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The Reykjavík Grapevine 3 Iceland Airwaves Special 2019 - - - Food Hooking up Some here of us live “Pretend to be pregnant and push your through.” way You may more dat have or one You ing apps running your on phone whenland you in Iceland. That’s fortunatebecause there will be thousands other of people with those same apps. the At same It’s certainlyIt’s tempting, when half-blotto you’re downtown,to grab greasy a kebab slice a or to soak the up poison in your stomach, that but doesn’t have to be the only way eat. you Save your self a whole money and of lot do a little grocery shopping—prefera- thebly at discount supermarkets Bónus and Krónan. Half the fun beingof in a foreign country is buying things with names that do notyou understand all. at Is that tuna salad? Is gras? foie it Who knows! Our advice: Whatever do, you DO NOT BUY BOTTLED WATER. literal a It’s scam, containing the exactsame water that comes out theof taps. here, so that “beer” see you on the shelves is 10-11 of reallyjust carbonated barley water. Our advice: Be nice to bartend anders they’ll be nice to you. Not everyNot face downtown is that anotherof visiting festival-goer. Keep that in mind as stumble you drunkenly through residential areaslate night at eager to show offyour Orville Peck imperson - ation. In Iceland, a good we love party, please but treat service with workers respect, litter, don’t throwand don’t glasses. Capiche? Our advice: be Don’t an asshole. time, safe: it play keep an eye youron drink all at times, and if witness you someone doing somethingdo not be shy sketchy, about alerting security. Our advice: Reykjavík is the Chlamydiacapital the of world. Invest in some Durex. - - - - - Drinking show begins. show no harm There’s in arriving only Not early. will you a tediousavoid queue; can you se cure a really great spot catch for ing the action. Our advice: Stuck the at back of Pretendthe venue? to be preg nant and push your way through. will one No bother you. Many rumours about Iceland are untrue, the but about one drinks costing small a fortune is not one them.of The key is to be buzzed leave even before your you ho tel. Stock the at up duty free at Keflavík International Airport when barring land you or, that, a visitpay to any Iceland’s of state-owned alcoholstores. Re member: sell they don’t booze in grocery convenience or shops - - - -

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THE DEFINITIVE ICELAND AIRWAVES AIRWAVES ICELAND DEFINITIVE THE GUIDE SURVIVAL You, dear might foreigner, You, asso ciate November with hayrides, andcider, fluffy woolen scarves, inbut Iceland, we associate it with bitter cold, stinging gusts Words: Fontaine Andie

So you’ve arrived in Iceland, fresh faced,brimming with anticipation to dive headfirst into Iceland Air waves, see your favourite bands, and show off your best Hatari cos play.But hold up,champ and heed the sage advice from those who’ve been attending the event since 2005. And by that I mean us, the Grapevine. Reykjavík

