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Iceland Weekly News RoundupFilibuster ends, heat record, hotel shooting, war on a plant, listener's questionsAre you enjoying this? Are you not? Tell us what to do more of, and what you'd like to hear less of. The Reykjavík Grapevine's Iceland Roundup brings you the top news with a healthy dash of local views. In this episode, Grapevine publisher Jón Trausti Sigurðarson is joined by Grapevine's staff journalist Jóhannes Bjarki Bjarkason, and Grapevine friend and contributor Sindri Eldon to roundup the stories making headlines in recent weeks. On the docket this week are: ✨End of longest Filibuster ever at Althingi✨Will the Icelandic heat record of...2025-07-1455 min
66 Degrees of SoundArtist Spotlight: Xiupill (REPLAY)Send us a textComing back from our last holiday of the summer (verslunarmannahelgin) and slowly coming back to life / back to reality, we bring you another replay of one of our classics. This time we bring you a re-listen of our artist spotlight with genre-bending and self-described “boy band” Xiupill.With members hailing from Iceland, Spain and the US, the three-piece create a blend of production, performance and artistry that looks firmly to the future of music production while embracing diverse elements of the past. Two thirds of the band — Juan M. Melero and Jón Múl...2024-08-0633 min66 Degrees of SoundHot Happenings: SAMANFEST 2024Send us a textWe have reached Verslunarmannahelgi, aka Merchant's Day Weekend, the unofficial "end of summer" in Iceland which is marked by a long weekend full of festivals and parties all over the country. The newest addition to the festival roster is SAMANFEST, presented by Slacker Events & Iðnó, who are coming in hot and poised to become a yearly standard in Reykjavík.Joining us to talk about this brand new event are besties of the pod Agnes Hlynsdóttir from Iðnó and Alfreð Drexler from Slacker Events, who take us through the upc...2024-08-0234 min66 Degrees of SoundArtist Spotlight: BSÍ (REPLAY)Send us a textWith August on the doorstep and our cohost Jóhannes Bjarkason going on holiday, we will be doing things a little bit differently this month and bringing you some replays of some of our favourite artist spotlight episodes. Jói and Rex handpicked a selection of top notch guests we've had in this year, which you may have missed if you're a new listener.For our first replay episode, we go back to April when we were joined by lo-fi indie-punk darlings BSÍ in the hotseat, or rather one half of the...2024-07-3040 min66 Degrees of SoundSaturday Morning Mix #12Send us a textIt's another short-mix this week as we wind down with our final episode before our August break. Jói is heading to Denmark for the month, where he will troll the locals by speaking to them in English with a Danish accent. Rex will be on staycation on their ongoing mission to hug every cat in Reykjavík.But we won't leave you hanging! Throughout August we will re-release some of our favourite episodes from the archive, some re-cuts of old classic mixes, and maybe even a blooper reel. If you ha...2024-07-2742 min66 Degrees of SoundHot Happenings: Norðanpaunk Turns 10!Send us a textYou know that meme that’s like “If there’s no girls, goths, or gays, I’m not going”? If you giggled and double-tapped it, Norðanpaunk is the festival for you. Celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, Norðanpaunk (“northern punk”) is a countryside celebration of dark, extreme, underground and weird music. Taking place every year during Verslunarmannahelgi (Merchant's Day Weekend) in the quiet hamlet of Laugarbakki, North Iceland, it is a whole reunion for freaks and their families.Based on the ethos of DIY, punk, harm reduction and anti-oppression, the volunteer-ru...2024-07-2545 min66 Degrees of SoundArtist Spotlight: lúpínaSend us a textOur guest today is lúpína, the artist name of Icelandic-Norwegian singer-songwriter Nína Solveig Andersen. The Oslo-based artist was awarded our 2024 Grapevine Music Award for Song of the Year with her breakthrough single “ástarbréf”, which was also on her debut album ringluð. She's been releasing hit after hit this year, including the singles "sad club" and "gegnsæ" which are absolute earworms. On this episode, we also have the great honour of premiering her upcoming new single "ein í nott" which is a collaboration with Eurovision darling Daði Freyr! Enjoy! 