66 Degrees of Sound The Reykjavík Grapevine

Send us a Text Message.It'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....

Send us a Text Message.After 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-ri...

Send us a Text Message.Things 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 belov...

Send us a Text Message.There'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...

Send us a Text Message.Just 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)...

Send us a Text Message.We 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 ...