Greatness Six Steps Six Steps To 4 The Reykjavík Grapevine Iceland Airwaves Special 2019 The Reykjavík Grapevine 5 Iceland Airwaves Special 2019 Hólmaslóð 2 / Grandi Laugavegur 37 WWW.FARMERSMARKET.IS OUR STORES IN REYKJAVÍK: FARMERS & FRIENDS ------laborators and together the two have been the at the of forefront new Icelandic R&B scene, man aging tocold melt hearts with their intimate lyricsand late- night sounds. surprise,he and GDRN are col Mac DeMarco His laid back, rock slow music with vintage still but somehow progressive feel to it, makes bum Auður 2018. of is extremely talented,ambitious and creative artist an as me strikes he and who goes to greatlengths to give his fans the best experience possible his at live no shows. To Ólöf Arnalds I have been a fan Arnalds Ólöf of since she released debut her album ‘Við og við’ and (‘Now Then’) back in 2007 and I re member seeing playing her an Airwaves then show off-venue and being totally captured by songs,her the beautiful lyrics and unique voice. About two years ago, playing I saw her at the Disney Walt Concert Hall in Los Angeles along with a band comprised Skúli of Sverrisson, Ólafur Björn Ólafsson, Gyða Valtýsdóttirand and more the audience was totally enthralled, thanking with her a standing ovation. was It theof one nic est concert experiences I‘ve ever had and obviously I‘m really ex cited to see what she does Ice at land Airwaves this year. Auður ‘Afsakanir’ album, last Auður‘s al Icelandic favourite my was ------GDRN GDRN brought something fresh and new when exploded she theonto Icelandic music scene in beautiful Her 2018. jazzy and thick voice instantly caught my attention. I had been anticipat ing real sensual Icelandic R&B pop while, a for then all a of sudden we had both Auður and GDRN. GDRN four won awards the at Icelandic Music Awards debut her album for 2018 ‘Hvað ef’ (‘What If’) and quickly estab lished herself as the of one most talented emerging artists in Ice land. Simultaneously she played a leading role in changing the boys club that had defined the rap and hip hop scene in Iceland years,for collaborating with many the of boys that had been leading that scene. GDRN is a grounded, ambitious andpro artist. young fessional María Rut Reynisdóttir MaríaRut Reynisdóttir isthe pro ject manager of Reykjavík Music City, which seeks to promote the city’s musicscene and Icelandic music abroad. also She’s a former program manager for Airwaves. Alyona Alyona I bet that this is the first time that an artist from Ukraine performs Iceland at Airwaves. Alyona Alyona recently the won Anchor award the at Reeper bahn Festival International Mu sic Awards, as decided a jury by comprised artists of like Peach es and Kate Nash. With looks her and attitude shedefies stereo types and though even don‘t you understand what of a word she‘s saying,instantly you getcarried away fire. her by really It makes mehappy when atypical artists that sing in their mother tongue manage to break across borders. to love see a collabI’d between andher Reykjavíkurdætur. den that does theperfect job of “throwback” without being too obvious about it. Their music is reverb-drenched synth wave, cold wave, dark wave,shoegaze bliss.Bringing visions up of Peaks’Twin bar scenes and dense fog drives. A tad gloomy and melancholic, their album ‘Purple’ isgreata soundtrack for the winter transition. ------ers iners their self-created luxury. Perhaps their Airwaves debut be a 12-hourwon’t “Bring your own plant” adventure, I’m but sure plants and shoulder pumps are welcome. Pink Milk Pink Milk is a duo from Swe Glasgow’s Free Love was once called “Happy Meals.” They bring a feeling all of these of freedom, words: happiness, mealslove… and, er... (Which is really just a combination all of the previous The duo is isn’t it?). made Lewis of up Cook and Suzi Rodden,who bathe the listen plete accident last year Dil at and is it Off still Venue lon’s one theof most memorable perfor mances I have seen. Ethereal yet beastly. Otherworldly yet earthly. Ferocious and yet deli cate. The vitality and intensity Sturle’sof vocals are incompre hensible. Perhaps their music is not something will you hear at a coffee please, but shop, accept the challenge something of in describable and be prepared for anything. Free Love Sturle DagslandSturle sawI Sturle Dagsland com by Snapped AnklesSnapped Starting off as a performance art Snapped piece, London’s Ankles dressed as up trees and synth home-made their used rigs to recreate the Forest. Not onlydid the tree costumes stay, theybut evolved into ghillie suits and the members identi ties are apparently unknown. The music is a little heavy, bit a littlepunk, bit littlea avant bit garde, a little everyone. for bit amI very excited to see these shrubs live. - - - - -

is power and sensuality. The three divine together move and the audience looks as though they are part the of incantation. I mean, the Cure know whats up; Robert Smith is a known cham pion of the of pion trio. bewitched. I’m I have seen Kælan Mikla a hand ful times of and does never their performance feel the same. These ladies are fire-bearing as individuals, so can you imagine what happens when they come together. I find their music completely magnetising and am spellbound the by pulse slow of darkness and body sways. There Kælan MiklaKælan plant MSEA is known for her intriguing, textural electroni ca-and-voice music. her In short time in Iceland, she has become not only a well known artists, but also a celebrated tastemaker with her think “can’t just feel” music se ries at Loft. Canadian-born Reykjavík-trans MSEA Words: Cohen Jane Hannah Airwaves tips from those who know who those tips from Airwaves Own Subjects' & Photos: Lambrecq Timothée Bicnick, Art Knowledge Insider Insider