2024-07-2339 min66 Degrees of SoundSaturday Morning Mix #11Send us a textAnother fine Saturday with a cup o' Joe and another episode kicked off with hijinks! After an hilarious false-start in the studio, we get into a shorter but fantastic mix for you as we wind down July and shift into vacation mode.That's right — vacation! With Jói heading off on holiday for the month of August, we will be taking a brief recording break and will spend the month re-releasing some of our favourite episodes from the archives. If you have any faves you want to hear again, drop us a l...2024-07-2043 min66 Degrees of SoundHot Happenings: Innipúkinn FestivalSend us a textThis week we're diving into the upcoming Innipúkinn Festival, happening August 2-4 at Gamla Bíó and Röntgen. Since 2002, the festival has held down the home court over verslunarmannahelgi, “merchant’s day weekend”. Translating loosely to “inside demon”, the festival happens inside in both senses of staying in Reykjavík and primarily happening indoors, while out in the countryside the parties rage in open fields.Festival organiser Eldar Ástþórsson joins us to give us a history lesson of the festival and a preview on what's coming up this year.Tickets t...2024-07-1848 min66 Degrees of SoundArtist Spotlight: Hasar (Uncut & Unhinged)Send us a textYou know those Monday mornings where you're feeling the Garfield mode extra hard, and then someone rocks up with enough energy to power the entire city? That's exactly what went down on this artist spotlight episode with true rocker Hasar.The current band name of musician and actor Örn Gauti Jóhannsson, Hasar just released his first EP Gestalæti on July 7. Örn Gauti was originally a member of the band Hórmonar and broke out as Hasar last year, coming in real hot with the debut single “Báða daga, allar hel...2024-07-1652 min66 Degrees of SoundSaturday Morning Mix #10Send us a textWhile we're stuck in Reykjavík enjoying this delightfully cloudy and cold July, we are travelling through the conveyance of music alone to get our summer holiday fix. This week's playlist is a journey of all the summer vibes; cute indie-punk, beer swilling comedy-folk, wine on the patio salsa, and more. Kick back and sail away on these fine new tunes.Episode Tracklist:Woolly Kind — ég hef ekki farið í sturtu síðan í fyrra (r. July 2)Villi Neto — Sem Kóngur Ríkti Hann (r. July 5)Bogomil Font & Salsakommúnan — Í minni skel...2024-07-1345 min66 Degrees of SoundHot Happenings: Prikið with Geoffrey Þór Huntingdon-WilliamsSend us a textVery few places in Reykjavík have endured or garnered such a unique reputation as downtown institution Prikið. Known today as the beating heart of Iceland's hip hop scene, the cultural icon goes back way further than many people — including us! — even know.On this episode, Prikið's co-owner and well-known local character Geoffrey Þór Huntingdon-Williams joins us in the studio and gives us a deep dive into Prikið's past, present and future, offering us a glimpse into a rich and storied history that continues to this day as a living bre...2024-07-1145 min66 Degrees of SoundArtist Spotlight: Guðmundur Ari Arnalds (slummi)Send us a textOur guest today is Guðmundur Ari Arnalds, aka slummi & many other monikers, experimental artist, producer, and sound engineer who has been active for many years. He released two albums this spring — Idiot Flower on April 26 and Bastard Flower on May 31 — his first solo releases under the moniker slummi. He has also been working at the beloved venue Mengi since 2014 in many capacities and is involved with a lot of activity at the Hafnar.haus studio space. An overall well-known and admired person in Reykjavík's live music scene for both his ow...2024-07-0932 min66 Degrees of SoundSaturday Morning Mix #9Send us a textWe are fresh as the lupins in full bloom and quoting The Cure on this fine Saturday morning! Coming at you with a tangent-heavy introspective episode, this week's mix is full of darkpop gems, cool summery bops and eighth grade mallgoth perfection (it is not a phase, mom.)We also remembered that our sweet new mixer has a soundboard so we go full ham on the airhorn. Let us know in the comments if you want more or less airhorn.Episode Tracklist:KUSK – Sommar (r. May 10)2024-07-0647 min66 Degrees of SoundHot Happenings: Agnes Hlynsdóttir (LEMMY & Iðnó)Send us a textOver the past months, almost every guest on our show has brought up the state of the live music landscape in Reykjavík in terms of the lack of midsize venues to play. This being a huge subject for all of us over at Grapevine HQ — contributor Ish Sveinsson Houle tackled just this topic in an article in our 8th issue this year.One young booker who is throwing caution to the wind and doing things her way is Agnes Hlynsdóttir, manager and booker at LEMMY and events and culture book...2024-07-0440 min66 Degrees of SoundArtist Spotlight: TófaSend us a textThis week kicked off with truly Garfield vibes in GV HQ Studios, with your dear hosts Rex and Jói just needing naps and lasagna. Our spirits were immensely lifted by