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 […
MUST SEE COVER ARTISTS
If you are holding one of four editions of this year’s Airwaves issue, featuring one of four musicians—Ásgeir Trausti, Gísli Pálmi, Skúli Sverrisson or sóley—that we thi
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 […]
WIN WIN WIN!! Take part in our special Reykjavik Rocks competition!
If you’ve seen our recent piece about the totally awesome Reykjavik Rocks bus tour that is happening during Airwaves, then you know that it sounds like a great way to [&helli
All Aboard The Special Rock Bus!
A special tour on Iceland’s musical history is on its way to Airwaves! Dear Airwaves visitor, chances are you’re going to have several dozen drinks, eat a bunch of [&hel
Last Year’s Most Awesome Airwaves Story Contest Winner!
1st Place! By Davíð Arnar Baldursson Hello Grapevine! I’ve got one Airwaves story for you guys. It is absolutely true, not my imagination. This happened at last years I
Talking Heads
Sóley composes music for “Breaking News,” a play starring puppets by Arit John Television. Radio. Newspapers. Computers. People are constantly bombarded with news from every d
All Killer, Fuck All Filler….
Bob Cluness’ Seven Bands To Catch At Airwaves 2012! Even though it was probably the most inexplicable decision of their careers when the editorial team at the Grapevine made [
From Louder, With Love!
Seven Bands To Catch At Airwaves 2012! By Rebecca Louder Going through that little Airwaves booklet and trying to decide which bands to see can be a rollercoaster of [&helli
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 […]
Superjack Soul Sisters: Sisý Ey Interviewed
Iceland’s new house group are gonna make you feeeeeeeellll…… If IDM is the brain of electronic music, and techno is its muscle, then surely house music is its sti
Chariots Of The Suomi – The Siinai Interview
Siinai are definitely a band that you would call wide-screen. From the thick synth drones of opening track “Anthem 1&2” on their 2011 debut album ‘Olympic Games,’ t
Breaking Out Of His Old Skin – The Ólafur Arnalds Interview
“What happened was a table attacked me! We were being filmed pretending to fight each other in a scene, but the director didn’t think that we were being realistic enough. [&hel
The Human Perpetual Creativity Machine – Þórir Georg Interviewed
“It´s not a big concern for me that I will spread myself too thin.” Even in the world of Icelandic music, where musicians are almost expected to have numerous […
Goodnight Deer Jumping Over The Moon: Interview with Good Moon Deer
Designed for the runway, not the record press? By Rebecca Louder “It consists of a person playing on a computer and another playing drums. The person on the computer [&hel
The Record Label Connection: Interview with Asonat
Tiny puzzles of language and obscurity By Rebecca Louder After five years of living abroad, Fannar Ásgrímsson, moved back to Reykjavík in October 2010 and found himself f
The Insider’s Guide To Iceland Airwaves
We ask the people in the know on the inside track of Iceland Airwaves, so now you know too! So you’ve decided to take the plunge and book your […]