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The Reykjavík Grapevine 7 Iceland Airwaves Special 2019 - everyone “Your first and last stop” “Your frakkastígur 16, Melhagi 22, Fákafen 11, Akrabraut 1 & hlemmur mathöll 1 & hlemmur 11, Akrabraut 22, Fákafen 16, Melhagi frakkastígur ------quires a certain sweet spot that not everyone can manage to hit. Maybe you'll to go this sip show, some rosé and meet your future some or shit!lover ing with up his desktop comput the at er local vinyl store to make beats all tobecoming day, one theof greatest rappers to ever in doit thecountry. Real frenet ic energy and sick breath con trol coming from some wheezy pipes. Real heads will relate to this one. Good Neutral Auður: talentThe man's is undeniable a totaland he's virtuoso. Auður is the Prince-esque level mad genius Iceland has been wait ingand for he has really come into hisown in the past couple years,of making movesabroad as well as in Iceland. A thousand Pusswhipdollars to whoever can rip his shirt off the at climax of his I bet he'll that... enjoy show. not,or depending do who's on ing the ripping. una schram: Lawful Lawful schram: una Good Since Aron Can, Flóni and Birnir blessed us with some fresh new waves a couple yearsback, I've notreally heard R&B of lot a that hasmanaged to touch the strings heart—that my of is to say until I heard una schram's stuff. really It's vibes-ey and feels quite effortless. R&B re Chaotic Mane: Krabba Good Starting off as a druggy punky kid hustling his beat cds around thecity, this kid from went post andered all over the spectrum— from laid back vapourwave to post-emo weirdo hip hop punk. He also was a Grapevine intern. ------Lord Pusswhip The works of Lord Pusswhip are best described as unpredictable. Over the years, his sound has me Warmland favouriteOne my of releases out Icelandof so far this year has been ‘Unison Love’ from Warm land.didI mentioned that I'm old school, right? maybe Or, more accurately, the of I'm one Airwaves regulars who is decid edly old. But I've been a fan of Arnar Guðjónsson and Hrafn Thoroddsen, since they in were Leaves and Emsími, respective As a team,ly. they've compiled a solid set synth of pop gems and I can't wait to hear them played live. Between Mountains Perhaps favourite my part of Airwaves is discovering some thing which new, typically comes in two of one forms: the first is being tippedoff to a new artist or collaboration which has come to fruition since the previous Airwaves festival. The other is coming across an act thatplayed the previous year, thatbut I had missed one for reasonanother—nobody or can aroundget to seeing everything! This is a case the of latter, a duo was radar my not on screen in and in I happened 2018 2017, towalk into Gamla during Bíó theirlast song.This time, willI make no mistake and will catch Between Mountains’ entire set. artist made his debut just this year and has already attracted a whirlwind attention of thanks to his anonymity, mysterious alter soaring ego, melodies, and hypnotisingballads. From behind a mask—which is like a Ranger—his Lone glamourous baritone pipes croon a hol over low-bodiedguitar sound that's synonymous with classic coun try music. ------timate Airwaves setting. This year, that artist is Orville Peck. Part part cowboy, Johnny Cash, part Orbison, Roy the Canadian Orville Peck a patternThere's I seem to notice each year Airwaves, at and that's the inclusion an of international band/artist gotten that I'd into someat point during the year and am excited to see in the in dia outlets and radio stations ever since. Seabear While the very idea behind Air waves isto showcase new and up-and-coming talentfrom Ice land and around the globe, be I'd lying if I didn't say that old fa vourite Seabear is who I'm most excitedto see. This bandhas al ways embodied a quintessential Icelandic sound. Bright, catchy and melodic indie pop, I can't get enough. Having their gone separate ways eight years ago, the band is back together and say their Airwaves set will include mostlyfavouritesold from their twoprevious releases,as well as fewa new tracks from the album that they are currently record ing...which makes me elated. Tim Pogo Tim Pogo is has been kicking around Airwaves pretty much since inception. its This will be his 20th Airwaves, the first being in 2000, and been he's covering the festival for various American me SIGGY SIGGY is a half-Icelandic singer/songwriter that lives in LA. actually She recorded a lot songsof in the She 101derland. makes futuristic R&B that is great. on someon music with a bunch of Si and Icelandic, Irish, British, erra Leonean artists. a solo She’s pop artist that is, once again, a great talent. ------Loah Loah is an Irish singer/song writerthat met I in Sierra Leone. were there togetherWe to work una schram is another huge tal una schram ent. was She in a program called SNÆLDA that Unnsteinn, JFDR, a girl called Valdís, and I did to was It gether. a masterclass for inwomen music between and 16 20, where we taught them the ropes producing of and song writing very and more. She’s cooland really I like what she’s putting out. GDRN GDRN is a huge talent. been She’s recording newest her album here in and really 101derland it’s good. The thingabout GDRN is she’s doing exactly what she wants to do and isn’t just chasing what’s Everythinghot right now. she does is completely GDRN. Logi Pedro Stefánsson has created, produced, or championed many of the biggest acts in Icelandic hip hop, co-founded label Les Frères Stefson, created the 101derland studio, and, oh wait, did we forget Retro Stefson? Logi Pedro Mac DeMarco the perfect oppo site over-the-top of commercial pop that we are flooded with in mainstream media I today. his enjoy simplicity,fidel low ity and wacky humour that is greatly depictedin his insane videos.