our guests, Allie Doersch and Árni Þór Árnason of longstanding punk band Tófa. Tófa has been around the Reykjavík music scene since their debut album Fleetwood Max in 2015. Ferocious and poetic, Tófa consists of singer Allie Doersch, bassist Andri Freyr Þorgeirsson, guitarist Árni Þór Árnason, and drummer Jóhannes Ólafsson. With two albums under their belt, Tófa is set to r...2024-07-0248 min66 Degrees of SoundSaturday Morning Mix #8Send us a textAfter nearly a full month of grey fake-summer in Iceland, it's hard to believe that the sun has finally come out for this last weekend of June! We aren't getting too excited — lest we jinx it — so instead we will just enjoy these sunny new tunes no matter what the sky does. Jói and Rex are still deep in brain-rot mode, so it's a fun one. Enjoy!Episode Tracklist:Una Schram — 1999 (There You Go) (r. June 14)Supersport! — fingurkoss (r. June 14)Silva & Steini — I Ought To Stay Away From You (r...2024-06-2945 min66 Degrees of SoundHot Happenings #9: Hátiðni Arts FestivalSend us a textOn today’s Hot Happenings we will be previewing the upcoming Hátiðni Arts Festival, which takes place July 5 — 7 in Borðeyri, North Iceland. Originally a brainchild of the Post-dreifing collective, this will be the sixth edition of the independent grassroots music and arts festival that thrives on a Do-It-Together community model and entirely volunteer run.Artists on the lineup this year include Áslaug Dungal, MC Myasnoi, K.Óla, Snowed In, Diamond Dolls, Skelkur í Bringu, and so many more. The festival also includes a huge visual art facet that highlights works from...2024-06-2740 min66 Degrees of SoundArtist Spotlight: Ólöf RúnSend us a textOn this week's artist spotlight we welcome musician, artist, organiser and friend-of-the-pod Ólöf Rún Benediktsdóttir, a long-time member of Iceland’s grassroots music and art communities. This is her second time joining us in the studio, as she stepped in as guest co-host on an episode with us last summer in our old digs at 101 Útvarp, and we are very happy to have her back.Ólöf is a member of the ethereal-doom band Svartþoka, where she plays theremin and sings. She is also prominently involved with Læti a pla...2024-06-2545 min66 Degrees of SoundSaturday Morning Mix #7: Monday Mix-Up Edition #2Send us a textIllness struck the 66DoS crew again last week which caused confusion of all kinds, so the episode meant for last Saturday is hitting you on this fresh Monday morning! It's a truly mixed episode this week where we go from light tunes to dark subjects real fast. Starting with lovely ambient and cool post-punk leads us to songs addressing the ongoing Israeli siege in Gaza and genocide of Palestinians. It's a heavy but necessary turn.Episode Tracklist:Pan Thorarensen feat. Patricia Wolf — Ljósadúnurt (r. May 31)Spacestation — Í Draumalandinu (r. June...2024-06-241h 0866 Degrees of SoundHot Happenings #8: BerndsenSend us a textEvery once in a while we are treated to a big show by an elusive favourite, and that is just the ticket next week as long-time synthpop outfit Berndsen grace us with a huge solo gig at Iðnó. Leader and namesake of the band David Berndsen joins us in the studio this week to tell us all about the gig that we are truly stoked for. Due to scheduling conflicts, Jói couldn't join for the interview but is there in spirit and in the banter. Berndsen play at...2024-06-2031 min66 Degrees of SoundArtist Spotlight — Mighty BearSend us a textHaving just celebrated Iceland's 80th birthday, we are back at it this week with another wonderful artist spotlight! This week, Rex and Jói welcome experimental dark pop performance artist and queer icon Mighty Bear to Grapevine HQ Studios.Having just released his latest album Angurværð on May 31, the EP marks a turning point for Mighty Bear as he tests the limitations of his artistry within a neoclassical soundscape. We had a rousing talk about his latest album, the catharsis of music for processing grief, artistic maturation, and the state of...2024-06-1837 min66 Degrees of SoundSaturday Morning Mix #6Send us a textAfter skipping a Saturday morning mix episode last week, we were so excited to get back into the groove that neither of us could shut up this week. In a slightly longer episode than usual, we delve into the nature of artist collaborations, the authenticity of revival genre bands, and the progression of mainstream Icelandic hip hop. Episode Tracklist:Birnir & Bríet — Juvenile (r. May 31) Jónfrí & Ólafur Bjarki — Gott og Vel (r. June 7) Brimbrot — Tequila Mockingbird (r. June 6) Lada Sport — Þessi eina sanna ást (r. June 7)Aron Can...2024-06-1551 min66 Degrees of SoundHot Happenings #7: Slacker EventsSend us a textWith our new Grapevine issue about to drop