Happening Tonight: Milkywhale & GKR
If you’re warming up for Sónar Reykjavík next week, there’s a fun party going down at Húrra tonight. One of the bright lights of Iceland’s recently energised r
Pink Street Boys Release New Video, Play Show With Muck Tonight
Obnoxious rockers Pink Street Boys have just released a new video that shows what they’re all about: classy joints, bar brawls, and gambling. Watch how drummer Einar turns to
Gangly: “Oh Grow Up”
In December of 2014, a song called “Fuck With Someone Else” hit the internet. The track was a glacially paced slice of R&B electro-pop, featuring a male and female voice [
Kiasmos’s Ólafur Arnalds Discusses His Many Lives As A Composer
The city is covered in fresh snow, and flurries keep whitening the windy shores of Reykjavík as we head to Ólafur Arnalds’s studio. Now that we see what he sees […]
Karó: Newcomer Of The Year
Karó is an exciting new artist who popped onto our radar last autumn with the release of the single “Silhouette.” Made in collaboration with producer and performer Logi Pedro,
Iceland Whatever: Indie Label Aims To Break Icelandic Bands In US
Bryan Riebeek is an imposing, bearded American fellow who might look familiar to those who like to paint the town red (or other less appealing colours) during Iceland Airwaves. He
Milkywhale’s Guide To Sónar 2016
Our favourite emergent band from Airwaves ’15 was the all-singing-all-dancing party band Milkywhale, the project of dancer, singer, and loveable stage dynamo Melkorka Magnús
Future Aesthetics: Holly Herndon Pushes The Boundaries
Holly Herndon’s ‘Platform’ is one of the most dense, dizzying, constantly surprising electronica LPs of recent times. Devoutly experimental in nature, it melds broken beats,
The Legion
The Icelandic black metal scene has been gaining a lot of traction as of late, playing at international festivals and in many ways redefining the genre. Check out the tunes, [&hell
Black Metal: A Beginners Guide
First Wave: The bands that inspired the second wave of black metal, typically dated from around 1980 to 1991. Check out: Celtic Frost—‘Morbid Tales’ Venom—‘Black Metal’
Black Metal’s Book Of Genesis
Loosely, black metal can be musically defined as an extreme type of metal characterised by shrieking vocals, fast tremolo riffs, high distortion, and low-production recording. But
Resident Sonologist’s Sónar Picks
Hrefna Björg is one of this issue’s Sónar picker. Rolling in from Breiðholt, Hrefna can frequently be spotted rolling in a yellow vehicle (bus nr. 3), sipping on coffee and [&
Black Metal Masters Zhrine Have One Gloomy Announcement And Release
Under an assortment of different monikers and styles, ethereal blackened death metal outfit Zhrine have been a staple of the local extreme metal diet since the new wave of Icelandi
Bára Gísladóttir’s Performances Are Full Of Surprises
In a dimly lit, pin-drop quiet Mengi, young composer and musician Bára Gísladóttir lies onstage on her back, behind her double bass. Barely visible, she starts to make sound—a
Holly Herndon On The Excitement Of Live Performance
Ahead of the forthcoming Sónar Reykjavík festival, we recently spoke at length to rising electronica star Holly Herndon, who’ll be performing on Friday 19th at SonarHall. Y
VIDEO: The Vintage Caravan Give Birth To A Monster, Flee From Zombies
The Vintage Caravan’s new music video “Babylon” may start with a stale interview, but it then shifts gears and turns into a frenzied horror-themed roller coaster
World Premiere: New Vaginaboys Song! In English!
Vaginaboys, the winners of the Grapevine’s Best Song Of 2015 award, have just released a new song, and it’s in English! The anonymous and masked electro-pop-R&B group has
Opening Tonight: Berlin X Reykjavík
The second edition of the Berlin X Reykjavík Festival presents jazz and electronic music from the German and Icelandic scenes. Various artists will perform in both capital cities
PREMIERE: Pocket Disco’s First Track & Music Video
Grapevine is proud to present the new magnificent musical duo, Pocket Disco. Salóme R. Gunnarsdóttir and Steindór Grétar Jónsson decided to make music together after a typical
Eitt
I was taken aback when I first started listening to this album, which manages to simultaneously sound like a score for an unmade film, theatre music and meditation music. I [&helli
Opening Today: Dark Music Days Festival
It’s time to wipe away your (proverbial) emo-kid bangs, even if it’s still dim and dreary outside—because the Dark Music Days festival is here. Since 1980, this cosy festival