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The Reykjavík Grapevine 11 Iceland Airwaves Special 2019 - - - - anna nods. “Instead just of You limitYou yourself,” Raggi It’s playful,”It’s grins Nanna. “ N “ having piano a guitar, or you ica mixed with stadium rock, with nods to their more acous tic roots, a new angle it’s the for Ofgroup. Monsters It’s and Men theirat most weird, also but at their most alluring. attributesShe this to they how wrote and recorded the album, departure drastic a was which from their first two. got “We rid we’ve always how of done things, and our roles within the band. we wrote How the first twoalbums was writing some thing an on acoustic guitar and then bringing into it the space, and moulding together. it Going into the third, I thought can’t ‘I do this again.’ didn’t It feel in spiring.” adds. limits “It to you the guitar have inyou your hand. the For twous, of not amazing we’re in strumentalists,”he laughs. “We need time. more So this, for we wrote our on more laptops.”

------No limits No ow, afterow, a threeyear writ t’s easyt’s to imagine why. I N ‘Fever Dream’‘Fever is a coalescence everythingof the band learned from their first two efforts. It continues the electronic pro gression started ‘Beneath on the Skin’ whilst returning to the fun and whimsical feeling Head ‘My Isof an Animal.’ A whirlwindethereal of electron - Overthe past ten years, the two, along with their three band mates, have achieved something most can only dream of. They’ve travelled the had world, num a ber single, one and made a name themselvesfor internationally as the of one foremost bands in their genre. With an uncan ability ny to mix the Icelandic krútt sensibility with earworm melodies, Of Monsters and Men found a niche that has captivat ed listeners around the world. ing period, they’re entering the next stage their of takeover.

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Boiling Over back and Men are Of Monsters ethereal enigmatic, with their Dream’ ‘Fever effort ing broadly as he sips his cof fee. Ragnar—better known as Raggi—is referring to 'Fever Dream,' the newest album from Of Monsters and Men, the band in which he sings and plays gui tar. “We’ve never been“We’ve as excited to share something with people,” says Ragnar Þórhallsson, smil