tomorrow, we heat up the happenings once again this week with our guests from Slacker Events, an independent production and promotion team bringing banging parties to our local scene. The Slacker Events team is led by Atli Steinn Bjarnason and Alfreð Drexler, both long time active members of Reykjavík's live scene as artists and performers. Together they formed relationships with artists such as Ash Walker and Ruby Francis from the UK, Illa J and SNNY from the US, and many more, who ha...2024-06-1338 min66 Degrees of SoundArtist Spotlight — Sin FangSend us a textThe gang is back together this week as Jói returns from a much-needed staycation and Rex emerges from sick leave. We kick things off this week with a very fun visit from the one and only Sin Fang! The moniker of Sindri Már Sigfússon (also of Seabear, Team Dreams and Gangly) has just released his latest album All My Friends Are Sleeping (Ambient Mixtapes 1-5) (June 7 on Inni Music), a mammoth collection of his ambient works going all the way back to 2007. We get into his specific approach to p...2024-06-1143 min66 Degrees of SoundHot Happenings #6: Reykjavík Arts Festival SpecialSend us a textDue to the lapse in releases due to a certain podcast producer getting sick, we are bringing you the Hot Happenings episode that should have come out on May 30th today. Luckily it's still very hot, cause it's all about the Reykjavík Arts Festival which is in full swing and going strong until June 16!The biennale festival has already kicked off with some of the prestigious but highly accessible events we mention in the episode, and there is so much more going on for the next 10 days. With a...2024-06-0634 min66 Degrees of SoundArtist Spotlight: GDRNSend us a textThis week we are back with an artist spotlight on singer-songwriter GDRN and her quick but huge rise to success in Icelandic music. This episode is hosted solely by Jóhannes and will be our only release this week, as Rex is out sick. (If you're wondering where last week's Hot Happenings and Saturday Morning Mix episodes went, that's also what happened.)Guðrún Ýr Eyfjörð, better known as GDRN, is one of Iceland’s most celebrated pop stars in recent years after her 2018 debut album Hvað Ef? surged to top the...2024-06-0438 min66 Degrees of SoundArtist Spotlight: sameheadsSend us a textIt's an exciting week for us as GV HQ Studios as we get a much-needed gear upgrade courtesy of the good folks at Tónastöðin. Going with us on the maiden voyage on our new mixer is rock band sameheads' guitarist Baldur Skúlason, who joined us in the studio for a short but sweet chat about their latest single "Barinn við Barinn" (released May 24).We get into the very recent beginnings and history of the band, their somewhat loose lineup, and what they have on the horizon.Follo...2024-05-2821 min66 Degrees of SoundSaturday Morning Mix #5Send us a textAfter a hectic short week of shifting into biweekly printing mode, your hosts Rex and Jói are once again bringing a sweet sweet Saturday morning mix full of fresh new tunes. In this synchronicity-heavy episode, we find many accidental connections between the artist and tracks, making these disparate tracks reach common ground. We also veer off into rock'n'roll anecdotes, Scandinavian pop lore, and ask the age old question: are all washed up hair metal rockers now alt-right pilled?Episode Tracklist:Hildur — Alltaf Eitthvað (r. May 16)Dr. Gunn...2024-05-2544 min66 Degrees of SoundHot Happenings #5 with Anna Jóna DungalSend us a textThings truly get heated up on this week's edition of Hot Happenings, as we have an absolutely fire discussion with Icelandic music industry expert Anna Jóna Dungal. A wearer of many hats in the industry with a rich and varied background, she is notably the OK AGENCY consulting firm, manager of erstwhile Eurovision contenders Celebs, and previously on the Sena Live team.She recently put on a new fancy hat of project manager at Salurinn Concert House in Kópavogur, a beloved music hall that has raised the bar Iceland's li...2024-05-2352 min66 Degrees of SoundArtist Spotlight: SiGRÚNSend us a textThere's never a dull moment at GV HQ studios and this week is no exception! Coming in frazzled from a long weekend, we arrived to find our mixer had vanished and we had to improvise. Luckily we are punk-ethos musicians so we just got creative. This episode is very "play it as it lays" but in the best way possible, we think.We were also very lucky to have a great guest in our midst: multi-instrumental electronic artist SiGRÚN joined us in the studio to talk about her new single "C...2024-05-2136 min66 Degrees of SoundSaturday Morning Mix #4Send us a textJust another Saturday getting ready to carpe diem with some coffee and some hot new