Grapevine Playlist: CeaseTone, ALVIA, Jónsi, GusGus & More!
We love music! We love it a lot! We listen to it everyday! Just try us! CeaseTone – Continents They say January is the most depressing month of the year […]
VIDEO: Alvia Is Back With “Pistol Pony” 🔫 🦄
Notorious elegant hoe, bubblegum bitch, and snow queen Alvia Islandia is finally here with her long-awaited “Pistol Pony”—a song she’s been teasing since the re
Grapevine Music Awards 2021: Shout Out – Rough Cult & Auður
The Grapevine Music Awards 2021 Shout Out award applauds two stellar projects this year. First off, we celebrate Rough Cult for their innovative music videos and second, Auður for
Grapevine Music Awards 2021: You Should Have Heard This – Hekla & RYBA
At the 2021 Grapevine Music Awards, there was a tie in the highly coveted “You Should Have Heard This” category. Both of our winners—one a theremin savant, the other
Grapevine Music Awards 2021: Best Video – Jónsi ‘Sumarið sem aldrei kom’
“Jónsi wanted to show the other side of Iceland, not the delusional version we’ve seen in the ‘Inspired by Iceland’ campaigns. The flip-side of the coin—arguably the mor
Grapevine Music Awards 2021: Artist To Watch – Holdgervlar
“The Holdgervlar themselves are xenobots, ready-made organisms, with human roots. They look back with nostalgia at human cultures, but with different levels of attachment to thei
Grapevine Music Awards 2021: Best Livestream – Live From Reykjavík & Post-Sessions
For the 2021 iteration of our Grapevine Music Awards, we decided to forgo one of our usual categories—Best Live Band—and replace it with something more fitting to the last 12 [
Exactly What It’s Supposed To Be: Ingibjörg Turchi Reflects On ‘Meliae’
In Greek mythology, the Meliae were a type of tree nymph. According to some sources, mankind actually originated from them. But regardless, the group represented the core of the pr
A Glorious Shrine To Nothing: Núll Is The Band To Not-Exist To
In years prior, I used to always describe Núll with silly epitaphs like ‘The Most Ungoogleable Band In Iceland’ or other such nonsense. I’m going to stop that now. There’s
The Grapevine Music Awards 2021: The Winners Are Here!
Oh, you thought a pandemic would stop us? No way! It’s January, and that means the Grapevine Music Awards 2021 is here! As is tradition, we at the Grapevine once […]
Grapevine Playlist: Bashar Murad, Oscar Leone, Birnir, Páll Óskar & More!
Music—have you of it? Here’s some of our favourite tracks from the last month. Bashar Murad – MASKHARA Bashar Murad—who you might know from his collaborations with
Track By Track: ‘Inspector Spacetime’ By… Inspector Spacetime
Dance-lovers Inspector Spacetime—Egill Gauti Sigurjónsson, Vaka Agnarsdóttir and Elías Geir Óskarsson—walk us through their debut effort track by track. Intro The simplest
Our Culture Editor’s Top Three Albums Of 2020: An Exhaustive Write-Up
This was supposed to be a top five list but after writing 2,000 words about three albums, I decided to make it the top three albums of 2020 as determined […]
The Official 2020 Reykjavík Grapevine Holiday Playlist
On Tuesday, December 22nd, the Grapevine staff put together a selection of their favourite Icelandic Christmas songs and then sent it to their intern Megan, who speaks no Icelandic
Limitless, Effortless, Genreless: Magnús Jóhann Refuses To Be Defined
“Basically, the whole beginning of this whole album process was not a single note of music, it was the cover,” Magnús Jóhann states. He’s referring to his recently released
Track By Track: ‘What Love Is’ By Rex Pistols
Goth isn’t dead, people. It’s alive and thriving in downtown Reykjavík in the form of Rex Pistols, who recently dropped ‘What Love Is,’ a soundtrack for the lace-gown-wear
Ultraflex Just Wanna Have Fun: The Group Talks Debut Album, Fashion, And What The Future Holds
[pullquote]”You’ve never seem someone swim sarcastically in a lake until now.”[/pullquote] Inspired by soviet aerobics videos, Ultraflex’s debut album ‘Vision
Grapevine Playlist: amiina, Atli Örvarsson, Brikcs & More!
It’s almost Christmas! Celebrate the end of Christmas music with this holiday feature. amiina – I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing Remember that Christmas soda comme
Grapevine Playlist: KARÍTAS, Fortíð, Emmsjé Gauti & More!
When you get tired of blasting Radiohead and crying, check out these songs. KARÍTAS – The Girl That You Want Last year, KARÍTAS made us v sad with the release […]
Track Premiere! “Þoka” By Herdís Stefánsdóttir
Composer Herdís Stefánsdóttir is most well-known for her soundtrack work—you might have heard her compositions on HBO’s ‘We’re Here’ or Russo-YoungR
Soundtrack To The Plague: Become Prisoner To Auðn’s Waking Dream
The newest album by Auðn, ‘Vökudraumsins Fangi’ (‘Prisoner Of A Waking Dream’), ends on the line “Minning þess sem aldrei varð.” It means “Memory of what never ex