For A Love Of Moisturiser And David Bowie
If you don’t know much about Deerhunter‘s music, you probably should. However, this interview might not provide much in the way of information. Bradford Cox of Deerhunt
Dare We Be Excited About Reykjavík Music Mess?
OK so there’s this ‘new’ music festival making the rounds in Reykjavík (you might have noticed—you are reading a special Grapevine supplement about it). We think it’s ex
Reykjavík Gets Steamy with Blues Music
The frigid North Atlantic city of Reykjavík could not be any different than the birthplace of blues music in the swampy, steamy state of Mississippi. Despite the odds, the genre [
RMM – Your Schedule
Reykjavik Music Mess is an independent music festival in downtown Reykjavik, with shows at Nasa, The Nordic House and Sódóma Reykjavík. It is held for the first time from the [&
North Iceland Gets Jazzy
Tonak Jazz Orchestra and Matisand Jazz trio will be the last to perform in the JazzTA concert series at Götubarinn, a bar in downtown Akureyri tomorrow night at 21:00. Akureyri [&
DOWNLOAD YR. RMM COMPILATION – 16 TRACKS!
By now, y’all are probably EXPLODING with excitement about the upcoming Reykjavík Music Mess bash that’ll be happening in less than JUST ONE WEEK! Yes! A week from now, you [&
Lower Dens: Two-Hand Movement
Sweeping through its thirty-odd minutes in a laid-back haze of introspective nihilism, ‘Two-Hand Movement’ is a rainy afternoon of twinkling guitars, confidently ploddi
Aural Leftovers: Computer Lust
There’s no option but to bend over and take what’s on offer from our digital overlords. Offerings such as ‘Skywatchers’ from Yoda Remote, a rabid chipmunk duo who spent the
Skúli Sverrisson: Sería II
When it doesn’t get too stupid and sappy (like one of those unbearable French films with a season, colour or a place in France in the title), this is actually […]
RAVER MADNESS HITS REYKJAVÍK
Who: PartyZone DJs, RöXöR, FM Belfast, Booka Shade Where: Laugardalshöllin When: 26th march 2011 Despite arriving in a rushed state to Laugardalshöllin, I actually find I’m e
“We aren’t the Bee Gees or Justin Bieber”
Steve Austin is an infamous character in the heavy music world; a man who lends huge doses of brutal honesty and a terrifying, angst-ridden aura to the music he disseminates [&hell
We Made God: It’s Getting Colder
Look at the CD design for We Made God’s second album, with its bleak monochromatic photography and rigid lettering. They’re basically saying: “We’re not fucking around here
Melchior: 1980
Melchior is one of those prototype renaissance artist groups, consisting of multi-instrument-wielding folks performing music as a vehicle for poetry. Or is it the other way around?
Ferlegheit: You Can Be As Bad As You Can Be Good
Hot tip for you Icelandic bands with English lyrics: spell-check your motherfucking CD booklet… and learn English… and maybe get someone else to do your artwork… or, in fact,
England’s Mountain Green
Hurts, Dikta & Retro Stefson @ Vodafone-Höllin Sunday March 20, 2011 England’s fascination with campy, shticky, image-obsessed music has, after thirty years of cheesy Eurotr
Das Experiment, But Without All The Violence And Grown Men Pissing On Each Other
If you’re reading this and have any interest in Icelandic music, do everything in your power to see this. Between March 25 and April 2, the youngest generation of Icelandic [&hel
Remembering Biogen
Sigurbjörn Þorgrímsson was an electronic musician best known under the name of Biogen. To many he was simply known as Bjössi Biogen. A pivotal figure in Iceland’s electronic
Valdimar: Undraland
A laid-back collection of organ-driven pop, this album doesn’t do much of anything too interesting or remarkable, just kind of chilling in its own little universe of indolence. N
Deerhunter Are Coming! Deerhunter Are Coming!
For the first time ever, tickets are on sale for the Reykjavík Music Mess, an independent music festival that will take over NASA and the Nordic House on April 16 […]
BlazRoca: KópaCabana
BlazRoca’s epic-length, 21-track return to the Icelandic hip-hop scene is about as chaotic as you’d expect. It has about 15 tracks of booze-fuelled party anthems (there’s a f
Prepare For Battle At Sódóma!
Six bands square off at Sódóma on Saturday for the honor of playing at Wacken Open Air, a massive outdoor metal festival in Wacken, Germany. The festival is one of [&hellip