12 The Reykjavík Grapevine Iceland Airwaves Special 2019 how deep you go personally.” how deep you in limit but it does fun, is which together, lyrics lot of the “We’ve done a adds. a bit,” Raggi “We separated lyrically. progress to band the allowed also process it.” changed which that like it’s So things guitar.’ have to has player, piece the but I’m aguitar we’d person, in say,gether ‘Oh, we’d “If to recorded explains. be,” to Nanna meant was song the what that’s because them, in guitar no with songs are “There tone. and structure with play up to band the freed and songs, varied more of creation for the allowed software puter com using separately Writing world new forwhole us.” up a “It opened concludes. Raggi feeling.” interesting!’ that’s ‘Oh, that find to way you anew gives “It says. she vocal,’” up this chop or thing, this or loop rhythm, this make to say, going can ‘I am years have been.” what two these three or “A fever dream—that’s C “ We opened up the process,” process,” We up the opened hanging uphanging their writing Shining stars

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persona because the music is all personal and all says. sincere,” He people have described his look, name, and overall act asstage a But this‘persona’. idea is that one Orville strongly rejects: calf-skin waistcoats, intricate waistcoats, calf-skin ly-decorated suits in bright, jew el colours. And course of a wide- brimmed stetson, under which Orville’s piercing blue eyes, the only really identifiable part his of person, peer out.

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Ranger Unknown Unknown The The Words: Gaitens Josie Cowboy Orville Peck is keeping the mystery alive the mystery is keeping Peck Orville Cowboy consider odd coming from a masked, pseudonym-adopting country musician, who nev “[Country music] takes takes music] “[Country thingson kinds those of millennial hugely are which dilemmas.” planser revealing on his. The masks—somewhere between Zorro and The Lone Ranger with a significanthint andBDSM of long,colourful fringing—are handmade Orville by himself. In addition to the ubiquitous mask, the musician is alwayscarefully turned in out a variety cowboy of motifs; light wash denim jeans, Orville Peck has thoughtsof a lot about identity, which might you

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Ö W busy Hrím WED 6th 20:20, Gaukurinn THU 20:50, 7th Fríkirkjan hesively reflects the individual influencesand backgrounds of each band member.Ösp, who is originally from Svarfaðardalur, grew surrounded up folk by and traditional music and poetry, before going to on study both classical and jazz singing. ies in London, she met the lead er of London Contemporary AnilVoices, Sebastian. had “We the same approach to singing and we just like felt we need she says. ed to together,” work Cherif, an electronic artist and joinedproducer, came “He later. in kind as of the third element and he brought in the sound scape thing which is another our of layer Cherif sound.” is a long-time collaborator of Jon Hopkins, co-producing his hit single ‘Emerald Rush’ that was released last year. In fact, all three artists have a sparkling roster former of col laborators, albeit from quite different musical circles. Ösp predominantly performs her own acoustic folk compositions, wasshe but previously- mem a ber Icelandic of bluegrass group Brother Grass. Anil, the on oth- hand,er has worked with the likes Guy of Sigsworth, Imogen Heap and Manu Delago. otherprojects have held them back from investing more time in Hrím. the opportu However, nity to Airwaves at play has been the push they have been looking tofor commit to launchingthe group as a fully-fledged act. have more music that“We we have been writing as well, so we just want this set to be and out then we can continue,” she says. not going to back go “We’re to just being nerdy in a basement somewhere makingweird nois es.” distinctive sound, that one co - Diverse backgrounds Diverse Despite their limited output, Hrím have managed to craft a state, just improvising and do ing a jam session, basically,” she explains. reflect “We and it on take pieces that good were and somehow we create songs.” - - “We’re not going to go go to going not “We’re nerdy being just to back making in a basement noises.” weird first Icelandic gig as part this of year’s Iceland Airwaves festival with(coupled the release a of handful new has singles), of thrust them back into public awareness. Despite the appar stasis,ent Ösp reassures that plentyhas been going below on the surface. been creat “We’ve ing music in this kind flow of - - - - -

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Hrím is ready to thrill at Iceland Airwaves. Iceland thrill at to Hrím is ready Words: Photo: Gaitens Josie Provided Hrím by Flow State Flow run gigs of in have but 2016, since appeared to be dormant to outside eyes. The announce thatment Hrím will their play “For a long time,“For this project has been extremely self-indulgent,” admitsÖsp Eldjárn, somewhat bashfully. The project in ques tion is Hrím, a collaboration be tween herself and fellow musi cians Anil Sebastian and Cherif Hashizume. Musically, they bring together a variety dif of styles,ferent creating a unique sound that matches traditional Icelandicpoetry with electron - ic soundscapes and orchestral swoops.

