EXCLUSIVE: We Speak To Frímann Frímannsson And Krummi About LEGEND’s New Video
LEGEND recently released a video for the track ‘The City’, which is embedded below, and which you should watch for an insight into one aspect of Reykjavík living. Directed by
FM BELFAST ARE BACK AND TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS!
Words by Rebecca Louder / Photos by Alísa Kalyanova / Photoshoot wardrobe courtesy of Kormákur & Skjöldur Last Airwaves, there was a gaping hole in the lineup of Icelandic
Is Lára’s Moment Here?
Hi Lára! Sorry to be bothering you with all these questions right before the Airwaves festival starts (you are surely pretty busy getting ready for all those shows you’ll be
Back On The Stage With Rökkurró: We Just Had To Play Iceland Airwaves
Their first show in over a year Rökkurró are back for Iceland Airwaves with new energy and an acoustic set, but with the future yet to be decided By Steffan […]
JFM Is An Icelandic Legend – Here’s Why
For some of our international Airwaves guests, the name Jakob Frímann Magnússon might not ring a bell (don’t be afraid, we’re about to ring that bell for you, so long [&helli
Going Into Withdrawal: Interview with Halldór Ragnarsson
The Seabear and Mr. Silla band-member new art exhibition opens as a fun Airwaves party event Among the many great things about Iceland Airwaves is the fact that, along with [&helli
This Is Not A La-la-la-la Lovesong : The Hanne Kolstø Interview
You might have noticed the continuously strong Scandinavian representation at Iceland Airwaves through the years. And the 2012 edition is no exception, as you’ll find perus
Move Your Feet To the Reckless Beat – The Crunchy Frog Records Interview
Denmark’s Crunchy Frog Records are bringing the rock action to the festival that’s held on an even bigger piece of rock action! By Bob Cluness At the Grapevine, we love
The Science Of The Wub: The HaZaR Interview
The raw energy of HaZaR’s music is dragging Reykjavik’s dance scene into the NOW. By Bob Cluness Icelanders love their electronic music and have done for some time no
The Confessions Of A Misanthropic Musician: The Sindri Eldon And The Ways Interview
Here at the Grapevine we have writers who also like to moonlight as musicians now and again, whether the music be brassy ’60s pop, supercharged hardcore, or noise rock . Eve
Dreamland Regained – The Valgeir Sigurðsson Interview
The latest album from Bedroom Community founder VALGEIR SIGURÐSSON sees the composer beginning to stretch his music and ambitions, while marking the latest in a furtive year of cr
Getting The New Gang Back Together – The Mr. Silla Interview
If you’re the kind of person who keeps an eye on the Icelandic music scene, you will know that the social web of inter-band friendships and relationships here is often […]
Michael Gira And The Ever-Changing Goal For Joy
The SWANS bandleader talks about performance and the pushing of soundOccasionally when you import music into your iTunes, it will aggravatingly insert the genre name as ‘Unclassi
Self-Indulgent Brotherhood, Atomic Wedgie Law: Interview with Kiriyama Family
By Rebecca Louder / Photo by Þórir Ingvarsson There are twenty guitars, nine synthesizers and one bass guitar between the five members of the Kiriyama Family. The group h
Old Band On The Dock: GusGus are the champions of Airwaves!
By Rebecca Louder It was a (presumably cold and rainy) October in 1999 when one famous foreign artist and three super-hip Icelandic bands—Thievery Corporation, Toy Machine
Making Solar-Powered Music
As his Iceland Airwaves performance of Solaris with Ben Frost nears, Daníel Bjarnason walks us through the process of recording the piece By Thomas L. Moir A tall and [&hel
In With The New: Þoka play their first Airwaves ever!
By Rebecca Louder In the final acts of this year’s Icelandic Battle of the Bands, a surprisingly different kind of band took the stage. Lush and demure, the room […
The Pleasure In Neverending Anger: The Angist Interview
If you want to get some serious dancing, thrashing and moshing under your belt during your airwaves jaunt, then you should do yourself a favour and pop over to Café […]
Something For The Pain – The Heavy Medical Interview
Heavy Medical have ways of examining the places of your body you didn’t know existed. When it comes to making music, sometimes you can have just too many [&hell
Carl Sagan Pop Cosmology – The 1860 Interview
1860 do some mean folk pop, are fans of Jusup Wilkosz, and think Cradle Of filth are for kids. True story! [pullquote_left] “It would definitely fill us [&he
Dreams Of Something Wild: The Blouse Interview
Sometimes Reyka vodka is good not just for drinking and for setting fire to random objects. It can sometimes be used to bring new and unknown artists to our collective […]