Track Premier: Sin Fang “Candyland” (Mikael Lind Remix)
Six months ago, from the ever-deepening swamp of SoundCloud, a single lily surfaced. It was called “Candyland,” the first single off of Sin Fang’s most recent album ‘Spacel
We Painted The Walls: Airwaves Leaves A Mark
Airwaves completely takes over Reykjavík 101 each year, but since 2015, the festival is leaving a more lasting mark on the city. WALLPOETRY is an initiative that brings together m
All That Shines And Shivers: Björk On VR & The Female Star
In Björk’s ideal fantasy life she spends all of her time writing music, cued by the cycles of the moon. “When the new moon comes, I’d go under, like a […]
Happening This Week: Video Release by Godchilla
Like the suburbs, like the smiling baby doll, like Christmas. There is something inherently creepy in that which is all too perfect. Sometimes its better to confront the dark and
Happening This Weekend: JEFF the Brotherhood at Húrra!
Nashville, Tennesee is a city synonymous with musical legendaries. J.J. Cale, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Earl Scruggs. Kelly Clarkson. Miley Cyrus. Yelawolf. All hail from Nashvill
Higher Frequencies: In The Studio With Plútó
We move quickly. Rúnar is behind schedule picking up Haukur and Siggi. There’s no time to get beers. We swoop Haukur’s music from his house, swing by Siggi’s house in [&hell
Music News In Brief: Q4U, Auður, and Björk and Björk and Björk…
Flashback: in 1982, the dark synth-punk outfit Q4U releases their first and only album, ‘Q1’. Shortly after they are featured in the seminal scene film of the time, ‘Rokk í
Alvia Islandia’s Top Five Albums
She was born in the summer but she loves the winter. This makes perfect sense. Alvia Islandia has a way of exhibiting darkness and lightness not as opposites, but as […]
Track by Track: “Draumleysa” by Martröð
There’s only one track for this issue’s track by track: Martröð’s “Draumleysa,” from their upcoming EP ‘Transmutation of Wounds’. Martröð is a black metal supergr
Happening Tonight: Kris Kristofferson
You may know him as the old dude from the Blade movies, as Barbra Streisand’s co-star in ‘A Star is Born’ or as the man who bankrupted United Artists by […]
Grapevine Playlist: September 2016
GANGLY – Holy Grounds So this is a bouncy bass thing for you luxuriously soundsystemed car, but at the same time it has an icy wistfulness, so you’re alone in […]
A Different Kind Of Map: The Travels Of Gyða Valtysdóttir
Gyða Valtýsdóttir sits at the table of her large, wood-lined loft apartment, cradling a cup of coffee. She stares into the distance, pondering the question. Most known as one of
Happening Tonight: Sin Fang and Tilbury at Húrra!
Last we saw Sin Fang, he was spewing flowers on the cover of his highly acclaimed 2013 album ‘Flowers’. Since then we have been standing by patiently to find out […]
Twenty Years Of Reykholtshátið: A Weekend Of Chamber Music In Borgarfjörður
Reykholt, population sixty, is a tiny village tucked away deep in a valley in Borgarfjörður. It has a long history, and was once a cultural centre of Iceland, but today […
Music News In Brief: Sin Fang, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Exos, and more!
Sweet thang Sin Fang released his fourth full-length album on September 16. The album, titled ‘Spaceland’, blasts listeners into the synthetic sunset; into a space of love lost
Happening Tonight: Mitch Frohman Quartet
Let your spirit move freely at tonight’s KexJazz. Six-time Grammy Award winner Mitch Frohman will performs his sax and flute alongside Joel Mateo, Eyþór Gunnarsson and Þorgrí
The Master Of Rhythm & Sound: Moritz Von Oswald
You can hardly overstate the effects of dub techno and minimal techno on electronic music. These two genres, originating in the early 90s, created musical ripples that have, in tim
Happening Tonight: Happy Birthday John Coltrane
On September 23, 1926 a young John Coltrane was welcomed into a small North Carolina town. Coltrane grew up to become one of the most influential jazz musicians in the history [&h
Happening Tonight: Ólöf Arnalds at Mengi
Ólöf Arnalds is a familiar face on the Icelandic music scene. She was a touring member of múm for five years, has collaborated with Björk, Muggison, Sígur Rós, and and [&hell
Fuck You Justin Bieber
Justin, please listen to me: I loved you. I begged the Grapevine to let me review you. I was a fan. I listened to your album all the time. I […]
History Of Jóhann: The Composer’s Path Through The Reykjavík Scene
Jóhann Jóhannson’s career has taken him through a broad range of bands and collaborations, some of which are profiled below. In our in-depth interview, he cited Reykjavík’s