Icelandic tunes! This week we have a doubles-special, with two releases off marvaða records, two releases off Heavy Knife records, and two cover songs! (But only 5 tracks—one of those fits two categories.)This one is an absolute banger of a list so get ready to kick off your weekend with some kitchen dancing!Episode Tracklist:Ultraflex — Say Goodbye (Hiroshi Sato cover) (r. May 10)AfterpartyAngel — Anja’s Nightmare (r. May 2)viibra — E...2024-05-1845 min66 Degrees of SoundHot Happenings #4 with Félagið Ísland-PalestínaSend us a textWe take a serious turn on this week's Hot Happenings to highlight the upcoming lectures of Dr. Mads Gilbert, prominent Norwegian health care worker and activist for Palestine. He's coming at the end of the month to deliver his talk "Gaza 2024: A catastrophic man-made disaster. What can we do?", facilitated by the Félagið Ísland-Palestína (Iceland-Palestine Association).We're joined by Salvör Gullbrá Þórarinsdóttir from the organisation to give us a small preview of the lecture, along with the importance of our local role in demanding an end to the ongoi...2024-05-1647 min66 Degrees of SoundArtist Spotlight: XiupillSend us a textAs we sprint through the end of our transition to biweekly summer issues, we kick off another weekly rotation of 66DoS. This week's artist spotlight is on the genre-bending and self-described “boy band” Xiupill! With members hailing from Iceland, Spain and the US, the three-piece create a blend of production, performance and artistry that looks firmly to the future of music production while embracing diverse elements of the past. We've had our eyes and ears on them for a while, including having them on our Off-Waves showcase last November during Iceland Airw...2024-05-1435 min66 Degrees of SoundSaturday Morning Mix #3Send us a textAhh, it's another fine Saturday morning in Reykjavík and what better way to start the weekend than with some piping hot new tunes! Hosts Rex and Jói once again bring you five fresh picks that have been blowing up our Grapevine playlist.This week we have vibes from all over the shop — some eerie ambient from Sin Fang, the new intercontinental collab Vil, the roaring comeback of Tófa, the polished ravey growth of sideproject, and an absolutely gutting cover by Önnu Jónu Son.Grab a hot cup...2024-05-1147 min66 Degrees of SoundHot Happenings #3 with guest MSEASend us a textIt's an extra hot Hot Happenings episode this week as we dive in with one of the Grapevine's faves—MSEA joins us in our studio to talk about her release show for her latest album Our Daily Apocalypse Walk (released in September 2023). The concert is Thursday May 9, 20:00 at Tjarnarbíó and tickets cost 3.900 ISK. And since that is the day this episode drops, you better hurry and buy your ticket right away right here on tix.is!Follow MSEA on her socials:Instagram: @mseasikFacebook: MSEA...2024-05-0927 min66 Degrees of SoundArtist Spotlight: TORFISend us a textA whole new week, a whole new set of tech issues and delays! OOF! Coming at you one day late, this week's Artist Spotlight shines on TORFI, the quadruple threat newcomer poised to take over Reykjavík's dancefloors. The singer-songwriter-producer-dancer joined us once again in studio (his first visit was last year) to tell us all about his debut album EITT (released April 25), a collection of dancefloor ready love songs to the queer community. We get into the influence of Berlin, the guidance of Páll Óskar, beautiful chaos and subtle agg...2024-05-0842 min66 Degrees of SoundSaturday Morning Mix #2: Monday Mix-Up EditionSend us a textOh no we messed up! "We" being Rex's internet in their new place, as moving and technology didn't go hand in hand. Wish we could blame mercury-in-gatorade for it but it wasn't even there.So last week's Saturday Morning Mix comes to you on a Monday afternoon instead, because better late than never. It's also going to have to tide you over until next week, as illness has struck and we won't be able to get a cycle out this week. The hits keep coming and they don't stop coming, as t...2024-04-2946 min66 Degrees of SoundHot Happenings #2Send us a textIn this week's Hot Happenings, your lovely co-hosts Jói and Rex bring you a finely curated weekend of comedy and culture in Reykjavík. If you’re ready to laugh, internationally acclaimed musical-comedians Reggie Watts and Bill Bailey are performing in Iceland this weekend — separately! Along with those, we tip you off to the recently opened Freyja Pub where local grassroots comedy and fringe events are abundant. The Children’s Culture Festival (Barnamenningahátið) and DesignMarch (Hönnunarmars) are also in full swing, which your friendly co-hosts attempt to discuss whilst slow...2024-04-2531 min66 Degrees