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Ásta thisNow, is to one look for. out Ásta (Kristín Pjetursdóttir) is a young folk music artist with a unique voice akin to Joni Mitch ellJoan or Baez. competed She in the legendary music competi this earlier Músiktilraunir tion year and all got the way to the finals. There, she was awarded especiallylyrics, her for which are all in Icelandic. can We - Elín Sif

Airwaves Airwaves Photos: Sveinsson Hörður tionas a destination festival not by booking loads of big names, but because it’s the single best place to see the freshest faces This scene. music Icelandic the on year,32 bandswill play Airwaves our time—here’s first very the for guide to what’s new and who’s whoamongst this year’s festival debutantes. Iceland Airwaves built its reputa its built Airwaves Iceland What’s new and who’s who at Airwaves 2019 Airwaves at who who’s and new What’s O'Donnell Sam & Cohen Jane Hannah Words: Müller, Lea Grettisson, Valur Debutantes

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LM ating a delicious mel ange and old of new. tracksHer are the type almostit’s impossible not to sway be to. Don’t lieveCheck us? her out EP ‘energy’—thedebut five songs will get you higher than Nocco, we promise. HJC una schram In the sea Reykjavík of rap andindie, una schramhas brought somethingnew to the table: pop R&B. Her works pinpowerful, vocals rife-with-riffs in the veinAria of - na Grande lush, over smooth, contemporary beats, ultimatelycre ÓlafsValborg bumis a collaborationbetween andTómas his Pálmi producer, from Records—the Rok that one brought brilliant you pop acts like Glowie and Bríet. So saddle thatup unicorn and ride into the sugary sunset with your anime sparkling eyes. Doesn’t that feel good? VG After breakthrough her with the band Lovely My Lion in 2012, Val borg Ólafs is back now with her solo debut. songs Her are strong lyinspired the by south coast of Icelandand the forces nature of surrounding there. home her is voice Her mature and very comforting, so feeling if you’re homesick and seeking comfort, this is the artist to see. LM Tómas Welding Tómas Are optimistic you nature? by In Do believe you love? in unicorns? do we have the popBoy, act for you.Welding Tómas is what we’d imagine would beproduced if chocolate cake had offspring withlollipop: a sugary, sweetand slick as hell. Butrest assured, he has a great voice and solid EDM composition. His upcoming al Friðjóns has covered. you got The songs new her album on ‘Enclose’ are beautifully otherworldly and almost spine-chilling. hard It’s to music her put in a genre, but perhaps bestwe’d describe as it experimental classic. ------Flekar house-monster with roots in Iceland. Like allcreatures the of night, she is Icelandic, was raised in England, and is also a resident Franceof and Germany—every knowsone real vampires live in Berlin. not hard It’s to find the European house influences in music: her a playful it’s combina tion electronic, of pop and those roughBerlin club techno vibes. All this, of combined with a gold glittery en dress, and got you’ve a delicious cold climate sound with a hot beat. The songstress has also been making an inter national splash—Esprit used songs her of one in their autumn line advertisement last year. So dress according but nicely, to the weather. VG SIGGY Icelandic-born SIGGY relocated toL.A. and is definitely her on way is She up. already collabo rating with the likes Printz of Board, who formerly worked with The Black Eyed Peas. In her Sunna Friðjóns fantasizingIf you’re about liv ing in a Lord-of-the-Rings-like fullworld elves, of trolls and other magical creatures, Sunna debut single the Did “Never I,” singersongwriter brings back the long-lost quality R&B vibe thoughtyou had died. Trust us, might You have to see now. her money if of a lot pay wait you too LM long. - ROKKY ROKKY is a multicultural at 21:00at in the evening in an in tense downpour. SR - - Tómas Welding Tómas Krassasig - Hipsumhaps Hipsumhaps—the duo Jökull of BrekiArnar son and Fannar Ingi Friðþjófsson—burst theonto scene only months ago with a slew popularof singles, including “Lífið sem mig langar í” and “Honný,” the preceded which release their of first album, ‘Best Gleymdu Leyndarmálin’ (‘Best Forgotten Secrets’) on September 22nd. Their mix dreamy, of lo-fi indie laced guitar-driven pop isirresisti ‘Best blycatchy. Gleymdu Leyn darmálin’ is the perfect album to play whether a chill at you’re party driving or down Sæbraut there are his acoustic versions, which are heartfelt surprisingly and touching. Give this man a chance. His set will surely be a bag of LM surprises.

