive List Of 2015’s Best Albums And Songs
Us Straumur guys would like to wish all of our readers a happy new musical year! With that out of the way, let’s dig into the recent past to uncover our top five favourite Icelandic albums and songs of last year. The…
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For The Love Of Music: Vaginaboys Made 2015’s Best Song, But How?
The biggest music story to come out of Iceland in 2015 was arguably Vaginaboys, the anonymous, maybe-or-maybe-not-a-supergroup, masked electro-pop-R&B crusaders who released an EP called ‘Icelandick’, played already iconic sets at Airwaves, and made music that managed to be sexy, sad, weird…
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Look! It’s The Winners Of Reykjavík Grapevine’s 2016 Music Awards
How often does an event have to be repeated to warrant tradition status? If the number is four, we present to you the on-going tradition of the Reykjavík Grapevine Music Awards! Since its first ever edition, music journalism has always been one…
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DL: The Best Track Of 2015 – Vaginaboys’s ‘Elskan Af Því Bara’
Seeing as we’re spending much of this January issue celebrating Iceland’s 2015 in music—a vintage year, by any standards—we thought it fitting that our Track Of The Issue should be, in fact, our Track Of The Year. The fact that Vaginaboys’ quietly…
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Straumur’s Guide To An Alternative Christmas
With that hectic Iceland Airwaves week still simmering in our hearts, we feel obligated to bring you a list of the top acts we saw at the festival. Here they are, in no particular order. It’s that time of the year again.…
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MEET THE NWOIHH!
The holidays are here. Your relatives are annoying. Gifts are expensive. We all need something to kick the edge. Why not try some fresh new Icelandic hip-hop? Yes, the world of Icelandic hip hop is rich and varied. From classics such as…
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Mischief, Mayhem & Hip-Hop With Iceland’s New Yule Lads
The Yule Lads are the thirteen Icelandic Santa Clauses who descend one-by-one on the thirteen days before Christmas to play tricks on Icelandic children. Their mother, Grýla, a mountain Ogress, eats badly-behaved children; her partner-in-crime is Leppalúði, another ogre and Grýla’s third…
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Download This! “Jólalag” By Vaginaboys
This song is to Icelandic Christmas songs what Stealers Wheel’s “Stuck In The Middle With You” is to Bob Dylan’s late ‘60s sound—a spoof so close to what it is mocking that the everyday listener stands little chance of getting the joke.…
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‘Icelandick’
So, there’s an anonymous, experimental electro-R&B group called Vaginaboys, and they have an EP out entitled ‘Icelandick’. I feel like, you know, what more information could you possibly need on the subject, but as Vaginaboys are clearly setting out to perfect some…
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2015 Kraumur Music Awards Shortlist Unveiled: How Many Have You Heard?
The annual Kraumur Music Awards have announced their 2015 shortlist. Once a year, this independently funded philanthropic arts prize makes it rain kronur onto the Icelandic musicians deemed most likely to turn the cash into wider success, domestically and internationally. The Kraumur…
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How To See Thirteen Gigs In One Day Without Even Trying
I work on Tuesday nights, so this year’s Airwaves didn’t start for me until nine that night, when I made it to Lucky Records off-venue; just in time to see the end of Stafrænn Hákon‘s amazing shoegazy/post-rock show, followed by the self-assured…
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Mr. Silla’s Airwaves Highlight Of The Day
Start the day with Jófríður at 15:00 at Alda hotel. Haunting melodies with a breathtaking vocals. Then move over to Just Another Snake Cult at 17:00 at Bar 11 to witness the psychedelic wonder-world. After that I would go to see the serenading…
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Dr. Gunni’s Airwaves Highlights Of The Day
dj. Flugvél og geimskip – Off-venue Slippbarinn @12:00 I will get some coffee and see Steinunn Hardardottir aka DJ F og G cook up some deep sea outer space nuggets. Skelkur í bringu – Off-venue Bíó Paradís @13:00 Featuring Steinunn Dj F&G…
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Sónar 2016 Sounds Off More Artists, Now Even More Exciting
Sónar ups its game today, announcing new additions to its quickly swelling lineup. Now set to perform at the festival in February 2016 are German DJ and producer Boys Noize, Detroit rapper Angel Haze, President Bongo (formerly of Gusgus) and his Emotional Carpenters,…
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Vaginaboys: A Rush Of Blood To Your Genitals
It was just spring that Vaginaboys burst onto the scene from out of nowhere. All of the sudden, their breakout hit “Elskan af því bara” (“Baby Just Because”) started spreading across Icelandic social media circles at an alarming rate. No one had…
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Two Big Names Announced for Sónar Reykjavík ’16
Sónar Reykjavík made their first lineup announcement about the 2016 festival today. The Icelandic acts announced include a rare show from Iceland’s much-admired Apparat Organ Quartet, and performances from homegrown stars Úlfur Úlfur, Sturla Atlas, GANGLY, Skeng and Vaginaboys. They also dropped…
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The Most Beautiful Thing In The World
Our current issue’s cover is beautiful. I hope you like it, I’m sure you do, but your opinion doesn’t really concern me, because I think that it is absolutely beautiful. Intrinsically beautiful. Unconditionally beautiful. Beautiful. Just beautiful. Heart-warming. Radiant. Touching. Its beauty…
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6 New Icelandic Bands To Watch Out For At Airwaves
As well as being a monolithic highlight on the city’s festival calendar, Iceland Airwaves also functions as a kind of informal annual survey of what’s good in the Icelandic music scene. Unusually, native bands make up the majority of the lineup, giving…