Track by Track: Une Misère’s ‘01.07.17’
Fresh off taking first prize at the Wacken Metal Battle, the hardcore boys of Une Misère dropped their first full release on July 1. Entitled ‘01.07.17’’, the mixtape featur
Socially Experimental Summer Camp: LungA Festival 2017 Reviewed
On the eleven-hour drive from Reykjavík to Seyðisfjörður—the picturesque locale of the LungA Arts festival—the wind and rain blew so explosively that our windshield wipers
The Empire Strikes Back: The Second Coming Of Underground Pop Icon Berndsen
“‘I think we got it good and why should we change a thing.’ Where am I going with this lyric? I’m happily married with two kids, what am I going […]
Music News: Högni, JFDR, Kælan Mikla, Úlfur Úlfur, Melodica & Airwaves
Singer, songwriter and all-round star Högni—who you may know from Hjaltalín and a stint as a vocalist in GusGus—has signed a record deal with the Erased Tapes record label. H
Straumur: The Old And The Nu, With Black Pox, Par-Ðar, EinarIndra & More
The rapper Bróðir Big just released his debut LP, ‘Hrátt Hljóð’ (“Raw Sound”), and while there sure is a swelling hip-hop wave in Iceland right now, Bróðir Big sits
Innipúkinn: Outdoor Festivals Are Self-harm
As thousands of people leave the capital area on Merchants’ Weekend, filing off to outdoor festivals around the country, those remaining in Reykjavík can experience the best of
The Freaky Fringe Family Reunion Of Norðanpaunk
You’re in a dimly lit community center. It’s 14:00. On stage, a masked man bashes on a drum kit while another screams into a megaphone in Finnish. They bow to […]
Grapevine Playlist: Högni, Sturla Atlas, Indridi, Sólveig Matthildur & More
With festival season in full flow and new releases coming thick and fast, here are some of the latest Icelandic tracks that have been catching our attention. Indridi – Undira
Comets And Trúnó: Moses Hightower On Knowing How To Break The Rules
Moses Hightower might be one of the busiest bands in Reykjavík. As we sit down to talk, lead singer and keyboardist Steingrímur “Steini” Karl Teague is about to embark on [&h
Mind Clouds & Exploding Hearts: Sólveig Matthildur Synthesizes Emotion Into Music
Sólveig Matthildur takes to the murky stage of Húrra, dressed in black and bathed in red light. She surveys the crowd coolly as she starts the backing track—a warm tide [&helli
My Bubba: Milk From Another Planet
Icelander Guðbjörg Bubba Tómasdóttir and Swede My Larsdotter grew up close to each other in the southern part of Sweden, but never met until Bubba responded to My’s “roomma
Track by Track: HAM – ‘Söngvar Um Helvíti Mannana’
Icelandic rock megaliths HAM recently dropped their newest album, ‘Söngvar um helvíti mannanna’, or “Songs about the Hell of Man.” We sat down with the group to hear more
Shards of Glass and Iron Scraps: Kött Grá Pje Retires
“I feel average, which is something I can’t be content with,” says the artist and writer Kött Grá Pje. He announced his retirement from rap music on Twitter just this [&hel
Breathing New Life: Reykjavík Classics Comes To Harpa
It’s not every day that one can afford the luxury of listening to a classical concert performed in one of the most breathtaking man-made venues in the world. Or at […]
Music News: Ásgeir Plays For 24 Hours, Innipúkinn Lineup, Record Records Is Ten
Icelandic indie label Record Records celebrated its tenth birthday this month. Started in 2007 by record store clerk Haraldur Leví Gunnarsson, the label evolved over the years fro
Becoming Canon: Electronic Artists Pay Tribute To Biogen
In music, canon is the technique in which a single melody is overlaid with imitation melodies at different intervals. The original melody is the leader, the subsequent copies its f
Kinder Sides Of Violence: The Slow But Sure Rise Of Mammút
Few bands make it past the decade mark—even the Beatles just scraped the milestone—but Mammút have been around since 2004. On July 12, they released their fourth studio album
Breaking Through: Between Mountains Emerge From The Fjords
When the mayor of Reykjavík announced the winners at this year’s Músíktilraunir, Iceland’s battle of the bands, they couldn’t believe it. Middle schoolers Ásrós Helga Gu
Grapevine Playlist: Gus Gus, Skólarapp, Bróðir BIG, Sóley, Sin Fang, Örvar Smárason
Here are a few of the latest Icelandic tracks that have been rattling around on the Grapevine stereo. GusGus – Featherlight After reinventing themselves as a techno outfit in
Short Shorts, Fake Asses & Feminism: Cyber Is CRAP
“So it’s the second day of high school,” declares Jóhanna Rakel—one half of rap duo Cyber—with a smirk and clasped fingers. “And there’s this girl sitting there with
Straumur: Anderson .Paak-robatics and kef LAVÍK Videodrome
First things first, the Secret Solstice festival that took place in Laugardalur from June 1518 was a monstrous blissful good time for us. The best in show this time was […]