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The Reykjavík Grapevine 23 Iceland Airwaves Special 2019 - - - hatever thefuture holds for Two years longer years Two W fully involve another won’t it nu clear winter. thetwo—birthdays, fame, and album releases included—hope JóiPé & Króli THU 00:10, 7th Iðnó SAT 9th 22:10, Hard Rock Café some people old stuff once our baby is grown We’ll golf play up. threefor weeks straight. Read.” smiles,He an edge there’s but to his that voice betrays some sincerity. Straddling thecusp of adulthood, both artists are tal ented and famous. to up it’s Now themto consider what they’ll do next, together and separately. - Free-falling ristinn smirks.also “He When he’s out of school of out When and he’s No, I don’t,” Jói states Jói softly. I don’t,” No, “ K “

the album been we’ve making yeara for and halfa is out, we’re kind in of a free-falling mood. likeIt’s letting Kris a baby go,” tinn says. “So maybe, we’ll do It’s at moments at like It’s this that the brotherly bond between the two musicians shines. What’s the on horizon, though, is unclear. is right. In the meantime, Jói is fully focused finishing on school. studying“I’m fine art, finishing in the October. of end I paint,” he explains. playsthe pan-flute. quite He’s amazing.” face remains Jói’s deadpan—aharsh contrast to the big grin Kristinn’s on face.

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Nineteen The Edge Of The Edge ficial release date, will but drop whenever they feel like the time Thealbum doesn’t have an of can do is to tune in. think “I it’s best—not just an for album, but anythingfor in life—to expect nothing,”he says. “Then you’re never disappointed, and ifit’s good are you surprised in a good way.” you don’t see thedon’t you cloudsan over head, else’s yone just the clouds yourover own,” he says. “Aren’t we all going through something? Some hide betterit than others, cope with through work or it it, all we’re but just trying todo our best, having when even we’re mental issues going or through rough patch.” a - - - - “In the easy to midst of No egos nothing” a nuclear winter, it’s it’s winter, Expect nothing t’s a surprising statement t’s certainlyt’s a dark ideology, think about I I but, as Kristinn acknowledges, the albumcontains darkness. own“Your nuclear winter is only the biggest nuclear winter you’re goingever to through go because It’s a bleakIt’s title, and that one seems impossible to disentan- gle from the current climate of the That world. said, both musi cians emphasise that the battle with this release is an internal beenone. a tough “It’s album,” says,Jói while Kristinn is a bit more poetic with his take. “In the midst a nuclear of winter, it’s easy to think about nothing,” he states simply.

from the two, who are, unequiv ocally, biggest Iceland’s pop cul ture icons the of past years. From their star-making hit “B.O.B.A.” to their best-selling album, ‘Af sakið the Hlé,’ JóiPé duo of & Króli have become synonymous with Icelandic hip-hop and pop. the two Now, are preparing to drop their third album ‘Í miðjum kjarnorkuvetri’ The (‘In Middle Of A Nuclear Winter’). “But I don’t like“But I don’t birthdays,” Kristinninterjects, shaking his head. “I’ve actually never held a birthday party. It’s egocentric.” nods.Jói stressful,” “It’s he adds in his trademark baritone, his gaze averted. It’s JóiPé’s 19th birthday. Or 19th birthday. Or JóiPé’s It’s least,at will it be in 24 hours, the young artist—real name Patreksson— Damian Jóhannes explains quietly. Next to him, restlessly shaking his leg, sits his musical partner Króli—real name Kristinn Óli Haraldsson. Exactly a month after birth Jói’s - Kristinnday, will turn 20.

