Reykjavík Grapevine - nóv. 2019, Blaðsíða 2

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In This Issue:
24 JóiPé & Króli: Ready to fight nucleur winter
27 Meet Alyona Alyona: The Ukrainian rapper
you can't miss
28 Get ready to soak: A guide to Reykjavík
Pools
30 Comfort Food: Eat your hangover away
06 Airwaves Tipsters: Faces of the local
scene tell you what's good
10 Meet The Venues: Where you'll be
hanging out, from Hard Rock to Hressó
12 Of Monsters And Men: Welcome to their
Fever Dream
14 Orville Peck: The cowboy without a face
Survival Guide 4
Fresh Airwaves 18
An Introduction:
You’re Invited To
The Debutante Ball
When the Grapevine began covering
Iceland Airwaves back in 2005, our
goal was to give every single artist on
the roster a professional music review.
From famous headliners to unknown
garage bands, we sent a representa-
tive—often well-known internation-
al music critics—to all shows. In our
mind, every artist deserved the op-
portunity to shine, regardless of their
current popularity.
At that time, we put out daily paper
reviews, which eventually morphed
into these special edition Airwaves
issues. While the medium of our cov-
erage has changed, the goal of it has
always remained the same, which is
why we continue to dedicate the cover
of the Airwaves issue to those play-
ing the festival for the first time—the
newbies, the unknowns—or as we call
them, the Airwaves Debutantes.
You can read about each debutante
from P.18 to P.22. We also have in-
depth interviews with a few of our
favourite newcomers this year, R&B
chanteuse una schram (P.25) and
the ethereal supergroup Hrím (P.16).
Check out grapevine.is/airwaves to
read everything we’ve written about
the Airwaves Debutantes in the past
and in the leadup to the festival. From
the heavy metal teens of Blóðmör to
the dreamy lo-fi of Hipsumhaps, the
Grapevine has something for everyone.
But enough about us, let’s talk about
Airwaves. The festival is, without hy-
perbole, the backbone of the Icelan-
dic music scene. A joyful Mecca for
music-nerds and the Iceland-curious
alike, it’s a week-long cultural celebra-
tion that lights up an otherwise dark,
autumnal Reykjavík.
So whether you’re a grizzled veteran
or an Airwaves virgin, we hope that
this magazine gives you some stellar
Airwaves-advice, from survival tips
(P.4), to those much-needed hangover
cures (P.30), to the best swimming
pools to soak your worn-out feet (P.
28). Be sure to grab a copy of our sister
magazine The Reykjavík Grapevine,
and download our AppyHour app,
which will help you get drunk on the
cheap. Also, remember to hashtag your
tweets and Instagrams #GrapeWaves
to win cool Grapevine x Einstök
goodie bags.
So have fun, be safe, hit up every
concert than you can, and make some
new buddies. We’ll see you there.
Hannah Jane Cohen, Issue Editor
The Reykjavík
Grapevine
Special Issue:
Iceland Airwaves 2019
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