of SoundArtist Spotlight: Dustin O'HalloranSend us a textAnother week, another brand new cycle of 66 Degrees of Sound, our podcast highlighting new music and events in Iceland. This week kicks off this week with an artist spotlight on Dustin O’Halloran, the renown American pianist, producer, and composer who now lives in Iceland. Dustin released his latest solo album 1 0 0 1 on March 22 along with the video single “Spiritus Naturae Aeternus”, featuring a spellbinding choreography and performance by dancer Fukiko Takase.We sat down with him for a buoyant and insightful discussion about his new release, the way the ideas...2024-04-2339 min66 Degrees of SoundSaturday Morning Mix #1Send us a textWhat a comeback week we’ve had for our little show that could! Rounding out our new weekly cycle, today we bring you the first Saturday Morning Mix, a sweet playlist along with some analysis and peanut gallery banter from your hosts. Just back to basics new music roundup goodness, really.On this episode, we find our sea-legs and bring you new music from Kiriyama Family, Paddan, K.Óla, Kælan Miklam and we close up the show with our Artist Spotlight from this week, BSÍ. You can find all these track...2024-04-2043 min66 Degrees of SoundHot Happenings #1Send us a textWe continue our comeback week with Hot Happenings #1, where we get into the Nanna, RAKEL & Salomé Katrín show this Friday, and go over some cool Record Store Day events in our fine local shops, including 12 Tónar, Alda Music Shop, and Plötubúðin in Hafnarfjörður. Also: the smell of studios and pitching new scents to Fischersund, and how North Americans are never actually asking you "what's up?".Featured events:Nanna, RAKEL & Salomé Katrín — Friday April 19th, Mengi, 20:00, 4.800 ISKRecord Store Day at 12 Tónar, Alda...2024-04-1843 min66 Degrees of SoundArtist Spotlight: BSÍSend us a textAfter a much longer break than anticipated, we are very pleased to announce the comeback of our new music and events podcast 66 Degrees of Sound!66 Degrees of Sound is a show about the newest music being released in Iceland and the hottest events happening in Reykjavík. Kicking off a whole new chapter of the show, hosts Jóhannes Bjarkason and Rex Beckett are back behind the microphones to bring you not one, not two, but THREE episodes a week from now on! The show has already re-tooled twice already so it...2024-04-1641 min66 Degrees of SoundEnding the Year with Björk, ex.girls, Jelena Ciric & MoreSend us a textWe have reached the final episode of our podcast’s first year and what a year it has been! What started as a weekly dual radio-podcast show airing on Útvarp 101, to slowing down our pace and becoming a monthly online-only podcast, we’ve covered a lot of ground while covering a lot of great music and cool events. And of course, this last episode of 2023 is no exception.66 Degrees of Sound by The Reykjavík Grapevine is a monthly podcast about brand new Icelandic music, where Grapevine journalists Rex Beckett and Jóhann...2023-12-1458 min66 Degrees of SoundPost-Airwaves Sillies: Jae Tyler, GusGus, Benni Hemm Hemm & MoreSend us a text66 Degrees of Sound by The Reykjavík Grapevine is your one-stop shop for brand new Icelandic music, where Grapevine journalists Rex Beckett and Jóhannes Bjarkason (aka Jói) discuss the latest Icelandic music releases and upcoming events.On this month’s episode we recap our Iceland Airwaves experiences, highlight some tracks that fell into the void, explore an internet radio journey, and get ready to party with some legends.Episode tracklist:Jae Tyler – Marijuana (r. Oct. 26)Sin Fang & Lala Lala – The Dark (r. Oct. 20)GusGus – Unfinished...2023-11-091h 0366 Degrees of SoundBjörk, Airwaves, And A Whole Bunch Of New MusicSend us a textIn recent weeks, none other than Björk has voiced her opinion on open-net fish farming in Iceland. Hint: She's opposed. 66 Degrees of Sound by The Reykjavík Grapevine is your one-stop shop for brand new Icelandic music, where Grapevine journalists Rex Beckett and Jóhannes Bjarkason (aka Jói) discuss the latest Icelandic music releases and upcoming events. The show will now exist in podcast form only and mainly focus on new music, with discussions, artist interviews, and track listens. We will keep including one or two notable even...2023-10-1936 min66 Degrees of SoundWe're Back, Baby!Send us a textWe're back from hiatus! After a few weeks of retooling and behind-the-scenes makeover montages, your pals Rex and Jói are back with a lemon-fresh new episode of 66 Degrees of Sound.66 Degrees of Sound by The Reykjavík Grapevine is your one-stop shop for brand new Icelandic music, where Grapevine journalists Rex Beckett and Jóhannes Bjarkason (aka Jói) discuss the latest Icelandic music