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“I guess a I’m musician now” musician I remember after the I show t helped him indeed: the “ I Seabear THU 7th, 19:00, Kex Hostel SAT 8th, 22:20. Reykjavík Art Museum ateurism helped stage me on a bit.” man label, Morr Music, that they approached him about signing withthem. Sindri, who knew had boughtThom Yorke Morr entireMusic’s catalogue, “said yes the on spot”. Which meant that he had to make an album. Despite being the of one Icelan dic indie iconic music scene’s figures, Sindri did not really consider himself a musician un til much later in on his career. recallsHe being struck with the realisation when Seabear played Iceland Airwaves in 2009 a at packed with Iðnó at show a queue stretching down the block. was thinking, 'I guess I'm a mu gonnaI'm sician musicplay now. and people are going to see it,'” he says. was “I just so happily surprised with the way life my had turned because out I never really expected was it. It a dream that was too me to big for even think about, to be a successful musician." “I was so so “I was nervous, I was blackout shaking nervous.” theatre, being really nice, and so many people are working around this and event I was just like,'What am doingI I here? belong here. noteven I'm don't anat amateur level musician and I'm playing in front all of these But we didpeople.' the and show pretty went it well. I think the extreme nervousness and am soshow impressed another Ger - - - y his own account, this live I was so nervous, I was black B “ er, so I asked ander, this her, friend mineof I used to skateboard with from Hafnarfjörður who I knew played guitar. ended up It being the three us of going to Berlin.” shakingout nervous,” Sindri re calls. was “It a sold crowd. out wasIt only a few years ago that I started considering myself a musician. I've always like felt a music fan who started making music,which guess I isanother severe for imposterword syn drome. that At point, having all these people working that at wasshow intensely emotional, would but lead to bigger even things. - - needed a band. a needed problem: he now There just was one Seabear, assemble! Seabear, "At that point I wasn't"At around that many musicians who I knew could with play hesays. me,” “There wasan amazing girl at schoolmy who was a violin play For reasons For Sindri admits he still doesn’t understand, that debut EP somehow made itself into the hands a German of la bel called Tomlab. They released a Seabear song side a one of on opposite a song7”, from Grizzly Bear, and booked him to perform Berlin. in -

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Sindri Már Serendipity of Serendipity The Fire: Fire: Irons In The In The Irons Incluttered,a unassuming base deepment in the heart West of Reykjavík is the nerve centre of the of one pioneering legends Icelandicof indie music: Sindri MárSigfússon, perhaps better known to the as world Seabear or Sin Fang. Emerging in Iceland’s explosive music scene the of early 2000s, almost entirely by accident,this unassuming but uniquely talented soul his got start in the visual arts. Through homemadea EP he made more lessor a whim, on he has since then been catapulted into in - ternational fame, working on everything from his own solo projects to film scores and even commercials. still Andhe’s not finished.

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land’s mostland’s famous pools, and tops pretty much any list best of pools in the city. Their hot pools are ridiculous big, the steam bath and sauna nice and toasty, a sunlampand even there’s and sunbath wintertime for chairs ing. Iceland-o-philes, For this spot is probably your best bet to run into Björk Sigmundur or Davíð Hatari or something. or If not, can you in up end nice a conversation with some not-famous locals. Try using the Icelan one - dic know you word and they will like you love a stray dog. Vesturbæjarlaug is Ice of one

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How to bathe in Reykjavík bathe to How Words: Grettisson Valur Tired Bones Soak Those Photos: Bicnick Art Waterfalls. Lava fields. Volcanoes. Glaciers. There are a lot of things that’ll get you Instagram likes in Iceland. But none are more enjoya ble than the Icelandic swimming pool. Granted, you find won’t many abandoned, mossy, scenic, natural pools in the capital, but still there’s a tonne of places to soak your sore limbs after that Une Misère set. Vesturbæjarlaug 107 Hofsvallagata

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