In our first episode of “Uncommon Adventures,” we join members of Reykjavík’s Sea Swimming and Sea Bathing Association for a mid-winter dip in the Fossvogur Bay. Read the full story here: Don’t Forget To Breathe.

Four months after unleashing her latest album ‘Tookah,’ Emilíana Torrini has released a video for the title track, directed by the London-based visual artist group Shynola. In a feature interview with the Grapevine this past August, Emilíana explained the word Tookah’s origin.…

Poof! Five days packed with music, party and Grapevine Airwaves Podcast is now over. What a blast! As we say goodbye to Iceland Airwaves 2013 there is still room for one more thoughtful and yet entertaining podcast from your friends at the…

Wohoo! It is Sunday! We made it! Almost. Your audio-loving friends, the omniscient Grapevine Airwaves Podcast Team, has been rolling from venue to venue throughout Saturday. We bring you the best bits from the gigantic line-up and tell you tips on how…

You have survived Iceland Airwaves Friday and are looking for something to listen to while you rest up for another night of glory? Look no further! Your friends at the Grapevine Airwaves Podcast Team bring to you the newest ear candy available.…

As the third Iceland Airwaves day sees the rising sun, we are putting out yet another Grapevine podcast! Tune in for marvellous run through of best bits from Thursday. We are discussing song meanings with the band Hymnalaya, queueing for Ólafur Arnalds…

The first day at Iceland Airwaves just passed and of course, The Reykjavík Grapevine podcast was there for you. Today, we discuss our personal highlights from yesterday and give a listen to the broad and well-mixed line-up from the first night. We…

The Reykjavík Grapevine podcast is back! And what would be a better reason than the biggest music festival of the country–Iceland Airwaves! The Grapevine podcast team will bring you the sounds of the festival with interviews, music, people and Reykjavík. Wednesday is…

Following a new record deal with European label Nuclear Blast, youthful trio The Vintage Caravan have released a new video for the song “Expand Your Mind” from their second album, ‘Voyage.’ It is directed Bowen Staines of Don’t Panic Films who previously…

Following the release of HEK’s third album, ‘Please Tease Me,’ filmmaker Sigurður Ingi Sigurðsson made a video for the song “I’m On My Way.” Check it out below.

We talked with Magnús (Maggi) Trygvason Eliassen about Airwaves, lessons learned and the Moses Hightower fan club – while a jack hammer went off in the background.

We’ve been thinking about it for a while. We’ve even received letters begging for it. But now we’ve finally gotten around to doing it. Now we present to you the brand new Reykjavík Grapevine podcast! Usually we are just the coolest magazine…

Our favourite Viking metal band Skálmöld released a new video for their song “Narfi” yesterday. It is directed by Bowen Staines of Don’t Panic Films, who also directed Sólstafir’s “Fjara” music video last year. We posted the video on our Facebook feed,…

Issue 11 of the Grapevine features an article about street art in Reykjavík, so in the spirit of the issue we asked Icelandic artist Sara Riel to create a mural for the cover. Everything you see on the front page was painted…

First glimpse of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is online. As it was mostly filmed in Iceland last summer, there‘s obviously a lot of Iceland in it! The two minute trailer shows Ben Stiller jumping onto a helicopter in Stykkishólmur (West…

Iceland plays a small role in the first trailer released from the movie The Fifth Estate which premiers in October. It’s the story of how WikiLeaks came about, with the script based on German activist Daniel Domscheit-Berg’s book, ‘Inside WikiLeaks: My Time…