releases and upcoming events. The show will now exist in podcast form only and mainly focus on new music, with discussions, artist interviews, and trac...2023-09-2856 min66 Degrees of SoundDown the Drum'n'Bass Abyss, Wounds Full of Light, Eurovision Supergroups, and more!Send us a textANNOUNCEMENT! We are taking a short break for a couple of weeks to revise and refresh. We'll be back very soon! In the meantime, listen to some old episodes and our Spotify playlist. See you in a couple of weeks and as always, be excellent to each other!Welcome to 66 Degrees of Sound by The Reykjavík Grapevine, where Grapevine journalists Rex Beckett and Jóhannes Bjarkason (aka Jói) discuss the latest Icelandic music releases. Your one-stop shop for brand new Icelandic music, join us every Friday for the weekly roun...2023-08-1826 min66 Degrees of SoundAn Accidental Norðanpaunk Tribute, Svartþoka's Ólöf Rún Talks Witchcraft, & So Much MusicSend us a textWelcome to 66 Degrees of Sound by The Reykjavík Grapevine, where Grapevine journalists Rex Beckett and Jóhannes Bjarkason (aka Jói) discuss the latest Icelandic music releases. Your one-stop shop for brand new Icelandic music, join us every Friday for the weekly roundup.This week, Jói is joined by Ólöf Rún Benediktsdóttir — member of dark-wave group/witch coven Svartþoka, community organiser at Læti! (fka Stelpur Rokka!), and a newly joined member of Norðanpaunk's organisation team. We talk Svartþoka's attraction to the esoteric and the...2023-08-1138 min66 Degrees of SoundMissed Released, Missed Heritages, and Missed Celebrity ConnectionsSend us a textWelcome to 66 Degrees of Sound by The Reykjavík Grapevine, where Grapevine journalists Rex Beckett and Jóhannes Bjarkason (aka Jói) discuss the latest Icelandic music releases. Your one-stop shop for brand new Icelandic music, join us every Friday for the weekly roundup.This week, Rex and Jói start the episode in full non-sequitur mode and straight into third-party celebrity sightings. We get a missed release from April with a stellar track by Kzoba, we head to the club to get stupid with Bjarki, get blown away by Greenlandic star...2023-08-0438 min66 Degrees of SoundCompensating For A Lost Episode, Harsh Noise From Mávar, Bopping With Jadzia & MoreSend us a textWelcome to 66 Degrees of Sound by The Reykjavík Grapevine, where Grapevine journalists Rex Beckett and Jóhannes Bjarkason (aka Jói) discuss the latest Icelandic music releases. Your one-stop shop for brand new Icelandic music, join us every Friday for the weekly roundup.This week, Rex and Jói are sorry for the episode that vanished last week, talk volcanic gasses polluting the Reykjavík cityscape and expose a secret location from where you can witness the eruption from town. We also talk about Mávar's newest harsh noise release, get sne...2023-07-2840 min66 Degrees of SoundFun With Fischersund, An All-Weekend Party, and More!Send us a textWelcome to 66 Degrees of Sound by The Reykjavík Grapevine, where Grapevine journalists Rex Beckett and Jóhannes Bjarkason (aka Jói) discuss the latest Icelandic music releases. Your one-stop shop for brand new Icelandic music, join us every Friday for the weekly roundup.Happy 2023 Eruption everybody! This week, Rex and Jói are both back from holidays and adventures, getting super goofy again. We check out the new single by Sin Fang & Kjartan Hólm as Fischersund, and sit down for a very fun chat with the guys. We also delve...2023-07-1453 min66 Degrees of SoundA Conversation With Supersport's! Bjarni Daníel, A Controversial Label Signing, Live Earthquake And MusicSend us a textWelcome to 66 Degrees of Sound by The Reykjavík Grapevine, where Grapevine journalists Rex Beckett and Jóhannes Bjarkason discuss the latest Icelandic music releases. Your one-stop shop for brand new Icelandic music, join us every Friday for the weekly roundup.This time, Rex is off for a holiday so Jói is joined by Bjarni Daníel of indie band Supersport! fame. We find out about Supersport's forthcoming releases (which total a whopping two records this year) and their recent controversial label signing. We catch up with Sigga Ózk and Bassi...2023-07-0742 min66 Degrees of SoundBílskúr's Lost Albums, Deep.Serene Gets Darker, and Katrín Myrra Relieves AnxietySend us a textWelcome to 66 Degrees of Sound by The Reykjavík Grapevine, where Grapevine journalists Rex Beckett and Jóhannes Bjarkason discuss the latest Icelandic music releases. Your one-stop shop for brand new Icelandic music, join us every Friday for the weekly roundup.This week, Jói is off galavanting in Denmark and Rex is on their own, freely giving all the hot takes and unchecked critiques of the latest tracks. We check out a preview of LadieLex's new EP**, find a lost