Reykjavík Grapevine - jan. 2023, Blaðsíða 2

Reykjavík Grapevine - jan. 2023, Blaðsíða 2
Fist Fights and Awards Shows 8: Music Awards Madness 6: Show me those northern lights, baby! 7: Do all cobblers have foot fetishes? 11: Lights, camera, Vesturbær! Life can be a trip sometimes. One moment you’re working from home, leisurely writing and editing for international publica- tions, and the next you’re thrust into the driver’s seat of a street mag on the cusp of its 20th birthday. Not that I’m a stranger to the Reykjavík Grapevine — and no, not only, as one intrepid reporter wrote, because of my partner’s affiliation with it. Hey, at least they spelled my name correctly. No, I’ve been lurking around the cramped, highly- flammable halls of Grapevine HQ for 13 years and change, interning, writing, reviewing, proofreading, copyediting, and more. I love and adore this ragtag little publication and it’s an absolute honour to have been entrusted to put my mark on it at this juncture in its life. But enough about me. Twists and turns in life are par for the course for every one of the 7.8 billion people on this planet, including (cue smooth segue) the artists the Reykjavík Grape- vine is tipping its hat to on the occasion of our 2023 Music Awards. Culture Editor Josie Anne Gaitens convened a powerhouse panel of industry hotshots and musicians in their own right to pore over every single snippet, sample and song produced in Iceland this year to determine which artists, albums and events were the best of the best. In some categories, like Artist of the Year, the winner was a unanimous choice of all panellists, while other categories saw bickering evolve into bare-knuckle fights and ugly crying before the panel could come back together in consensus and an all-healing group hug. That’s how I imagine it all played out, anyways. I’m not going to give you any spoilers here — my haphazard googling of “how to write an editorial” didn’t expressly advise against it, but it seems like the right path to take — but you should flip through to Josie’s great big Music Awards feature on page 8 (I highly recommend reading pages three through seven on the way there), and then learn more about our Artist of the Year on page 14 and get a track-by-track runthrough of our Album of the Year on page 15. If your interest in the artists we’re spotlighting is piqued, keep your ears peeled for an upcoming podcast on our Artist of the Year and then join us Jan. 20 at Loft Hostel for an honest to god awards show with live performances from some of our winners. It’ll be fun! This will be fun. 14: An award for the King of the Mundane 22: 2022 was a (mostly) delicious year EDITORIAL EDITORIAL EDITORIAL EDITORIAL COVER PHOTO: Neonme is the winner in the One to Watch category of the 2023 Reykjavík Grapevine Music Awards. This year's award winners was shot by the great Magnús Andersen, who flew over from Stockholm to keep up this tradition, as he's shot our Music Awards series for the past 8 years Photo: Magnús Andersen Photo: Art Bicnick It all starts rIght here W or ds : C at hr in e Fu lto n P ho to : D al l- E 2 Late night dining Our kitchen is open for until 23:00 on weekdays and 24:00 on weekends A local favourite for over 20 years BOOK YOUR TABLE TAPASBARINN | Vesturgata 3B | Tel: 551 2344 | tapas.is

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