Floating In A Bubble
Geislar concert at Húrra on October 14Red little spotlights moved constantly across the Húrra logo on the wall, and I could feel the relaxed vibes lingering in the air. Every [&h
Carcass Announced For Eistnaflug 2015
Metal pioneers Carcass and heavy metal stalwarts Kvelertak were added today to Iceland’s annual Eistnaflug metal festival’s lineup. The festival is held each year in N
Markéta Irglová Plays in Harpa Concert Hall tonight
Academy Award winning musician Markéta Irglová will play at Harpa concert hall tonight as part the final step of her two-month tour around Europe and North America. Markéta fir
To Them We Are Only Shadows
‘To Them We Are Only Shadows’ is the latest album from veteran Icelandic musicians Worm Is Green, a band celebrating its fourteenth year of operation. The group uses electronic
Oyama Have Turned A New Leaf
Oyama’s album release concert at Húrra on November 13Arriving at the end of warm-up band Nolo’s set, I hobnobbed with a few friends and wondered if I really should have [&hell
Welcome To The New Year
By the time this issue hits the streets, we will be halfway through the fourteenth edition of the Iceland Arwaves festival. At the day of publication, Friday November 7, Straumur [
What’s That Pinging? It’s Sónar-Eistnaflug Announcements!
FESTIVAL MADNESS YEAH! What’s the best thing to help with the post-festival blues? Some might say staying in bed with a ready supply of Parkodin and Coca-Cola; some might say
Get Serenaded By GusGus Singer Daníel Agust
Techno troupe unveil "Airwaves" videoRecent Grapevine cover stars GusGus today unveil a video for their new single “Airwaves”, in a somewhat timely fashion. It’s
WORLD PREMIERE: A FANCY NEW OYAMA TRACK!
Coolboy’s first single is outThe hepcats of Oyama are all set to unleash their monster of a début album, Coolboy, which will be released in Iceland via 12 Tónar on […]
Agent Fresco Release Parody Video
Math-rockers Agent Fresco may be in the middle of mixing their upcoming 2015 album, but they still found the time to release new video “Dirt Water,” which is a parody [
EP
What Kvöl’s new EP lacks in musicality is made up for in character. The Reykjavík-based post-punk band, which counts noted “Salvation Soldier” Þórir Georg as a member, re
Lay Low: New Video, Tourdates
Humble folk singer-songwriter Lovísa Elísabet Sigrúnardóttir, aka. Lay Low, has just released a self-directed video to her song “One Of Those Nights” from the 2013
Grúska
From start to finish, Grúska Babúska’s wobbly, otherworldly self-titled debut is a pleasure to experience. There is something definitively narrative and theatrical about the te
The Mengi Set
In the heart of Reykjavík, an exciting new venue is carving itself a nicheAmongst the fast-changing merry-go-round of music venues in Reykjavík’s city centre, something unusual
BÖRN
BÖRN’s self-titled début is what some of us have been desperately waiting for: an album that properly echoes the misery of living in Reykjavík. Unlike mediocre bands who s
Akranes: Where Busted Amps Go!
To Be Resuscitated By Flemming MadsenAfter carefully lugging my vintage guitar amplifier all the way from New York to Iceland, I foolishly plugged it in without a power transformer
Quarashi’s Music Video Odyssey
“It’s a strange combination of both people and music, you know?” Quarashi is an Icelandic rap group founded in the mid-90s by Sölvi Blöndal, Steinar “Steini” Fj
We Want The Airwaves
We are thrilled to announce that Straumur will host its own Iceland Airwaves off-venue programme at Bíó Paradís, November 5-9. We will have many of our favourite artists perform
Autumnal Blues
Five songs to get you through the fallThe pouring rain in the past couple of weeks has made it painfully obvious: autumn is upon us. It’s the time of the […]
Hugar
I found myself six tracks into Hugar’s self-titled instrumental debut before realizing that the first song had ended. This could mean one of two things: either the lack of ly
47
Japanese Super Shift’s ’47’ is an unexpectedly emotional album. The record, which marks the newest creation from producer-instrumentalist Stefnir Gunnarsson, offe