WTF ICELAND AIRWAVES!? Pt. III: Advice for getting through your first (or fifth!) festival experience
Dear Grapevine, I’ve heard rumours that getting into the more well-known bands’ shows will be really difficult and I may have to wait in line for a long time. Is […]
POLIÇA Just Up And Cancel Their Airwaves Show – Airwaves Crew “NOT AMUSED”
From out of the blue, Minneapolis hipstercore merchants Poliça have cancelled their scheduled Iceland Airwaves appearance, a mere week before they were set to headline Thursday n
sóley’s New Video Is A TOTAL BEAUT! Checkitout!
Oh hey wow! The one and only sóley, who many of you might know from one of her NINETY FIVE MILLION YOUTUBE HITS that her most awesome solo stuff has […]
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
IT’S HERE! IT’S FINALLY HERE! Grapevine’s Fancy Airwaves 2K12 Compilation Is Here!
FANCY THIS, EVERYONE! IT’S HERE! IT’S FINALLY HERE IN ALL ITS 512 MEGABYTES OF GLORY! Yup, as we promised in our last issue (which contained a pretty rad Airwaves-pullo
Have Some S.L.Á.T.U.R.
When describing S.L.Á.T.U.R, a Reykjavík-based music collective, it’s perhaps best not to try to describe them at all. “It is specific, but hard to put into words,” S.L.Á.
Oléna: Made In Hurt By Heart
On the surface of things, Reykjavík-based French singer Oléna appears to fit in well with the myriad of other kooky (in a good way) electronic artisans that verge on being [&hell
Videos From The Edge. Muck On Tour!
What – TWO instalments of “Postcards From The Edge” in two day? I know, we’re just spoiling you with it all. But as this just fell into our laps, we thoug
Postcards From The Edge – Noise
Postcards From the Edge is our cheeky little Airwaves feature where bands who are currently on tour outside of Iceland, send us short tales of where they are and of the […]
Video: Plastic Gods – “Burning Of The Midday Bowl”
Video by Alísa Kalyanova / Interview by Bob Cluness Our exclusive live video coverage in the run up to Iceland Airwaves 2012 continues apace with a very special video for y̵
Postcards From The Edge – Sudden Weather Change
Our semi regular Airwaves series POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE is where bands who are currently touring and travelling to all sorts of fun places across the world (picking up several [&h
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
Don’t Have A Ticket To Airwaves?
You can still take part in some of the awesome festival fun! By Anna Andersen Attention tourists who for some reason decided to visit Iceland at the end of October/beginning [&hell
Kiasmos: Thrown EP
A side project of melancholy orchestral maestro Ólafur Arnalds and Bloodgroup member Janus Rasmussen, Kiasmos explores the pair’s shared interest in minimal techno and electroni
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 […]
A Stomach Churning Ride
On September 29, Kira Kira celebrated the release of her rather splendid “Feathermagnetik” album in Harpa’s Kaldalón recital hall. She was accompanied in her mus
Postcards From the Edge – Ólafur Arnalds
In the run up to Iceland Airwaves, we at Grapevine Towers often receive missives, intriguing data packets and other such stuff from artists who are away from the Motherland, lettin
Special Live Report: How Cheek Mountain Thief Fixed It For Me
In a special live review, writer and Drowned In Sound photographer Carmel McNarmara, tells of experiencing Cheek Mountain Thief at first hand in Holland, and how Mike Lindsay en
Great Airwaves Memories Plus One Virgin’s Expectations
Christian Hoard, Rolling Stone I have tons of great memories from past festivals. Like the time in 2005 when I lost a drunken bet (something to do with someone eating […]