treasure from 2007 with Bílskúr, go darker than ever with D...2023-06-3023 min66 Degrees of SoundMystery Indie Boys, Disciplined Composers, and The Jon Bon Jovi Service CenterSend us a textWelcome to 66 Degrees of Sound by The Reykjavík Grapevine, where Grapevine journalists Rex Beckett and Jóhannes Bjarkason discuss the latest Icelandic music releases. Your one-stop shop for brand new Icelandic music, join us every Friday for the weekly roundup.In this episode, we go back a few weeks to catch up with Faroese-Reykjavíker SAKARIS showing some gratitude, hear a recent offering from Högni with Daníel Bjarnason & the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, unpack the hype and mystery of newcomers Spacestation, and give a nod to friend of the show S...2023-06-2336 min66 Degrees of SoundNude Cyclists, Getting Tearjerked By Sigur Rós, and Conversing with Hyperpoppers Pink X-RaySend us a textWelcome to 66 Degrees of Sound by The Reykjavík Grapevine, where Grapevine journalists Rex Beckett and Jóhannes Bjarkason discuss the latest Icelandic music releases. Your one-stop shop for brand new Icelandic music, join us every Friday for the weekly roundup. In this episode, Jói is back from his never-ending holiday and Rex reminisces about a nudist bicycle race. We chat with PC music newcomers Pink X-Ray, hornswaggle the album Þorparaljóð by queer-core scoundrels Dauðyflin, get tearjerked by newest Sigur Rós, and celebrate dad-rock bands playing on June 17 with Euro...2023-06-1633 min66 Degrees of SoundTalking to Torfi, Taking Detours, and Taming LionsSend us a textWelcome to 66 Degrees of Sound by The Reykjavík Grapevine, where Grapevine journalists Rex Beckett and Jóhannes Bjarkason discuss the latest Icelandic music releases. Your one-stop shop for brand new Icelandic music, join us every Friday for the weekly roundup. In this episode, Jói is still on holiday and Rex is joined by the Grapevine's Editor-in-Chief, Catharine Fulton, filling in as co-host. We have a delightful time talking to musician-dancer star on the rise Torfi, take a sidequest with Á.Við, tame a lion with Hera Lind, and take another daily...2023-06-0948 min66 Degrees of SoundA Very Special Playlist feat. Bjarni DaníelSend us a textWelcome to 66 Degrees of Sound by The Reykjavík Grapevine, where Grapevine journalists Rex Beckett and Jóhannes Bjarkason discuss the latest Icelandic music releases. Your one-stop shop for brand new Icelandic music, join us every Friday for the weekly roundup. In this episode, Jói is on a holiday far away and Rex is down with the sickness, so we've called in our pal Bjarni Daníel (Supersport! and Skoffín band member, post-dreifing collective team, Ólatagarður co-host) to help us curate a chill playlist of recent tracks. We'll be back w...2023-06-0226 min66 Degrees of SoundGetting Vulnerable with guest host Flesh MachineSend us a textWelcome to 66 Degrees of Sound by The Reykjavík Grapevine, where Grapevine journalists Rex Beckett and Jóhannes Bjarkason discuss the latest Icelandic music releases. Your one-stop shop for brand new Icelandic music, join us every Friday for the weekly roundup. In this episode we are joined by Kormákur Jarl Gunnarsson (Flesh Machine & DJ Kommi) as a co-host since Jói is off on holiday. Rex and Kommi dive into some deeply vulnerable music and talk about getting real and letting go.Episode tracklist:Kristín Lárusdótt...2023-05-2644 min66 Degrees of SoundTaking a Journey with Úlfur Eldjárn, Burned Bananas, and Drifting LonersSend us a textWelcome to 66 Degrees of Sound by The Reykjavík Grapevine, where Grapevine journalists Rex Beckett and Jóhannes Bjarkason discuss the latest Icelandic music releases. Your one-stop shop for brand new Icelandic music, join us every Friday for the weekly roundup. In this episode, we meet up with Úlfur Eldjárn who walks us through the journey of his new single, 'Continuum'. We also hear some new indie rockers from Akureyri who are avoiding a hike; discover a new track by Biggi Maus in support of mental abuse survivors; and get anoth...2023-05-1946 min66 Degrees of SoundEpisode 1: Jazzy Björk Covers, Pocket Symphonies, Make-Out Metal & MoreSend us a textWelcome to 66 Degrees of Sound, a show by The Reykjavík Grapevine bringing you all the latest music releases in Iceland. The Reykjavík Grapevine is an English language magazine published 18 times a year, focusing on all things Iceland-related. Launched in 2003, the independent magazine has long been a leading voice in Icelandic culture. In this show made for music lovers and Icelandophiles, Grapevine journalists Rex Beckett and Jóhannes Bjarkason discuss and play some of the latest new music releases in Iceland.In this episode, we cover Faroese artist Hei...2023-03-2727 min