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Grapevine Events: Raving, Accordion Festival, Flea Market & More
It’s Friday! While our editor is headed south to run the Laugavegur Ultra tomorrow, the rest of GVHQ is hitting the town. Tonight, Bíó Paradís plays The Wedding Singer for their Party Screening at 21:00, and Magnús Trygvason Eliassen, Tumi Árnason, and…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Bríet, Virgin Orchestra, Creature Of Habit, & More
There’s a certain something to be said about summers in Iceland. You won’t hear me say it here — wait for our cover feature out June 6. The 24/7 sunlight, people manicly emptying the shelves of Ríkið… I’m getting ahead of myself here.…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Laufey, Virgin Orchestra, Skrillex & Jónsi, & More
It looks like there’s a divide forming within the Reykjavík noise scene, as a festival rivalling Þórir Georg’s RVK Noise Fest announced their existence earlier this week. To be honest, we didn’t know the noise crowd was big enough to harbour any…
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New Podcast Northern Rising Debuts With Virgin Orchestra
Ever feel like you’re stuck listening to the same, repetitive podcasts, where people yap nonstop about boring stuff? Say no more, and go check out this brand-new miniseries covering Icelandic music. Spotlighting Iceland’s breakout artists, Northern Rising offers a glimpse into the…
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Grapevine New Music: Árný Margrét, Floni, Virgin Orchestra & More
There’s an e.coli outbreak among preschoolers, Bjarni Ben is saying racist shit, Iceland reached its highest-ever murder count, and the world is burning: are you sure this is the future our grandparents worked for? We can at least console ourselves with the…
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A Three-Man Orchestra
Goth post-punks Virgin Orchestra’s release show was a hit Having arrived fashionably late to the show, I was surprised to see that the band had actually started. After living in Reykjavík and attended my fair share of performances, this was a first.…
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Post-punk Band Virgin Orchestra Celebrate Release Concert
Experimental post-punk band Virgin Orchestra host their first-ever release show on Tuesday, October 3, celebrating their debut album Fragments. The goth-influenced trio will perform at Harpa‘s Kaldalón at 20:00. Virgin Orchestra released their sonically packed debut album Fragments on May 12, via Smekkleysa. Since their…
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It’s Not A Phase, Mom
Virgin Orchestra’s Sonically Packed Debut Released on May 12 via Smekkleysa, Fragments is Virgin Orchestra’s debut album. Exhibiting a range of influences from post-punk to trip-hop, the album is “sonically packed,” in one band member’s own words. Virgin Orchestra walked us through…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Kristín Lárusdóttir, Virgin Orchestra, Cell7, Óreiða & More
It’s a dark day in Iceland as our collective Eurovision dreams have been dashed upon the rocks. Last night, the voters of Europe did not send Dilja forward to the grand final, making it the first time we’ll be watching from the…
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Grapevine Events: Misþyrming, Reykjavík Art Book Fair, Her Voice & More
You all know what Thursday means. Another fresh set of events guaranteed to quench your socialite thirst. With Easter rolling in next week, make sure to stock up on yummy chocolate eggs and think about Jesus. Stockfish is still going strong until…
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Grapevine Events: Food and Fun, Stelpur Rokka And The Mask
Two months down. Ten more to go. It’s the first week of a new month and you don’t know where to spend your monthly salary. Don’t worry! We’ve got you covered. Whether you’d like to pull up to a show, let international…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: PORT, Dream Wife, Febrúar & More
Friday? More like Fri-yay! Time to roll into the weekend with these fresh new tunes that hit our radar this week. We’ve got all the vibes here — a dark gloomy intense single from PORT, a flirty sassy warning in Dream Wife’s…